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Dark port wine bottles on a walnut table beside two tasting glasses, one ruby and one tawny
Spanish red and white wine bottles on a dark oak table with a glass of garnet red wine
Four unlabeled dark green wine bottles and a glass of garnet red wine on an aged oak table under warm autumn side light, with an oak barrel stave and dried vine leaves
Five unlabeled agave spirit bottles on a dark walnut bar top under warm amber side light, with roasted agave fiber and a clay copita cup
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Eight wine bottles for a Thanksgiving table, from sparkling through whites and reds to tawny port, arranged on dark oak with autumn leaves and pears
Eight bourbon bottles hidden in numbered brown paper bags beside Glencairn glasses and a scoring card, set up for a blind tasting at home
Your Manhattan Isn't Bad — Your Vermouth Is: The Modifier Bottles That Decide Whether Stirred Drinks Work, How Long They Actually Last Open, and 8 to Buy for Autumn