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The Making of Netflix’s 'Uncorked,' the New Movie with Serious Wine Chops

Filmmaker Prentice Penny crafts a tale of culinary contrasts and father vs. son, starring Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance—and Albert Bichot. Here's the story behind the next hot wine movie, out March 27

• Ben O'Donnell
• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 27, 2020

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A Neat Solution: Distillers Make Artisanal Hand Sanitizer, Donate to First Responders

Distilleries are scrambling to help alleviate the shortage of sanitizer in communities hit by the coronavirus, while facing problems of their own. Here's how they make the craft disinfectant

• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 24, 2020

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Pop (the Cork) Art: With 37,000 Champagne Tops, World's Largest Capsule 'Fresco' Unveiled

Once every two years, Champagne cap fanatics gather at the Mondial de la Capsule. This time, they were treated to a monumental piece six years in the making

• Collin Dreizen
• Robert Taylor

Mar 12, 2020

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Lambrusco Gushes from Kitchen Faucets, Deemed Drinkable; Much Rejoicing

Amid Italy's coronavirus lockdown, one producer is keeping the wine flowing—and accidentally sharing some with unsuspecting neighbors. Here's how it happened

• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 11, 2020

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Tito's Handmade Vodka Not for Hands, Brand Reminds Customers

The Austin, Texas–based vodka brand, with support from the CDC, alerts the creative hand sanitization crowd that the popular spirit does not protect against coronavirus

• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 6, 2020

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Federal Government Nips America's First Hemp Wine in the Bud

The hemp-infused wine had some unlikely allies in power, but federal authorities have snuffed it out. Plus, wine-movie mania comes to New Zealand with new docu

• Collin Dreizen

Mar 4, 2020

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Wine Thieves Bust Open Cellar, Steal $250,000 Worth of DRC and More

Two high-profile cellar raids at Copenhagen restaurants send Danish police scrambling for missing bottles of prized Burgundy; one restaurateur has his own theories

• Shawn Zylberberg

Mar 3, 2020

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Test-Tube Tasting? Bev Tech Company Unveils Grape-less 'Molecular Wine'

Can wine be made in a lab without one very key ingredient and still taste like the real thing?

• Collin Dreizen

Feb 26, 2020

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5 Days and 2,500 Years Under the Sea: Ancient Underwater Winemaking Technique Revived

One of the most prized wines of ancient Rome was made with a very unusual step. An Italian winemaker heard it hadn't been recreated in millennia: "I'll do it"

• Shawn Zylberberg

Feb 24, 2020

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'Prosecco Police' Try to Decline Sparkling Wine 'ATM'

A bar in London pays homage to its previous occupant, a bank, with a whimsical wine dispenser, but Italian authorities are not amused

• Shawn Zylberberg

Feb 21, 2020

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No Ménage à Trois, Please, We're British: U.K. Censor Strikes 'Midnight' Wine

A British regulatory agency is not feeling the love for the California brand's less-than-coy label language

• Collin Dreizen

Feb 20, 2020

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Resurrecting a Medieval Wine Ship that Carried 200,000 Bottles' Worth of Cargo

The 100-foot behemoth, lost for half a millennium, will soon be upright again—and gives a fascinating glimpse at the European wine wars of Henry VI's day

• Ben O'Donnell

Feb 14, 2020