I'm a sommelier. I found 7 of the best cabernet sauvignons at the grocery store, and they're all $35 and under.

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I found the best cabernet sauvignon at the grocery store.

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Skip Paris and visit this pretty city 2 hours away. It feels less crowded but still has lots of holiday magic.

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Swirling lines projected onto le Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux
By late November, Bordeaux feels like it's filled with lights.

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3 common mistakes customers make at a wine tasting, according to a server at a winery

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I love working at a winery, but there are a few common mistakes I've seen guests make.

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Whenever I'm in Paris, I take a 40-minute train ride to Champagne. A roundtrip ticket is only $60, and the wine lives up to the hype.

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rows of grape vines at a vineyard in the champagne region of France
Champagne is the closest wine region to Paris.

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Singapore's luxury wine club has 10,000 glasses. There's one they recommend for everything from Champagne to red wine.

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Despite its vast collection of 10,000 glasses, 67 Pall Mall Singapore recommends the versatile universal wine glass for most wines.

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The 5 US states with the best wineries, according to a sommelier

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California isn't the only place to visit wineries in the US.

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8 of the best wines to buy at Costco, from a sommelier

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Don't overlook the wine section at Costco.

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Forget Napa Valley and Tuscany. Here are 7 underrated wine regions I love visiting as a sommelier.

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vineyard in serbia
Most people haven't had the full experience of trying Serbian wine.

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This Murky Liquid Is the Oldest-Known Wine, With a Horrifying Extra Ingredient

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Raise your glasses—and your eyebrows: A team of archaeologists has found the oldest liquid wine in a Roman mausoleum in Spain. The team determined it was a white wine, reddened by centuries of chemistry, and muddled with the cremated remains of a Roman man. Delicious.

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Why giant oak barrels are key to making some of the world's most expensive wine

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Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine. But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine.

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