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Fortified Wine is Built to Survive

For three centuries these were the most valuable and widely traded wines on earth, engineered to cross oceans that destroyed everything else. The category never truly disappeared, and it is quietly finding its way back.

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Priorat: The Comeback Written in Slate

In a remote fold of Catalan mountains, monks planted vines, blight and poverty emptied the valleys, and a handful of outsiders rebuilt one of Europe's great red wines within a single generation. The soil did the rest.

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Cava is Spain's Generous Sparkler

Made by the same painstaking method as Champagne yet priced for everyday joy, Cava may be the most versatile bottle in the room. Its finest examples are quietly rewriting what Spanish sparkling wine can be.

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