Wine
Liquor sticker shock stirs up Washington state drinkers
KIRKLAND, Washington - Washington state has extricated itself from decades in the liquor business, a move that is likely to give drinkers a headache when they reach for bottled spirits on local store shelves.
Travel Postcard: London for the Jubilee
LONDON - Got an extra long weekend to explore the British capital where Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her 60th year on the throne with a massive Diamond Jubilee party? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore London amid the royal hoopla. | Video
London organizers promising a tasty Games
LONDON - Toasted tea cakes dripping in Yorkshire butter for breakfast, cod and chips, or maybe a pole and line caught tuna salad washed down with a glass of London 2012 red wine for lunch - spectators at this year's Olympics will not be going hungry.
Sommeliers take stress, guess work out of selecting wines
NEW YORK - Can't chose between a Muscadet and Merlot? Confused by the latest Cabernets or shocked by the prices?
World Chefs: Anthony Cumberbatch at Bubbas in London
LONDON - Anthony Cumberbatch is setting new standards for Caribbean food at the newly opened Bubba's Restaurant in Tulse Hill. Named the ‘Best Caribbean Chef in the UK' in 2006, Cumberbatch has trained at the Savoy and the Ivy, and he's also cooked for Mick Jagger and George Clooney. Combining his Michelin-star training with the tricks he learned growing up on a farm in Barbados, Cumberbatch is spicing up the Caribbean food scene in London.
Wine from the Gobi desert aims at booming market
WUHAI, China - As spring warms the sands of the Gobi desert in China's vast Inner Mongolia region, it's not just the local camels who are happy to see the end of a long, cold winter.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in eclectic Bucharest
BUCHAREST - Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife?
"Elite" asparagus conquers Germany's former East
BEELITZ, Germany - Present a spear of finger-thick white asparagus to a German and watch their eyes light up.
A taste of Venice in London's east end
LONDON - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London.
New wine glasses aim to balance "water and fire"
HONG KONG - Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savoring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine? | Video
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