When buying French Champagne, read the fine print ... at $40-$50 a bottle. And an honest Champagne lover couldn’t deny that a wine such as Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label ($45-$50) has become ...

France produces some of the world’s most renowned wines, crafted in a range of styles. The country has eleven major wine regions ranging from the Languedoc in the south to Champagne in the north ...

A few weeks ago, a friend and I were sitting at my dining room table with a few bottles ... the wine. Cellared and bottled by – The winery whose name is on the label didn’t make the wine.

These merchants blend the barrels from many small producers into large-scale lots, bottle them by officially designated wine regions and sell the finished wine under their own labels. If you've ...