On a little street of Florence, Italy, Mark uncovers an establishment dedicated to both “Vino Sfuso” and actor Johnny Depp.

Featured wine:
Rosso Cerretto Guidi (5 euro, with bottle; Italy)

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From the Honeysuckle Oyster barge off Martha’s Vineyard, Mark learns to shuck an oyster and then pairs it with an ideal oyster wine. Watch the video above to hear Mark’s suggestions on the best wines to pair with the aphrodisiacal raw oysters.

 

On Martha’s Vineyard, Mark straddles the line between dry and wet towns to deliver a lesson on when to drink rosé wine.

Featured rosé:
Commanderie de la Bargemone Coteaux d’Aix en Provence‎ 2013 (France, $12)

Musical snippet:
Kenny Loggins, “Footloose,” Columbia Records, 1984.

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Join Mark as he discusses the synergistic interplay between art and wine and examples of how each celebrates the other.  Braving the Chelsea gallery district’s “high HQ,” he takes you inside a recent opening for the artist Walton Ford, where one of the artist’s brilliant new watercolors features a wine-related scene.

Featured Wine:
Bedell Musée North Fork of Long Island 2005 (New York, $80)
Casanova Della Spinetta Vermentino Toscana 2011 (Italy, $22)

Featured Art:
Chuck Close,  daguerreotype of grapes for Bedell Cellars Musée
Albrecht Dürer, Rhinoceros (woodcut), 1515
Walton  Ford,  Javan Rhinoceros – Rhinoceros sondaicus (watercolor), 1998
Walton  Ford, “Bosse-de-Nage 1898 – HA HA!” (watercolor), 2014
Walton Ford, Rhyndacus (watercolor), 2014
Walton Ford, The Tigress (watercolor), 2014

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