April is the cruellest month. No sooner have we mixed memory and your desire for good claret with our comprehensive retrospective of the 2022s then we make you wait a full month before the great Bordeaux highlight of the year – the review of the new vintage and en primeur! But that’s...

A lawyer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked the judge handling his federal corruption case to hurry up and decide if he's going to toss the charges, arguing that the embattled mayor needs to turn his attention to running for reelection. In a letter to Judge Dale E....

  U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar by Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them. The couple's revised trip to the semi-autonomous...

German winemakers planted more grape varieties usually associated with Europe’s more southern regions in 2024, replacing local vines with Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot as growers adapt their vineyards to a warming climate. Wine producers in Germany increased the cultivation of Chardonnay grapes typically associated with Burgundy by 138 hectares (ha), the German Wine Institute...

In the rolling hills of Offida, where medieval stone whispers tales of a storied past, Ciù Ciù stands as a living testament to Italy’s enduring love affair with wine. Born in 1970 from the hands of Natalino and Anna Bartolomei, this family winery in Le Marche has grown from a...

Charlotte, N.C., will have a brand new sports bar this Thursday, when Blinders opens on the South End with a massive TV, state-of-the-art sound system, and somewhat elevated bar menu. The centerpiece of the venue is a 60-foot-by-15-foot TV screen on which guests can enjoy major and minor sporting events...

At a time when U.S. hotel companies are carefully watching their profit margins, the introduction of tariffs on goods from China, Canada and Mexico further complicate their budgeting process. In a global economy, hotel companies, like many others in the U.S., rely on foreign goods because of lower prices as...

Average vineyard value in the UK county of Essex was up 20% year-on-year, as prices have come under pressure in several more established wine world regions, said the 2025 wealth report by global consultancy group Knight Frank. Interest in producing still wines has pushed vineyard prices in Essex to US$120,000...

Remember when the first iPad made its debut in 2010 and everyone made fun of the name? No one's making fun of it now. Apple engineers the best tablets on the market, period, and while the new iPad (A16) and iPad Air (M3) bring only modest improvements to the table,...

The Department of Education under President Trump initiated sweeping layoffs Tuesday night, sending “reduction in force” notices to more than a thousand employees shortly after 6 p.m. ET. The department ultimately plans to slash nearly half of its 4,200 workers, according to reports, while also terminating leases on buildings in New York, Boston,...