Colmar, Alsace, France. Petit Venice, water canal and traditional half timbered houses. If you’re a wine lover, you must have noticed the many different “trends” in wine over the years. Some trends ...

“For geologists, Alsace is an entire textbook sandwiched into a single region,” writes John Szabo in Volcanic Wines: Salt, Grit and Power. Itself sandwiched between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine ...

And the food becomes heartier. Chicken slow roasted in an oven for hours. Chili simmering on a stove all afternoon. Beef stews or meat pies to keep us warm on cold, fall nights. Who wouldn’t want a ...