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Orange Power
Bar and Cellar
It was only three years ago that Philip Shaw was the most powerful winemaker in Australia, with the ultimate responsibility for every bottle labele...
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Sparkling Performers
Bar and Cellar
The sound of a popping Champagne cork once signaled a celebration in the room. But from grand banquets to the neighborhood bar, the clinking of flu...
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Here Comes Sherry!
Bar and Cellar
"Sherry is the poster child for misunderstood wine," comments Bill Summerville, managing director of Minneapolis' Solera, a high energy Spanish spo...
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Cool Kids
Bar and Cellar
Current advertising for Reynolds Vineyards, located in the Orange district of New South Wales, proclaims "Cool Aussie," while another ad for Centra...
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Auction Action
Bar and Cellar
Any restaurant that's serious about wine should take wine auctions seriously. Auctions have changed the means of acquiring fine and rare wines that...
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Most Popular in Glass
Bar and Cellar
Savvy diners once avoided ordering wine by the glass, believing that single-serving wine represented a sucker bet—fewer choices, poor value, and ...
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Mix Master
Bar and Cellar
There's no towering back bar stocked with ornate bottles and rare spirits.
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Drinking Outside the Box
Bar and Cellar
Bag-in-box packaging is a marvel of postwar American invention, created in Chicago in 1947 by William R. Scholle as a solution to packaging sulfuri...
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Drinking Local
Bar and Cellar
For an elite bartender working in Manhattan, the shift might begin by slicing garnishes, squeezing fresh citrus, and chipping away at blocks of ice...
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Team Spirits
Bar and Cellar
With their labyrinthine layouts and absence of clocks, casinos are notoriously skilled at keeping patrons in their grasp. But at Wynn Las Vegas, a ...
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Buy This List!
Bar and Cellar
It's not unusual to see someone walk into a restaurant cradling a bottle of wine, especially if it's a bring-your-own-bottle establishment or one t...
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Cave Men
Bar and Cellar
In 1990, with a cast of celebrity investors including Robert De Niro, Bill Murray, Sean Penn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lou Diamond Philips, and certain...
