But I will not be joining the abstainers. I’m unwilling to part with wine. It’s not because I’m chasing tipsiness — as someone who writes about wine, I often taste 50 to 60 glasses in a ...

The best gifts for wine lovers strike the perfect balance between thoughtful and functional, elevating and celebrating their beloved pastime. Suppose the recipient could practically be a sommelier ...

The Catholic organization Opus Dei was born amid conspiracy theories. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá, had struggled to win converts to his group — envisioned as a lay entity within the ...

The other players are all old timers: Berger, Kansai Nerolac, and Dulux (AkzoNobel). Birla Opus wants to shake up this well-established club by getting to the No. 2 spot—profitably—within ...

Wine is a universally loved beverage, and it’s been that way for centuries. The ancient Egyptians drank it, as did the Romans and the Greeks. Ancient Sanskrit literature also confirms that people ...

Few religious institutions excite the public imagination quite as much as Opus Dei, the deeply secretive, conservative Catholic organisation founded in Spain almost a century ago. Where some ...

At the end of the tour, those visiting Inglenook will go to one of the cellars to enjoy wine and cheese. Davis Estates is complete with 11,000 square feet of caves, according to its website.

These longer-aged wines were once notable for being too oaky and powerful. Now, producers are letting the gorgeous purity of the sangiovese grape shine through. By Eric Asimov I could not have ...

When the weather cools, it’s officially Châteauneuf-du-Pape season. But wines from the most famous appellation in southern France don't have to cost a fortune. Michel Tardieu of Tardieu-Laurent is a ...

In 2003 a diligent member of Opus Dei’s PR team spotted an item in Publisher’s Weekly about a forthcoming novel entitled The Da Vinci Code. After tracking down an advance copy, he discovered ...