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Bakhmut: The Sparkling Wine Cellar That Survived A City's Destruction
A 19th-century mine, millions of bottles, and a rescue carried out in stages while the city above it was fought over street by street.

Carménère: The Grape Presumed Extinct For 100 Years
An entire country's wine industry was selling the wrong grape for over a century, and didn't find out until a DNA test said so.
Appellations and Wine Regions Explained
A name on a wine label is a legal claim, not a marketing flourish. Here is what it actually promises, from 1907 French riots to the loophole that created Super Tuscans.