An Eye for Wine Hammurabi’s Code was the first recorded law that listed severe punishments for wine fraud.

Like a Limestone Cowboy Some of the world’s most sought-after wines are made with grapes grown in limestone soils, which are naturally alkaline with high

Can’t Touch This! The Spanish Albariño grape is grown on trellises so that the grapes never touch the ground, helping to avoid disease and rot

Don’t Tread Lightly Some premium Port wines are still made using foot treading! Though expensive and physically exhausting, traditional foot treading gently extracts the juices

Move Over, Manhattan The Brunello winemaking zone in Italy extends over about 100 square miles, or just slightly larger than three times the island of Manhattan.

Guess How Many Grapes? A standard 750 mL bottle of wine contains the juice of 600 to 800 grapes.