EVERYTHING ABOUT Champagne is magical. But Champagne law dictates only one way to earn the “Champagne” label.

IT’S TIME. Time to talk turkey, tame the tannins and dispel the myth—the myth that Thanksgiving requires the right white or the proper pinot.

FREAKSHOW Cabernet Sauvignon will rock your world, awaken your senses, and make even the most discriminating red wine lover stand up and applaud.

French love affairs and perfect pairs often transcend the bounds of decadence.

Let’s go where almost no sommelier has ever been—Pinot Grigio. Produced outside Verona, host city to the annual Vin Italy wine festival and home to Romeo and Juliet, Tommasi Pinot Grigio is made from Italy’s number-one grape.

Champagne by any other name is sparkling wine. And Iron Horse Wedding Cuvée is one of those vintage California sparklers that is fluent in French.

THE 2012 Ladera Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a California red with a French twist.

Un-California, uncorked and uncomplicated, Ponzi Vineyards Tavola Pinot Noir is a sexy light red with a screw-on top and a taste as smooth as a walk on the Silk Road.

The wine is Abstract, and the style is big and bold.

Caymus wins the California Cab countdown. It’s “The Best Damn Cabernet in California,” says Wine Spectator.

With bubbles bursting from the bottle, aromas of brioche pastry and flavors of Ponchatoula strawberries, you will fall in love at first sip with Veuve Clicquot Rosé.

Belle Glos Las Alturas is the crown jewel from California’s Central Coast and the paparazzi pick on the Pinot scene.

In the Outback world of Australian Shiraz, Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy is Prince Charming.

Cristal is the celebration champagne for billionaires, brat packs, the jet set, and those with the right mindset.

Is Conundrum a riddle that evades resolution? Or is it a wine that expands the appeal of Rhône-style whites to the American mainstream?

California Chardonnay chronicled its first major milestone in 1976, when a Napa chard won first place at The Judgment of Paris, a premier international blind tasting competition.

Monmousseau Brut Rose delivers the power of pink to the ultimate degree.

Green is ideal for golf courses and garden parties. But green and grassy Sauvignon Blanc is not for me. My pick is Honig Reserve Rutherford Sauvignon Blanc 2012.

In the wine war, sometimes the quest for hedonism is fueld by a ruthless desire to hunt down the best wine on the list and take no prisoners.

Thanks to the Millennials’ ABC (Anything but Chardonnay) philosophy, last decade’s NBC (Nothing but Chardonnay) oak-choke style has morphed into a more vibrant, modest-oak kind of Chardonnay.