Handpicked stories from across the Web…

The Economical Oenophile
Expert Robert Parker touts “perhaps the top U.S. importer of wines priced under $10 a bottle.”

Iraqi Past Ferments in An Unlikely N.Y. Winery
True wine lover: Story of a man who turned his townhouse into a vertical winery.

Grape genome unpicked
Scientists say vintage sequence could lead to new wine flavors.

So long, summer sippers
Looks like we’re heading toward the season for some “serious pinot.”

Caps off to a great value wine
A wine expert’s ode to a “a classy $10 white in a funky bottle.”

How could one collector find so much rare fine wine?
On the trail of mind-bogglingly expensive bottles.

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