A “Vin De Mer” tasting, the largest single event of the festival, starts today at 1 p.m. and will run until 4 p.m. at the Beaufort Club Lawn.

A legal battle between two Bay Area wine companies hinges in part on a word that may sound esoteric to the general public but is familiar to anyone in the wine industry: négociant. The French term ...

But there is much more than fabulous food to this delightful Atlantic-side port, which is easily paired with its sherry-loving neighbour, Jerez de la Frontera, for a tempting twin-city break in ...