We found a Charles Shaw 1988 sauvignon blanc ($18) with vivid flavor an ideal running mate for our meal.

To eat light, while still savoring the fresh, vivid flavors of summer, is a conundrum.

It was deliciously pungent, off-dry, with vivid fruity flavors.

In vintages with a long, drawn out growing season that allow the grapes to ripen, intense and vivid flavors can develop.

The aggressive seasoning and slow cooking combine to deliver vivid robust flavors.

Both can have a lot of body and complexity and a parade of vivid flavors.

Likewise, Mr. Frankenberger can be proud of his food, which on good days offers fresh, vivid and complex flavors that rise above the pack of Mexican restaurants.

Pipian con pollo, tender pieces of chicken in a spicy green sauce made with tomatillos, chilies and toasted pumpkin seeds, has vivid flavors.

It takes quite a few tomatoes to make a savory sauce (about five pounds for every six cups), but the vivid fresh flavor is worth it.

The vivid flavor of roasted free-range chicken was enhanced by a bitter-orange and garlic sauce called mojo.