When wine director John Kelley of Baltimore-based Atlas Restaurant Group quizzes his staff on sweet and dry wines, they’ll often declare a wine sweet or dry based on the way that it smells.

There are dry wines, sweet wines, tannic wines, acidic wines, flavored wines, fortified wines... the point is, if a recipe calls for wine, the type matters. Typically, white wines are used for lighter ...

is better for cooking? Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are dry white wines but add different flavor notes when cooking based ...

Beef bourguignon is a traditional French recipe with deep, rich flavors, but the wine you use is critical to getting the ...

Anthony Bourdain's turkey gravy recipe hits that spot for us. Bourdain's gravy is made with robust ingredients like bold dry red wine and umami-rich fish sauce and Worcestershire sauce.