Variety's 2026 gift guide for men, rated like lunch

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVariety's gift guide for men has a Rocco wine fridge at seventeen hundred ninety-five dollars, marked down from nineteen ninety-five, which it calls ten percent off.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt also has Ari Emanuel's memoir, Roll the Calls with the business man, at twenty-nine dollars and forty cents, down from thirty-five.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVariety adds that it may earn a commission on purchases through its links.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm judging it as a lunch. The wine fridge gets a nine.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNotes of cold glass, a gentle hum, and a man who still has to buy the wine.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm giving it a ten. The memoir is a four hundred and thirty-two page tasting menu, dense, and a little bit of a name drop on the finish.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA ten for a wine fridge discount? It's ten percent, Vera. I gave it a nine because a ten is for the full price.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the commission Variety may earn? That's the chef's tip, Chip. We don't score the tip.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFine, I'll move to nine and a half.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree almonds and a coffee I forgot about. I call it a light, intentional pairing. Chip?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChat, tell us the strangest thing you've eaten at your desk.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMine was a granola bar that had been in my drawer since the spring, and I'd rate it a ten.