Many of the bottles on display sported shelf talkers with high scores from wine critics, but a closer look revealed that the vintage in the ... Did the person in charge of the section fail to ...

When should you care about the year on your wine bottle, and when can you ignore it? Like many wine terms, “vintage” is one that’s thrown around frequently. In addition to understanding its ...

Below, I’ll explain the purpose of each step. First, the server will show the bottle to the person who ordered it. I usually just glance at it and make sure the wine and vintage are what I asked for, ...

Wine is at its peak when it has been aged in a cellar, but most of us don’t have the time, the cellar or the inclination to wait five or ten years to drink a bottle of wine. However, there are ...

Police say they have broken up a criminal wine gang that sold cheap plonk for €15,000 (£12,500) a bottle by passing it off as a French vintage. The group is accused of counterfeiting bottles of ...

Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a wine fraud ring that allegedly sold fake French wine for up to €15,000 ($16,300) per bottle ... fine and rare vintage wines ...

but was presented with a bottle of the 2020 instead. The proprietor was unbothered. How much difference could one year make? A wine’s vintage—the year the grapes were harvested—has long been ...