One of the World’s Favorite New Year’s Traditions Is a … Wine-Pairing Skit?
Every Dec. 31, across Europe, audiences tune in to a 60-year-old comedy sketch centered on wine pairings for a four-course …
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The Book that Defined Bordeaux
Editions Féret, founded 200 years ago, foreshadowed the 1855 Classification and set the standard for wine guides
California Vintner Discovers Ancient Roman Wine Exporter
When not making Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot at Wrath, archaeologist Michael Thomas leads a team that discovered a wine …
The Weird and Wild Wine-Drinking Games of History
From maddeningly hard to outright deadly, some games show our wine-swilling forebears had odd ideas about fun
Iron Ladies of Champagne
When it was unheard of for Frenchwomen to run big businesses, these visionaries introduced nearly every innovation in …
The Prince of Vines
The story of the man who owned and guided Lafite, Latour, Mouton and many other top estates into the dawn of modern Bordeaux
Red Wine, White House
Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan: wine lovers in the White House. Here's the story of how they and their successors helped …
I Wine You to Wine Me
From aphrodisiac to wedding toast, wine has always been entwined with sex and romance through history. But it hasn't always …
The Exile of Burgundy
Cast out of Burgundy by a spiteful ruler, the Gamay grape embarked on a 600-year road to redemption in Beaujolais
America's Rhine Rangers: California's Challengers, Europe's Saviors
In the 1800s, the state that competed for wine primacy was … Missouri. Here's the forgotten story of its wine pioneers
The First Wine Competition?
At the 13th century “Battle of the Wines,” wine tasting and trash talking went hand in hand
The Cult Wine of 121 B.C.
If you were a god, emperor or one of ancient Rome’s nouveau riche, you’d be drinking Falernian—or maybe a fake