Cork Principles

Royal Caribbean rethinks wine list and incorporates technology to make guest experience ship-shape. Royal Caribbean recently christened a retooled wine program to meet guest demand and tendencies. The changes are based on wine flavor profile trends, as well as the...

Wine Vending Machines Offer Savings

Wine sommelier Andy Schneider had a glass of wine recently from a bottle of wine that had been open for 10 days. It was delicious, thanks to a state-of-the-art wine vending machine that preserved Schneider’s expensive glass of wine in its original, just-opened...

Legendary Wines, Sold in Sips

Château Pétrus and Château d’Yquem from Bordeaux, Vega Sicilia from Spain and Bryant Family from California are legendary wines, scarce and costly. But now you can taste them without a trust fund. At Alain Ducasse’s Midtown bistro Benoit, the wine director, André...