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Great Wine Bargains: Big, Burly Reds
His kids and their spouses have taught him about “a new kind of hunt—the hunt for great wine bargains.”

How to lose the booze
Exploring the trend for relatively low-alcohol wines, with examples.

Chinese wine consumers at mercy of dodgy producers
Unscrupulous wine producers mislabel bottles, adulterate wines, pass them off as genuine to unwary consumers, decanter.com says.

Fortify Yourself: Learning the Basics of Port
Spotlights three styles and the “complexity and dimension” of those aged in cask or bottle.