Ever since his earliest days in the kitchen, chef Josiah Citrin has had roast chicken on the menu — and not just because it’s a dining room requisite, like salmon. Depending on his mood, he might ...

Port, Sherry and Sauterne often steal the spotlight when it comes to dessert wines. But they’re just the tip of the iceberg – or should I say, ice wine. There are many other, lesser-known, outstanding ...

My husband always says that dessert is not about being hungry. This is true. Because sometimes it’s about being thirsty. And if you’re thirsty for something after a big holiday meal, I would like to ...

They’re known as vins doux naturels, and if you have a sweet tooth they’ll be your new best friends. From the Roussillon region in the amazing, newly vitalized, re-emerging south of France, they are ...

I recently purchased two bottles of 1962 Banyuls: Domaine Piétri Géraud. I know Banyuls is similar to port and it goes well with chocolate, but how long can it last in proper storage and what else can ...

In the galleries of Paris’ National Museum of Modern Art, fleshy women of bronze, wood and marble stood, sat, crouched or knelt—and each was as young and enticing as the one before. One or two seemed ...

Many of you know me as the mild-mannered reporter who periodically writes about wine in these columns. I confess today that I’ve been harboring a secret for, lo, these past 10 years. This decade-long ...

Tucked away in France's most south-westerly tip, just a cork's pop from Spain, hides what is probably the wine world's best-kept secret. The sumptuously rich red dessert wines of Banyuls-sur-Mer, from ...

It's a delicacy the French have been keeping to themselves: a rich, deep-red dessert wine produced on the slopes of the Pyrenees. So why has it taken us so long to embrace Banyuls? Tucked away in ...