Nate Snelbaker is the retail wine specialist at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store in Hummelstown. The store is located at 1158 Mae St.., which is in Dauphin County. He, like his colleagues across the ...

Writer’s Note – This is the second in a series of articles about wines from France’s Loire Valley tasted by the author in the Loire Valley. Part 1 - Loire Valley Wines, Muscadet wine from France’s ...

Loire Valley is the classic runner up: overlooked, disregarded and somewhat offbeat. Though vast and diverse, Loire may be the least known of France’s great wine regions. In some ways, Loire has ...

Whether you prefer a deep red wine or a crisp white wine, these beautiful French regions offer delicious sipping and views ...

Named for the river that runs through it, which incidentally is France’s longest river, the Loire Valley is home to much more than medieval chateaus and grand royal estates. Its fertile land that runs ...

Imposing ancient Chateaux perched atop mountainous pinnacles overlooking a river meandering through the vineyard dotted valley far below sounds almost like a picture on some travel poster. And it ...

“Wine was one of the first signs of civilization to appear in the life of human beings…It is in the Bible; it is in Homer, and it shines through all the pages of history, participating in the destiny ...

It’s not every day that the first vintage from a brand-new winery receives 100 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, especially for a white wine, but Ivan Massonnat was able to do just that with ...

The Renaissance writer Rabelais was born in the Loire Valley; Joan of Arc led the French troops to victory in the Hundred Years’ War in the Loire, and the area is noted as the Cradle of the French ...

The largest, and one of the coolest, wine regions of France also happens to produce some of the most approachable, easy drinking wines in the world. And they are anything but boring. The wines of the ...

All paths lead to wine in the UNESCO Heritage-protected Loire Valley. Whether it's through royal Châteaux, picturesque chalky-limestone villages, or a deep oenological interest that prompts a visit to ...