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Wine With Me: Until a few years ago, you couldn’t really get good wines in a half bottle. But thankfully, things have changed. 

Wine With Me: Auction sites allow wine enthusiast  to 'trade' wine much like a share of Apple--and it’s a hot and lucrative trend. 

Wine With Me: The idea of making your own wine is intriguing, until you recall that famous "I Love Lucy" episode. Luckily, Crushpad is letting consumers make their own wine without ever having to get grapes in their toes.

Wine With Me: Moscato was the fastest growing varietal with sales increasing by 93% in the U.S. last year, and we can thank the Millennials for driving overall growth.

Wine With Me: In just 10 years, [Yellow Tail] has sold nearly 70 million cases, generating nearly $5 billion for retailers, and proving that tails, really does win.

Wine With Me: A wine shop in New York took a vacant vintage gas station and redesigned it a rustic-industrial style specializing in artisanal producers with an emphasis on organic and sustainably-farmed vineyards. 

Wine With Me: Would you add vodka or bourbon to your wine? Or are you a purist and only drink wine in its unaltered, natural state?  

Wine With Me:  The social media world has figured out how to bring wine online and is helping consumers find the perfect wine to accompany any fast-food dinner. 

Wine With Me: Its not often people equate wine with economic growth. But you should. 

Wine With Me: Executives in corporate America dismissed Marlo Scott, but the joke is on them because now she is a thriving entrepreneur doing things her way. 

There is a lot of drama, literally, in this man’s life. If he can find a way to channel simplicity, then there’s hope for all of us.

When you use the phrase “drug war” you probably think of Mexico or Colombia, but there’s a battle being fought right now in front of Parliamentary committees in Britain that is getting very ugly.

He’s threatening, prone to acts of aggression and strikes fear in his enemies… no, it’s not Vladimir Putin, I’m talking about Darth Vader. But if you think about it they do share some ominous similarities.

France's president may be in big trouble on the heels of humiliating local municipal elections. 

Russia might be able to broaden its influence in the Middle East by supporting the man who is likely to be Egypt's next president. 

This ex-secret agent of the Soviet Union is now in charge of the entire Eastern Bloc and he rules with a well practiced iron fist. He is also formidable when it comes to foreign diplomacy, because he doesn’t have any.

Forget the T-90 battle tanks and MiG 29 fighter jets, Russia is reportedly unleashing a silent but damaging attack on Ukraine’s cyber space.

It’s an all too familiar tactic of a corrupt dictator; line your pockets with as much loot as possible, live an extravagant lifestyle, and when the angry villagers start to close in -- make a run for it.

With the World Cup in Brazil just weeks away, the eggheads at Goldman Sachs have been pouring over World Cup soccer statistics and global markets going back to 1974, figuring out if the winning country can expect a nice bounce in its stock market performance.

The annexation of Crimea is being called the smoothest invasion of modern times. As the West considered its options it was basically over before it even started.