Alicia Cypress

Book Of 'New Rules' Flows With Tippling Tips To Demystify Wine

Alicia Cypress

Wine writer Jon Bonné says that the traditional ways of thinking about wine no longer fit today's diversity of flavors and cultural influences — and that drinking it should be mainly about pleasure.

Toasting with Champagne is not just for holidays and formal occasions.

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A Growing Champagne Trend Is Uncorking More Ways To Celebrate

Alicia Cypress

Champagne shouldn't be just for special occasions, says wine writer David White. He explains how to choose it, how to pair it with food and how small growers are changing the industry.

Medalists Tamiru Demisse of Ethiopia (silver), Abdellatif Baka of Algeria (gold) and Henry Kirwa of Kenya (bronze) celebrate after the men's 1500m race in Rio. Their times were all faster than the gold medalist in the same event in the Olympics.

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#NPRreads: Defy The Odds This Weekend With These 3 Stories

Miles Parks, Alicia Cypress, Bill Chappell

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag.

Do you have some free time this Labor Day weekend? Spend it reading about a fascinating frame-up — or pondering the long hours we work. Here, travelers wait for trains at Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Friday, the start of the holiday weekend.

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#NPRreads: A Distraction For Labor Day Weekend, And Thoughts About Work

Alicia Cypress, Tracy Wahl, Mark Memmott

A fascinating true-crime case and the shame of being well-rested: two of the stories recommended by NPR staff, using the #NPRreads hashtag.

A waiter carries Champagne during the 'Salon Prive' event at Syon Park stately home in 2014 in London, England.

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#NPRreads: Drink In These 3 Stories This Weekend

Camila Domonoske, Kirk Siegler, Alicia Cypress

June 18, 2016 • Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

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#NPRreads: Three Stories To Bounce Around This Weekend

Alicia Cypress, Tracy Wahl, Joe Ruiz

What do Allen Iverson, Tuscan wine and income inequality in Boston have in common? They're all on the #NPRreads list this weekend!

Lawmakers Call For Army To Investigate Misconduct Discharges Of Service Members

Alicia Cypress

Citing reports by NPR and Colorado Public Radio, 12 senators want the Army to investigate the discharges of tens of thousands of troops with mental health disorders.