It is now 40 years since the Judgement of Paris when a blind tasting of Napa Valley cabernets and chardonnays scored higher than many famous names from Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Fit-again Rory McIlroy will not add tournaments to his 2015 schedule in order to make up lost time for his injury-enforced absence this summer.

I have been rather neglectful of Australia in recent months so this week I want to focus on one of the great icon estates of Australian wine as a way of showing that there is more to this country than big blowsy Shiraz and Chardonnay.

California is assessing the damage after a powerful earthquake struck the heart of the US state’s wine country, catching many people sound asleep.

Friends say Robin Williams began to lose the gifts that made him a star when he began drinking again in 2003.

A new literary award, sponsored by a Cork-born former senior executive at Apple in the US, is worth €3,000 and is open to writers of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Lovesick Formula 1 star, Lewis Hamilton, last week dedicated his victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix to ex-girlfriend, Nicole Scherzinger. The driver is not the first to put on an extravagant display of affection (EDA) for an ex. Stars from Burton to Beckham have all done it, but did it work?

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Robin Williams' wedding to Susan Schneider was "very intimate".

DUBLIN Lord Mayor Andrew Montague — a major advocate of cycling in his city — was forced to saddle up a different type of transport yesterday to attend the Dublin Horse Show.

Actress Bebe Neuwirth has married California wine connoisseur Chris Calkins in an intimate New York ceremony.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire that is threatening homes and wineries in California’s Napa Valley.

Leann Rimes has apparently decided she is ready to raise a family after seven years of marriage.

SUNWAY River Cruise has just launched a number of winter specials, including a Christmas Wonderland Cruise.

Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines could compete with the best in the world, has died in the valley.

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has treated Victoria and David Beckham to a lavish birthday weekend away at his Californian retreat, according to reports.

Reese Witherspoon has further fuelled rumours she is dating 'Rendition' co-star Jake Gyllenhaal after the couple were spotted on a romantic weekend in California's wine country.

Pop superstar Christina Aguilera is a married woman after exchanging vows with fiance Jordan Bratman in northern California on Saturday.

Christina Aguilera has found out what a girl wants, and now she’s married him.

Christina Aguilera and her record executive fiance Jordan Bratman are to wed in Napa Valley, northern California, on Saturday after a lavish two-day party.