Thanks in no small measure to its roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” over a third of a million tourists visit Alnwick Castle, Northumberland each year. But how many of these know how to pronounce “Alnwick” before they get there? The name roughly translates as “settlement o...
Considered a noble wine in Alsace, Gewurztraminer (geh-VAIRTZ-trah-mee-ner) has the distinction of being one of the easiest wines to recognize and the hardest to spell and pronounce. It is spectacularly fragrant, with heady scents of lychee nut, rose petal, apricot, pear, and clovelike sp...
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