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Each week, my team and I will bring you a fascinating and fun dose of wine intel. You’ll find my top wine recommendations (for every one wine we recommend to you, we taste 50 to 100 wines), plus great wine and food quizzes, my takes on happenings in the wine world, and my (hopefully thought-provoking and helpful) blogs. Plus, as always, lots more!
~ Karen MacNeil
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A. They were cheaper than corks
B. They prevented a wine from getting “corked”
C. They made opening the bottle easier
D. Too many consumers were reporting that the knives on corkscrews were dangerous
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