For a relatively tiny country -- smaller in area than the state of Kentucky -- Portugal is a prodigious producer of wine. It has long been the source of some of the wine world's great fortified wines -- Port from the Douro and vintage Madeira from the island of Madeira off the coast of North Africa.
Two years ago, José Maria Montero had an idea -- to have artists paint the deteriorating doors of abandoned shops and homes.
Our tea-partying ancestors knew a good tax break when they saw one, so America's early love affair with one of the world's great wines was born.
Port, Sherry, Madeira, Banyuls and Marsala all hover in that all-inclusive dessert category of wine that most casual wine drinkers don't take the time to ponder.
Thomson's Island Escape is a popular floating resort. The waters are crowded with seaworthy vessels, so to make planning easier, we've done all the pr...
I'm writing this watching waves fold to the horizon under a cloud dabbled gray-blue sky in the middle of the Atlantic. I'm on the Azamara Journey, the...
