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It’s Friday! How To Drink Wine Like You Know What The Hell You’re Doing

I have a confession to make: I’ve only just recently begun to understand and appreciate wine in terms more nuanced than white or red. What helps is knowing how best to drink a given varietal, and why.

May 8, 2012
Gadgets

Wine-Chilling Carafe Classes Up Your Picnic Basket

It’s a sunny day, you’re relaxing in the park, noshing on treats from your fully stocked basket, maybe tossing the frisbee around. But none of it means anything without booze.

April 9, 2012
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Serving-Sized Wine Wets Your Whistle While You Wander

What is a bottle of wine, really? Four glasses of the good stuff. But unless you’re drinking wine in your house or at a fancy restaurant, chances are you don’t have a corkscrew or stemware on you.

February 3, 2012
Gadgets

Artful Winemaker Review: How I Learned To Love Cheap Wine In 28 Days

I’ve been interested in home brewing for a while, but the price, space and involvement needed has always been off-putting. The Artful Winemaker, however, puts the brewing process on auto-pilot.

January 23, 2012
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I Really Want To Drink This Wine Aged With A 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

I’m not that big a fan of the vino, but I really want to drink the Cabernet Sauvignon from Ian Hutchinson’s vineyard in Chile’s Cachapoal Valley. Why? Well, for some reason, it’s aged with a three-inch, 4.5 billion-year-old meteor from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. SPACEWINE.

December 11, 2011
Gadgets

High-Torque Bottle Opener Pops Corks With Ease

Never ruin another dinner party again while you embarrassingly fumble to open a bottle of wine. Using the same planetary gearing setup that gives automatic transmissions their torque, this corkscrew will easily yank any cork by just turning its handle.

November 26, 2011
Science

Teach Your Pretentious Friend How To Swirl Wine Using Science

Everyone has one of those annoying friends who thinks they know everything about wine. But here’s some science you can wheel out next time they come over all condescending.

November 20, 2011
Gadgets

Will Wine Snobs Embrace A Paper Bottle?

Even though they’re recyclable, glass bottles are energy intensive to produce, and heavy and expensive to ship. So an inventor has created a cheaper, greener alternative with a paper-based bottle that will probably have sommeliers turning their noses up at it.

November 16, 2011
Gadgets

Class Up Your Act With Temperature-Regulating Wine Storage

If you’re anything like us, your idea of storing wine and keeping it at the correct temperature involves wrapping it up that black liquor store bag until it’s time to drink it. But we know better, and this dual chambered-wine cooler is just the upgrade we’ve all been hoping for.

August 10, 2011
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Does Cask Wine Not Suck Anymore?

Goon! Is there anything with a reputation as bad as cask wine? I think toe jam and Rebecca Black score higher with gen pop. But oh you silly judgmental soul who spat on boxed wine! Turns out, boxed wine doesn’t suck anymore.

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