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Wine in History
When not making Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot at Wrath, archaeologist Michael Thomas leads a team that discovered a wine "négociant" outside Pompeii
Posted: May 6, 2013 By Ben O'Donnell
April 30, 2013 Issue
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Posted: April 30, 2013 By Ben O'Donnell
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Unfiltered
Plus, the duck-label war returns to Long Island and rears its beak in New Jersey, a wine auction aids Sandy victims, and vintner Lucio Mastroberardino succumbs to cancer
Posted: January 31, 2013
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Unfiltered
Destruction trumped beauty in 2012, just barely, with demolished wineries drawing attention from models, actresses and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Posted: December 27, 2012
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Unfiltered's guide to what to eat, what to drink, and where to stay if the Mayan calendar apocalypse comes to pass. Plus, the Brunello vandal is behind bars
Posted: December 20, 2012
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Plus, a Provence vigneron devastated by hail gets a little help from his friends, and a new matchmaking service in Bordeaux pairs aging heirless vineyard owners with young winemakers
Posted: December 6, 2012
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Ask Dr. Vinny
Posted: November 30, 2012
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One of the state's biggest wine-and-spirits distributors was wrecked by Hurricane Sandy; Fedway and its importer partners are scrambling to keep wines in stores
Posted: November 26, 2012 By Ben O'Donnell
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Outside the Bottle with Talia Baiocchi
Hurricane Sandy knocked a Brooklyn winery off its feet, but not down and out
Posted: November 26, 2012 By Talia Baiocchi
What do you do when a 5-foot wall of water comes crashing through the front door of your winery, carrying several barrel-sized concrete planters along with it?
It's not a question that most wineries need to ponder. But that's exactly what happened to Red Hook Winery on the night that Hurricane Sandy backhanded the tristate area.
The winery is located in the isolated Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, which sits on low ground abutting New York Harbor. It had recently moved to a waterfront warehouse on Pier 41, overlooking Lady Liberty, and was directly in the line of fire when Sandy sent a surge of saltwater up underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and through the harbor, flooding Red Hook, Lower Manhattan and the East Village.
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Unfiltered
Plus, Hip-hop star Timbaland introduces a sparkling blend of wine and vodka, Adam Carolla introduces Mangria and more Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts
Posted: November 21, 2012
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Also in Unfiltered, Madonna indulges in her favorite Champagne, and Yao Ming brings his Cabernet to America
Posted: November 15, 2012
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Find out which restaurants, bars, and food and wine companies are providing disaster relief and which fund-raisers are yet to come. Plus, Charlie Trotter puts his legendary cellar on the auction block
Posted: November 8, 2012
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The storm devastated large parts of the Northeast; now restaurateurs, wine retailers and wineries are assessing damages and serving their customers as best they can
Posted: November 7, 2012 By Mitch Frank, James Molesworth
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Plus, Sauternes' Château d'Yquem builds a swanky new cellar, and Pennsylvania shuts down wine stores on the day people need them most
Posted: November 1, 2012
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Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
A hurricane is coming your way—which wine do you reach for first?
Posted: September 13, 2012 By Mitch Frank
It was 87 degrees inside my house. The doors, which we had opened in a futile effort to circulate the stagnant air, were now too swollen from the humidity to shut properly. The power had been down for about 48 hours.
"Honey, I'm opening the Mouton-Rothschild 2000. Grab a glass," I said.
I knew when I moved to New Orleans that hurricane season was a fact of life. After Katrina, my wife's parents came home to find that 3 feet of floodwater had ruined much of their ground floor. Thankfully, Hurricane Isaac did not severely challenge New Orleans' newly strengthened levees. Neighboring parishes outside the levees suffered far more and need our help and prayers.
Still, the local utility spent days after the storm trying to bring New Orleans back to the 21st century. (We spent 60 hours without power; other neighborhoods were out for nearly five more days.) Residents could decide quickly what in the fridge needed to be eaten or tossed, but for restaurants, retailers and collectors around the city, wine was a bit of a concern. The experience prompted me to open a few of my best bottles rather than risk letting them spoil.
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Unfiltered
Plus, the newly litigious atmosphere in Champagne, and one of the Midwest's worst droughts ever may be a boon for its wine regions
Posted: August 30, 2012
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Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
From hail to heat waves—is wine worth all the worry?
Posted: August 16, 2012 By Mitch Frank
My job doesn't hinge much on nature, and I'm grateful for that. Two years ago, Sonoma winegrowers weathered unseasonably cool weather for much of the summer. With the fruit not getting any riper, some opted to pluck leaves, exposing the grapes to more sunlight. A random heat wave then cooked their grapes on the vine. Who says Mother Nature doesn't have a sense of humor? It's a cruel one.
Wine producers are always boxing a far, bigger, faster opponent. They have to think fast, ready to change course if necessary. They always have to be prepared for the worst. Sometimes, nature is a partner. Other times, she just hits them with a sucker punch.
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The third hailstorm in two months exacerbates the challenging 2012 growing season
Posted: August 13, 2012 By Bruce Sanderson
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Plus, El Bulli's wine cellar hits the auction block, and covert wine thieves lift $200,000 worth of Italian vino
Posted: August 9, 2012
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Plus, Chinese archaelogists play "What's in the box?" with a 3,000-year-old vessel (hint: it's probably wine), actress Megan Hilty joins Nicolas Feuillatte, and a wine country compromise pulls the Mount Veeder zip line off the mountain
Posted: July 12, 2012
