Is your knowledge of wine worthy of a toast? Test your wine IQ with this quick and easy quiz of wine fun facts. Take the quiz alone or enjoy it together with dinner guests.

Whether you are having wine at home or as part of a meal in a restaurant, choosing the right type need not be a bewildering experience as you face the multiple shelves in a grocery store or extensive restaurant wine list.

As the old rules for pairing food and wine change, emphasis now is on the seasonings flavoring the foods rather than the foods themselves, and more is left to individual taste. While this new freedom can seem intimidating, there are a few simple guidelines to follow.

Seafood and fine wines have been described as a marriage made in heaven, but just which wines pair best with which seafood may serve as a pleasant surprise..... Includes recipe for Halibut with oranges, tomatoes, and Olives.

Does the garnish make the martini? Or is it the liquor? Or is it the ratio of gin - or vodka - and dry vermouth? Each martini drinker has a favorite formula and who is to say which is the best way - or the right way - to make this famous cocktail, let alone garnish it.

Magic. It's in every bottle of Barolo. There is, simply, no other wine like it. Barolo is filled with fruit, yet has a tightness, a restraint, that keeps it from being the kind of plump red wine you find in California. Instead, it has the kind of tannins and bite that make it special.