Wine
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.
Travel Picks: Top 10 European Cities To See Now
LONDON - With summer prices on the rise, everyone is eager to explore some places that are just starting to appear on many travelers' radars. With up and coming spots in Europe as the focus, the editors and members of travel website VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled a list of the 'Top 10 European Cities To See Now'. Reuters has not endorsed this list:
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Benin's voodoo heartland
OUIDAH, Benin - The small club-shaped West African country of Benin is not on most tourists' radar but its palm-fringed white sand beaches in the south and surprisingly good wildlife parks in the dusty north will reward more intrepid travelers.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New York City for nature lovers
NEW YORK - New York City has a wild side and it has nothing to do with its honking yellow taxis, towering skyscrapers and celebrity-studded nightclub crowds.
Celebrity chef Charlie Trotter accused in counterfeit wine case
CHICAGO - The famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter has been sued for allegedly selling two wine collectors from New York a big, bogus bottle of wine.
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