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POP CULTURE, A Review of Champagne: A Global History

Michelle Locke
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4 min read
As Napoleon is reputed to have said, “Champagne: in roaring economies you deserve it, in recession you need it.” OK, the energetic emperor did not actually say that. (The proper quote, according to legend anyway, is, “Champagne: in victory you deserve it, in defeat you need it.”) But it is

“Ordinary” Bordeaux is Back in Style

Hoke Harden
Feature Stories
7 min read
The most curious thing happened a few years ago. One of the great wine regions of the world became passé in one of the largest wine markets. Bordeaux was becoming hard to find in the United States. Oh, the Classified Growths and the rarefied boutique darlings maintained their stratospheric price

New Brunswick Wines By Way of Minnesota Grapes

Craig Pinhey
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8 min read
Elmer Swenson is a legend in cool climate grape growing circles. This is thanks to all his research, mainly in Minnesota, developing hardy varieties that thrive in a cold climate growing season, survive cold winters, but can also make really good wine. Northeastern American wineries know Swenson varieties well, but

Well Hung Vineyard: Humor as a Business Model

Kristina Anderson
Features
6 min read
Although many people daydream about starting their own business, very few have the courage to do so. As anybody who has done it will tell you, it takes more than a great idea to become a success. In the case of Well Hung Vineyard, a boutique winery based outside Charlottesville,