San Francisco, that most European of American cities, is dense with restaurants reflecting the extraordinary cultural diversity of its inhabitants

There is no finer place to drink rum than Havana, Cuba’s splendid capital, and no better guide than Club Oenologique’s spirits consultant

When Barbara Banke took on the management of Jackson Family Wines from her late husband, you’d have thought the family’s racehorse operation would take a back seat – but she has built Stonestreet Farms into the top breeding operation in the United States

The seismic changes in Canada's Okanagan Valley are spurring on an increasingly dynamic food scene

Nantes’s new eateries and wine bars reflect the dynamism of a city transformed by quirky contemporary art

Russia’s problematic relationship with alcohol has inspired some powerful poster art

Was the allure of absinthe – Romantic and malevolent by turns – simply the invention of the louche cafe crowd?

Joe Fattorini takes an affectionate look at the woman he calls ‘the Oprah of Wine’