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A Definitive Timeline of Every Trendy Water Bottle

VinePair

Bottled water is nothing new. While it’s hard to nail down exactly when the very first water bottle was invented, packaging water for transportation dates all the way back to ancient times. It didn’t take long for the environmental impact of these plastic bottles to become obvious.

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The Definitive Guide to Pairing Christmas Cookies With Wine

VinePair

But that’s especially true when it comes to matching up wine with something as whimsical and nostalgic as Christmas cookies. That said, general wine-pairing wisdom recommends that your chosen wine should be sweeter than what you’re eating, as more saccharine food can accentuate harshness or unwanted bitterness in your glass.

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As a Major Wine Critic Calls Time on Heavy Bottles, Will Others Follow Suit?

VinePair

Spend enough time enjoying, collecting, or working with wine, and you’ve come across them. Thick, heavy glass bottles certainly had their moment in the sun. Regular sized 750-milliliter bottles? But recently, if slowly, the wine world seems to have finally caught on to the magnificent absurdity of it all. The message?

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5 to Try: Orange Wines

Imbibe Magazine

Despite its ancient roots and modern popularity, orange wine still lacks a legal definition and currently remains categorized under white wine. Sommelier Doreen Winkler leaned into the former, launching the first orange wine subscription service in 2019. I became obsessed with orange wine over a decade ago,” she says.

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We Asked 14 Wine Pros: What’s the Best Red Wine for Beginners?

VinePair

There’s a difference between drinking red wine and getting into red wine. The former just involves opening a bottle and pouring a glass; the latter means falling in love with the many regions, grapes, and styles that come with the color. Of course, every wine-related journey can benefit from a little guidance.

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A New Wave of French Wine Bars

Imbibe Magazine

For Jorge Riera , the headline-making, French-heavy wine lists he created for New York City’s Frenchette aren’t especially new—for him. To Jon Bonné, managing editor of Resy and author of The New French Wine (Ten Speed Press, 2023), the return of France as a dominant news peg in the wine world feels a little like a homecoming.

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Review: Wines of Hard Working Wines, 2024 Releases

Drinkhacker

McPrice Myers recently launched a new label of (very) affordable wines called Hard Working Wines — all made not with generic Central Valley fruit but rather (for the most part) more prized Paso Robles grapes. And yet prices on all of these wines are kept to just $20 a bottle. Let’s dig in.

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