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Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has a new teammate: Oregon's Adelsheim Vineyard.

Portland Trail Blazers Add Adelsheim Vineyard to Roster

Plus, Utah's Polygamy Porter and its cheeky label have been rejected by the state of North Carolina

Jul 25, 2019

Two great boxes have become one … for a limited time only.

Wine Gets a Friend in Cheez-Its

The newest "It" wine pairing comes in a box

Jul 23, 2019

For now, Aldrin is the only buzz NASA allows on the moon.

Wine in Space? The Truth Is Out There

Fifty years after Apollo 11, we asked NASA about the state of spacewine. Plus, latest innovation in wearable tech is … wine stains?

Jul 18, 2019

Like many a classic Dave Matthews tune, the rhinoceros features a prominent horn part. (So sorry.)

Dave Matthews Debuts Rosé for Rhinos; Chuck Schumer: Wine Should Be in Cans

Plus, Franzia's first new box—in 35 years; and Thomas Keller's Bastille Day bash

Jul 11, 2019

Heroes in a hectare: Leonardo and the Atellani House, where his vineyard grows anew

Renaissance Man's Wine Reborn: Inside Leonardo da Vinci's Vineyard

Using DNA tech, researchers replanted the maestro's Milan vineyard; a wine will be released for the 500th anniversary of his death

Jul 9, 2019

Ferruccio Lamborghini with the Lamborghini Miura and the Lamborghini Ciliegiolo

From Supercars to Super Umbrians: Lamborghini the Winemaker

Plus, a trademark battle between $17 Petrus and $3,000 Pétrus

Jun 27, 2019

A decision for LeBron that went over well

LeBron Goes for Two Lafite Vintages; Taittinger Fills World Cup as the Beautiful Game Comes to Champagne

French football phenom Kylian Mbappé passed James a bottle of birth-vintage first-growth

Jun 19, 2019

Left: Marc Perrin (blue guy) and Brad Pitt (beige guy) walk the vineyard. Right: the new egg-shaped fermentation vats where the magic happens.

Inside the New Winery for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Record-Breaking Rosé

Winemaker Marc Perrin explained how he crafted a rosé to compete with elite reds and whites in quality—and a four-figure price tag

Jun 19, 2019

Vintrigue! The Monterey Five Plus One, left to right: Reese Witherspoon, Zoë Kravitz, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep

Monterey Wines for the Monterey Five in 'Big Little Lies'; Will We Get a Vineyard Scene?

Plus, California wine on the line in Nancy Pelosi and Justin Trudeau's NBA Finals wager

Jun 13, 2019

*Record scratch* *Freeze frame* You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...

#RoséRoadTrip Hits Speed Bump

Plus, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Adam Housley open a Napa tasting room, and Christie's auctions off 350-year-old shipwreck bottles

Jun 6, 2019

The plane's paint job reflects its postwar duties, when it was sold to the Taiwanese Civil Air Transport and helped evacuate Chinese nationalists from the mainland to Taiwan after Mao's victory.

Winemaker Flies WW2 Plane from Sonoma to Normandy to Join D-Day Squad

Benovia's Joe Anderson took to the skies in his 1942 C-53 Skytrooper to commemorate the 75th anniversary

Jun 6, 2019

Choose your own adventure.

From Cleopatra's Palace to the 'Bubble' Pit: Inside the Rosé Mansion

An "acid test" room, a secret garden, tarot cards and tacos are among the allurements of the 32,000-square-foot pink wine wonderland

May 31, 2019

These are truly the top hats. Barefoot Wine dancers at the 2018 Pride in London parade

Parades, Parties and Pop-Art Bottles: Your Guide to Pride Month Wine

It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and wine, spirits and beer brands are here for it

May 31, 2019

From left: Kate Moss, Uma Thurman, Roger Federer and Natalie Portman, probably minutes away from drinking some Champagne

Roger Federer, Natalie Portman Wish Moët Imperial a Happy 150th; Presents Include New Château

Plus, Turin prison blues for winemaker who played with Barolo rules, and a Bordeaux vintner charged with dastardly watering-down of wine

May 30, 2019

We asked California winemaker and golfer Cristie Kerr to survey the (vinous) competition.

Golf Has a New Official Wine. What Do Winemaking Golfers Think?

Plus, peek inside a super-rare 16th-century German wine book; a magic Rolls-Royce Champagne chest; and serial winescammers hit restaurants across Italy

May 23, 2019

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Wine and a healthy diet are two of the lifestyle habits the researchers tracked. Both were linked to longer life.

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Set phasers to sun: Data (Brent Spiner, left) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) catch some shade during filming at Sunstone Winery last spring.

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Wine and a healthy diet are two of the lifestyle habits the researchers tracked. Both were linked to longer life.

Wine and a healthy diet are two of the lifestyle habits the researchers tracked. Both were linked to longer life.

Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Greater Life Expectancy

Shawn Zylberberg

Jan 22, 2020

A case of Resting Beethoven Face on a monument at the Tiergarten at Berlin

A case of Resting Beethoven Face on a monument at the Tiergarten at Berlin

Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research

Collin Dreizen

Jan 23, 2020

Set phasers to sun: Data (Brent Spiner, left) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) catch some shade during filming at Sunstone Winery last spring.

Set phasers to sun: Data (Brent Spiner, left) and Picard (Patrick Stewart) catch some shade during filming at Sunstone Winery last spring.

Make It So: How a Not-So-French Vineyard Got Cast as Star Trek's 'Château Picard'

Ben O'Donnell

Jan 24, 2020

Drying out for a month is easy. Practicing moderation is a lifelong endeavor.

Drying out for a month is easy. Practicing moderation is a lifelong endeavor.

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