When pairing Super Bowl foods with wine, keep this rule in mind: fat with acidity, salt with sugar.

Greasy, Fatty Foods and Wine

Greasy or fatty finger foods need a wine with a bit of acidity to help cut the fat. Grapes like riesling, gewürztraminer and grüner veltliner are great choices. Red grapes can also work, but avoid heavy or tannic wines. Pinot noir, tempranillo and gamay can be a pleasant match.

Did you know that Chanel owns a winery? Me neither.

Château Rauzan-Ségla was founded by Pierre de Rauzan in 1661, and it was purchased by the luxury retailer in 1994. The Margaux-based winery produces two wines — the Château Rauzan-Ségla and the Ségla.

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If you're like me, you're probably feeling a little poorer and a little over-indulged after the holidays. As much as we love wine, I'm not sure that the body is meant to consume more than 1-2 drinks per day for 7 days straight, chased with a shortbread cookie or 10.

So I can understand your urge to drink a little less this January because it's a time of rejuvenation — financially and bodily.

Rarely a week goes by without someone asking me about a newfangled “miracle” wine device and if it works.

Most recently someone asked me about a bottle-top wine chiller. This device is used to chill a room temperature bottle by the glass. I suggested to my colleague that there is a cheaper, better way to chill a bottle of wine. And no, this solution doesn’t depend on your significant other refilling the ice tray.

Try the toilet tank.

Former NBA star player Yao Ming is set to release his first wine, the Yao Ming 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, in China.

Greece has a long and proud wine tradition. Greek wine producers have stuck to their winemaking roots and wholeheartedly embraced indigenous Greek grape varieties such as agiorgitiko, moschofilero, assyrtiko and xinomavro.