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 …
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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, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Good Vibrations: Washington Winery Tries Barrel Aging Under Passing Trains
An urban winery in Spokane has found surprising benefits to its Cabernet getting run over by thousands of trains
Dry Your Eyes: 'Wine Tears' Finally Explained by Science
Turns out we didn't quite have the full picture of the phenomenon, and a UCLA team has discovered a cause that's literally …
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 …
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 …
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?
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 …
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