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Wine Country Recipes from Around the World

Ales Kristancic: Wine Genius of Slovenia F&W’s Ray Isle is fascinated by Slovenia’s Movia Winery and its visionary owner, Ales Kristancic. The two spend a wild 48 hours exploring Eastern Europe’s wine frontier.

Best Recipes from Wine Pairing Masters Credit the DIY trend: now America’s top sommeliers are making their own wines and creating fabulous recipes to match

Coastal Chile’s Wine Country Recipes & Value Wines Chef Alex Aguilera’s menu at Santiago’s Liguria wine bar offers outstanding versions of Chilean classics, including the recipes here.

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Mediterranean Spain’s Wine Country Recipes & Value Wines Chef Raul Molina Fernandez creates classic regional tapas, like the tuna dish below, in Valencia, at Emiliano García’s legendary Casa Montaña (in operation since 1836).

Napa Cabernet Now: A State-of-the-Grape Lunch at Beringer At a roundtable cohosted by Beringer winemaker Laurie Hook, seven top Napa talents discuss the valley’s vaunted Cabernet and have a phenomenal lunch prepared by chef Gerard Craft of St. Louis’s Niche.

Northern California Wine Country Recipes & Value Wines The recipes here are from chef Cindy Pawlcyn of Napa Valley’s Mustards Grill, Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen and Go Fish. She often researches dishes using her 2,000+ cookbooks.

Rocking the Wine World: City Winery Manhattan’s new City Winery lets amateurs make wine like pros. Plus, it’s a world-class music venue with great food. Writer Gerri Hirshey hangs out with singer Suzanne Vega and Spanish wine superstar Alvaro Palacios.

Should Fine Dining Die? Now that chefs are busy opening burger joints and dumpling houses, the days seem numbered for fancy dining rooms. Writer Anya von Bremzen makes a case for why we need haute places more than ever.

South Australia’s Wine Country Recipes & Value Wines Chef David Swain of Fino, located just outside McLaren Vale in Willunga, created the seafood recipes here. All reflect the strong Mediterranean influence on Australia’s cooking.

Southern France Wine Country Recipes and Value Wines Alain Ducasse disciple Armand Arnal of La Chassagnette, outside Arles, created the lovely, simple Provençal recipes here. They’re terrific with both rarefied and affordable French wines.

Wine Auctions Today: Bid Low, Win Big Wine auctions were once mainly for the rich. But, as Mike Steinberger reports, bargain hunters are now going home with stunning bottles.

Wine Country Recipes From Around the World A tour of the world with incredible recipes and dozens of bottles to match.

Fast 5 (Almost) Instant Soups
Home California Wine Style
Master Cook Master Cook: Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Take on Tenderloin
Test Kitchen Perfecting Whole Fish
Travel Hidden, Affordable Napa Valley
Travel Napa Insider Guide: Restaurants, Tastings and Spas
Travel Talk of Tuscany: Osteria Tornabuoni
Travel Where to Eat and Sleep in Florence, Italy
Travel Where to go Next: Gastropubs
Travel Where to go Next: Wine bars
Well-Being America’s Best Vegetarian Cooking
Wine 5 Stellar Napa Cabernets
Wine 5 Top Slovenian Wines by Ales Kristancic
Wine Cleveland’s Top Wine Spots
Wine Coastal Chile’s Best Wine Values
Wine Getting a Great Buy at a Wine Auction
Wine Mediterranean Spain’s Best Wine Values
Wine Northern California’s Best Wine Values
Wine South Australia’s Best Wine Values
Wine Southern France’s Best Wine Values
Wine Matters A Wine Snob’s Favorite New City Scene

News & Notes Food Products from Multitasking Wineries
News & Notes From the Farm: Home, Food and Beauty Products
News & Notes From the Garden: Chef-Farmers’ Top Tips
News & Notes From the Garden: Portable Planters