Wine 90
A Global Anthology of the Most Fascinating Stories Ever BottledBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h 22m
About this audiobook
You've collected wine knowledge like everyone else—ratings, regions, grape names—only to realize the story behind each bottle is stranger than the myth. Wine 90 asks: where in your life are you mistaking polished narratives for truth, believing the tuxedo instead of seeing the chaos underneath? Ninety real tales from the global wine world invite you to notice how civilization builds identity through accident, scandal, and human grit disguised as luxury.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Business and Economics
Length1 hr 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
51PART IV (46–60) – Revolts, Borders, War & Weird Politics
2Introduction
5246. The Judgment of Princeton – When New Jersey Went Toe-to-Toe With France
3PART I (1–15) – Cult Bottles, Myths & Big “Oh Shit” Moments
5347. The Champagne Revolt of 1911 – When Vineyard Riots Shaped an AOC
41. The Prisoner & Eight Years in the Desert – A Non-Compete Turned into a Narrative
5448. Clos des Lambrays – The Grand Cru That Disappeared from History
52. Stag’s Leap vs Stags’ Leap – When an Apostrophe Went to Court
5549. Hiroshima’s Surviving DRC Vines – A Strange Postwar Footnote
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63. Judgment of Paris – The Day Napa Broke the Wine Hierarchy
5650. Loire Valley Rosé Piracy – The Spanish Wine Passed Off as French
74. The Reporter Who Accidentally Immortalized It
5751. New Zealand’s Screwcap Coup – When a Whole Country Mutinied Against Cork
85. Dom Pérignon & “Tasting the Stars” – Champagne’s Favorite Myth
5852. The Angel’s Share & the Cognac Black Fungus
96. The Vineyard Goats That Ate the Vintage
5953. Champagne’s Underground City – A Subterranean World of Bubbles
107. Faux Lafite – Counterfeit Prestige in a Bottle
6054. The 1956 Bordeaux Frost – The Freeze That Changed the Blend
118. Hardy Rodenstock & the Jefferson Bottles
6155. Biodynamics – Cow Horns, Moon Phases, and Shockingly Good Wine
129. Billionaire’s Vinegar – Wine Fraud as Detective Story
6256. Liber Pater’s “Too Modern” Vineyards – The Mad Scientist of Bordeaux
1310. Austria’s Antifreeze Scandal – Sweetness at Any Cost
6357. Portugal’s Underwater Wine Aging – Submerged Cellars of the Atlantic
1411. Roman Wine Shipwrecks – Amphorae on the Seafloor
6458. Scharzhofberg’s Border Drama – When a Vineyard Belonged to Two Countries
1512. The Speyer Bottle – The Oldest Unopened Wine (Until Recently)
6559. Bollinger R.D. and the Global Gray Market – Scarcity Creates Its Own Economy
1613. Noble Rot – Mold That Turned into Gold
6660. The EU Wine Lake – When Surplus Became a Literal Lake
1714. Tokaji & Queen Victoria’s Birthday Cases
67PART V (61–75) – Identity, Survival, Ghosts & Underground Legends
1815. Clos du Val’s Paris Rematch – Proof It Wasn’t a Fluke
6861. The Champagne Warehouse Heist – Cork Serial Numbers Solve the Crime
19PART II (16–30) – Crises, Laws, and Rebirths
6962. The Vermentino Identity Crisis – When Australia Realized Its “Vermentino” Was… Not
2016. The UFO Ban of Châteauneuf-du-Pape – When French Wine Law Went Sci-Fi
7063. Rioja’s “Fake Barrel Aging” Scandal – Chips, Powder, and Illusion
2117. Sassicaia & the Birth of the Super Tuscans – The Table Wine That Became Royalty
7164. Napa’s Ghost Wineries – Prohibition’s Abandoned Wine Cathedrals
2218. Brunellogate – When the 100% Sangiovese Rule Got Violated
7265. Argentina’s Altitude Arms Race – Growing Vines Near the Sky
