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New Short Film: Man Leaves Rat Race to Become Monastic Burgundy Winemaker

Plus, an Oregon winery makes a reopening music video and Jordan winery bakes TP-garnished quarantine cakes

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Aaron Romano

May 28, 2020

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Surprising Find Suggests Medieval Scotland Actually Land of Wine-Sipping Big-City Folk

A recent excavation has found a massive 6th-century settlement in Scotland—by far the largest of its kind—where urban inhabitants may have clinked glasses of imported Mediterranean vintages

• Collin Dreizen

May 26, 2020

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Michelin-Starred Dining for Dummies: The Story Behind the Social-Distancing Mannequins at the Inn at Little Washington

"They're all drinking wine," chef-owner Patrick O'Connell informed us of his famous, albeit lifeless, friends

• Gillian Sciaretta

May 21, 2020

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Sarah Jessica Parker Launches New Rosé, Talks Crafting Summer Wine in Parka Weather

We caught up with the actor-winemaker today to hear about the many "backs and forths" of figuring out a blend, and how wine is a rare "holiday" during quarantine

• Ben O'Donnell

May 20, 2020

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Making the World's First Wine: Who Taught Whom?

An archaeologist has published a new book on early Chinese wine techniques that suggests prehistoric winemaking may have been a cross-continental collaborative effort; he drank "Black Chicken Heart" wine for research

• Collin Dreizen

May 15, 2020

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Man Guzzles Wine from Under Moving Tanker, Elaborate Scam on Champagne Heir: Shocking Acts of Winecrime Everywhere

A highway wine robber in his underwear. A Champenois duped by a fake "secret mission" with Moroccan royals. Wineries, warehouses and shops all hit in wave of winecrime

• Shawn Zylberberg

May 14, 2020

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Post Malone Announces Next Summer Hit: His New Rosé

The Grammy-nominated hip-hop star has partnered with a Provence wine hitmaker on his new label, Maison No. 9. Here's how it came together

• Shawn Zylberberg

May 13, 2020

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How to Drink Like a 16th-Century German or 1920s Frenchman: Two Forgotten Wine Books Rereleased!

How should you savor wine? Who’s worth sharing your best vintages with? How can you cheat at wine-drinking games?? Two texts from history answer the important questions

• Ben O'Donnell

May 6, 2020

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Ludacris, Jon Bon Jovi, Carmelo Anthony, Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird All ‘Wine Down’ Virtually

Opening Bordeaux, Brunello, rosé and an unconventional Spanish red, they're among the many joining livestream happy hours to chat about everything from the new Michael Jordan documentary to pairing wine with movies (and cars)

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Gillian Sciaretta

May 5, 2020

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'The Delicacy' Documentary Sinks into 'Dangerous, Reckless' Realm of Sea Urchin Divers

A new film from Somm director Jason Wise about the divers—and chefs—doing bold things with urchin premieres May 7, with a unique food and wine pairing from SingleThread Farms

• Aaron Romano

May 4, 2020

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Italian Wine Painter Reveals Which Reds Work Best

Piedmont-based artist Vincenzo Reda likes to paint with the same wines he drinks, though some are better on paper than others

• Collin Dreizen

Apr 30, 2020

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Photo Contest Celebrates Snapshots of Wine; We Have a Winner

The annual Errázuriz Wine Photographer of the Year was announced in an online broadcast; check out a gallery of contenders. Plus, Bordeaux's Cité du Vin museum goes digital with new wine-art podcasts

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Suzanne Mustacich

Apr 28, 2020

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Uncork the Burn: Try Wine Workouts with Venus Williams, Dries Mertens, Guy Called 'Winestache'

Cellar rats and celebs alike are trading dumbbells for magnums to stay fit during COVID-19 lockdown

• Shawn Zylberberg

Apr 23, 2020

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Scottish Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Massive Lost Wine-Bottle Glass Factory

Bottled up for a century, the Edinburgh glass factory once churned out 1 million units a week—and may have helped shape the modern wine bottle

• Collin Dreizen

Apr 22, 2020

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Bid Big Against COVID-19: Your Charity Wine Auction Guide

From WWII-era German Riesling to magnums of cult Napa Cabernet, auction houses are finding and offering ultrarare bottles from donors who want to help those affected by the coronavirus

• Ben O'Donnell

Apr 21, 2020