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France's Macron Sips California Wine at White House State Dinner
Guest of honor French President Emmanuel Macron will be treated to an all-American menu featuring U.S. wines with a …
Bordeaux Château Owner Nabbed in Counterfeit Wine Raid
The fake Bordeaux scam is suspected to have involved hundreds of thousands of bottles of wine
Stars and Stripes Forever: Did 340-Year-Old Shipwrecked Wine Belong to George Washington’s Family?
The HMS Gloucester sank off the coast of England in 1682, bringing hundreds of bottles of wine with it, including one fit …
FBI Busts Fraudulent $13 Million Wine and Whisky Investment Scheme
A British citizen stands accused of masterminding a grift swindling elderly victims across the U.S. through promises of big …
Champagne Stash Discovered in World War I Shipwreck Remains Out of Reach … for Now
A U.K.-based team is working to save bottles of Champagne, brandy and more in the wreckage of the S.S. Libourne , sunk by …
Cult Cabernet Crime
Principals of wine brokerage firm Bordeaux Cellars are accused of defrauding investors
Cult Cabernet Collateral: How Two Men Allegedly Duped Investors with a Tale of Rare Wines
A federal court indictment says Stephen Burton and James Wellesley offered loans backed by Burgundies and Bordeauxs, but …
Flotsam and Chefsam: Thousands of Cookbooks Lost at Sea
Rough seas prove a recipe for disaster when two new cookbooks—chef Mason Hereford’s Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ …
Chance Encounters: Selling the Bidens on Chianti Classico
Il Molino di Grace co-owner Daniel Grace seizes an opportunity to chat Tuscan wine with President Joe Biden and First Lady …
$1 Million Wine Heist Nabs Rare Yquems and DRC Montrachets from Grand Award Winner Atrio
Dozens of bottles of the legendary Sauternes dessert wine and Burgundy’s Domaine de la Romanée-Conti go missing from the …
Raspberry Dismay: Prince’s Estate Petitions for End to Ohio Winery’s Purple Rain Cuvée
Reps for the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s estate have asked the U.S. Patent Office to revoke the trademark for …