2319. Italy’s Methanol Scandal – Sweetness, Fraud, and Tragedy
7366. Brunello’s 1970s Black-Market Tanker Scheme – Wine by the Truckload
2420. Phylloxera – The Bug That Nearly Wiped Out Wine
7467. Priorat’s Resurrection – From Abandoned Terraces to Global Fame
2521. Europe’s Banned “Madness” Grapes – A Century of Suspicion
7568. Champagne Caves & WWII Resistance – Bubbles in the Shadows of War
2622. Prohibition’s Grape Bricks & Clergy Loopholes
7669. Alsace: The Forever Tug-of-War Between France and Germany
2723. Carmenère – The Grape Hiding in Chile as Merlot
7770. Gewürztraminer – The Mutant Aromatic Diva
2824. Malbec – From French Casualty to Argentinian Icon
7871. Super Tuscans Go Legit – When Rebels Became the Establishment
2925. Bordeaux 1855 – When a Price List Became Holy Scripture
7972. New York’s Ice Wine Chainsaw Harvest – Freeze or Die Trying
3026. Bernkasteler Doctor – The Vineyard That “Healed” a Prince-Bishop
8073. Rioja’s Counterfeit Control Codes – Fighting Fakes with Bureaucracy
3127. Baltic Shipwreck Champagne – A 170-Year-Old Ocean Cellar
8174. Château Musar – Winemaking Through a Civil War
3228. Vega Sicilia – Spain’s Lone Fine-Wine Beacon
8275. Two Buck Chuck – How $1.99 Wine Changed the U.S. Market
3329. Screaming Eagle – The Accidental Cult Wine
83PART VI (76–90) – Extremes, Experiments & Future-Weird
3430. How America Both Destroyed and Saved European Wine
8476. Mafia in the Prosecco Business – Bubbles, Bribes, and Strong-Arming the Veneto
35PART III (31–45) – Regions, Styles & Rivalries
8577. The Legendary 1961 Bordeaux Vintage – Perfection Born from Frost and Chaos
3631. Switzerland’s “Wine Lake” Fraud – When Blending Became a National Embarrassment
8678. Etna’s Volcano Cellars – Aging Wine in Lava Tubes and Fire-Scarred Caves
3732. Barolo’s Oak Wars – Tradition vs. Modernity in Piedmont
8779. The Pinot Noir That Was Actually Syrah – New Zealand’s DNA Oops Moment
3833. The Champagne Widows – The Women Who Built an Empire of Bubbles
8880. Exploding Champagne Bottles – Cellars That Were Once Warzones
3934. The Almost-Legal Fake Rosé of 2009 – When Europe Tried to Blend Its Way Out of Trouble
8981. Monks, Astrology & Vineyard Calendars – Medieval Biodynamics Before Biodynamics
4035. China’s Counterfeit Lafite Boom – When Fake Wine Became an Industry
9082. Alto Adige’s “Bacon Wines” – When Lagrein Tasted Like Charcuterie
4136. Romanée-Conti – The 4.5 Acres Everyone Fought Over
9183. WWII Bomb Shelter Champagne – Vintage Under Fire
4237. Napa’s AXR1 Disaster – When a “Resistant” Rootstock Failed
9284. The Shiraz Lost at Sea – When an Entire Vintage Sank Into the Ocean
4338. Franciacorta’s Fight to Not Be “Italian Champagne’s Cousin”
9385. Music-Aged Wine – Fermentation to the Rhythm of Bach (or Metal)
4439. Syrah vs. Shiraz – Two Names, One Grape, Two Personalities
9486. South Africa’s Cheetah Patrol – Feline Vineyard Guardians
4540. Sauternes’ Lone Premier Cru Supérieur – Yquem’s Untouchable Status
9587. Germany’s VDP Auctions – When 500ml Bottles Sell for Thousands
4641. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – The Wine That Rewired Palates
9688. Provence Rosé & the Millennial Pink Explosion
4742. Pinotage – From Pariah to National Pride
9789. Sheep as Vineyard Lawn Mowers – Fleece-Fueled Farming
4843. Madeira – The Wine That Was Born by Accident
9890. Santorini’s Basket Vines & Horse Farming – Ancient Techniques in a Modern World
4944. Champagne’s Wartime Caves – Bubbles Beneath Bombs
99Afterword
5045. California’s Varietal Label Revolution – How the U.S. Changed the Global Label
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