Kapalua Wine and Food Festival Retrospective
A history of the longest running wine festival in the US...maybe?
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A history of the longest running wine festival in the US...maybe?
Recently, Kapalua Resort on Maui threw its 29th annual Kapalua Wine and Food Festival, of which Master Sommelier and festival host Fred Dame wrote in the festival guide, “I believe that makes us the longest surviving wine and food event in the USA. If not, who cares!” And that sort of sums up the vibe of KWFF.


A gift guide that addresses your grape-nut valentine's other passions
You’ve accomplished the easy part: You’ve found yourself a special valentine, and you’ve decided to buy a gift that shows how much you care. But the hard part is still ahead. What do you get someone who is forever looking for great legs, a full body, and mushroom notes? Rather than show off your gams and tape portobellos to yourself, might I suggest you go another route: Buy a gift that satisfies your wine lover’s other loves.


Roy Yamaguchi and chefs pair food with some of the rarest wines in the world
In a recent wine dinner to celebrate the 80th birthday of Tawfiq Khoury, a builder and real estate developer who at one time had the largest private wine collection in the world, Roy Yamaguchi and his staff had the daunting task of pairing food to 9 different wines they had never tasted.


Flowing wine makes for a communal table
Share your table with friends over good wine and food paired by Sommelier Furuya and Chef Endo.




A sommelier takes his palate to coffee growing and roasting
For Duane Harens, who has tasted over a million wines and opened at least 150,000 bottles in his lifetime, it’s only natural that he would apply his well-honed palate to other liquid pleasures.

For this month of love, Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya, wine director of the DK Restaurant Group, gives us his wine recommendations to set the mood.


Clendenen and Chuck Furuya talk wines
Chuck Furuya rates Jim Clendenen’s 2005 vintages as among his best ever. Watch the tastings (4:36)