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Unlike with scotch—where you can pour yourself a glass and come back to the bottle a couple of months later and it’s still good—wine goes bad. So you’re forced to consume the volume of sale.

Our wine critic ... beverages carry warning labels, I felt conflicted. As a wine and food critic, I have been writing about the pleasures of wine for 30 years and recommending bottles for just ...