20 Wines Under $20: Great Summer Values

Luberri Rioja Orlegi de Luberri 2020, 14.5 percent, $14.99 The Monje Amestoy family farms roughly 85 acres in the Rioja Alavesa, the northernmost of the three Rioja regions. Orlegi de Luberri is a light, easygoing expression of Rioja, made of 95 percent tempranillo with a little viura, a white grape, tossed in. It’s fresh, fruity…

Cooling Salads for Hot Days

Good morning. It’s hot in New York, punishingly hot in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona. It’s been extraordinarily hot in Britain, which recorded its highest-ever temperature on Tuesday. Many of us aren’t turning on stoves or ovens for anything today. Instead, I’m looking at easy summer salads: crunchy greens with carrot-ginger dressing, say; corn…