Well-executed restaurant wine service is a filter that deters flawed wines from flowing into guests' glasses. At times, it may seem pretentious and drawn out... Well-executed restaurant wine service ...

The wine business is in trouble due to reduced demand and changing tastes. You’d therefore think that restaurants, which need to sell lots of vino to stay in business, would go the extra mile to see ...

For anyone who cares about wine, buying it in a restaurant can be thrilling, fraught with missteps or somewhere in between. In Los Angeles, we’re lucky enough to have world-class wine service at such ...

We naturally expect excellent food and service when dining out for a simple meal or to celebrate an important occasion. And rightfully so. But why are the same standards not always applied to wine ...

In contemporary mythology, the sommelier is an unsmiling, self-important type whose role in life is to embarrass and anger as many restaurant customers as possible in the course of an evening. It's ...

Wine service at most chain restaurants, from coffee shops to upscale steak houses to handsome edifices with chic themes, is woeful.Not only are prices generally too high, the choice of wines we're ...

Twenty-two New Orleans restaurants were recently honored by Wine Spectator magazine for their wine service, with three of them taking top honors. More than 3,500 dining establishments worldwide were ...