Wine
World Chef: Silk Road travels inspire LA's Hinoki & the Bird
LOS ANGELES - The exotic, earthy aroma from smoking sheets of smoldering hinoki wood hovering over exquisite black cod is the first hint that diners at celebrated chef David Myers' newest restaurant are in for a culinary adventure.
Lingerie, iPads: Mexican kid-free couples fuel high-end boom
MEXICO CITY - While their parents may have scrimped and saved to raise small armies of children on a single paycheck, growing numbers of high-earning Mexican couples are putting the department store before the baby carriage.
American tourist, two Spaniards gored at Pamplona bull-run
PAMPLONA, Spain - A U.S. tourist and two Spaniards were gored by bulls on Friday during a bull-run in Pamplona, as they were racing through the Spanish town's cobbled streets pursued by the animals. | Video
Christmas toys may be in short supply in Venezuela
CARACAS - Whether they've been naughty or nice, Venezuelan children might be stuck without Christmas presents this year.
China investigates EU wines in latest trade spat
BEIJING - China formally began an investigation on Monday into whether Europe is selling wine in China below cost, a response to escalating trade tensions with the European Union.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in London during Wimbledon
LONDON - Every year, for two weeks, Britain turns tennis-mad. Wimbledon runs from June 24 to July 7 with an entire nation rooting for Britain's Wimbledon underdogs.
Canada adds icy weather to icewine rules
TORONTO - Canada is tightening the rules for producing its popular icewine, a sweet dessert wine that is only made in cold climates, to crack down on fraudsters who sell mislabeled bottles that don't make the grade.
Tour de France starts and ends at the table
PARIS - Like most things French, the Tour de France starts and ends around a lunch or dinner table. | Video
World Chefs: French childhoods re-created in adult kitchens
NEW YORK - Ethel Brennan and Sara Remington had never met as children, but as adults they found they shared many childhood experiences that they brought together in a new book, "Paris to Provence: Childhood Memories of Food and France."
Great Port vintage to wash down Portugal's 2011 woes
LISBON - It was a horrible year of debt crisis and an international bailout for Portugal, but 2011 turned out to be nothing short of a miracle year for the country's best known product: port wine.

