It’s no secret that season to season--even week to week--the farmers market brings inspiration. Right now, just before summer comes marching in with its profusion of fruits and vegetables, the stalls ...

Discerning oenophiles had better make space on their kitchen counters. Plum, a new wine cooler, dispenser, and educational tool extraordinaire, aims to optimize the wine-drinking experience for ...

WAKAYAMA--Famed for being the largest plum-producing area in Japan, Wakayama Prefecture’s local “umeshu” plum wine producers are striving to flow out to new markets abroad. And they have set their ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Any moment now, the first plum trees in Japan will start to blossom and herald the onset of spring. Many of ...