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Wine: It's the People's Drink
The New York Times column from October fifteenth, twenty twenty-six, urges readers to see wine as a way for communities to gather; the snobs were not consulted.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN Tonight at 6:44 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The New York Times's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by The New York Times: “Wine: It’s the People’s Drink”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 6:44 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Dale Bearman, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
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- The New York TimesWine: It’s the People’s Drink
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October fifteenth, twenty twenty-six, The New York Times argued that wine should stop being an emblem of snobbery and become a way for community to come together.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy take is that every neighborhood needs a wine night where nobody knows anything and everybody grows. I'm talking folding chairs and one shared corkscrew.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. Nobody has ever been intimidated by a folding chair.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMy take is that the community will gather, someone will say the word notes, and by the second bottle there will be a feud that lasts until the end of the world.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. That is how every block party ends.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHot? He called my take hot for being a chair.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYour verdict was a mercy, Vera. Mine was a prophecy.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinal take: wine is the people's drink, and the people should embrace it without worrying about what the wine snobs think—though I will judge you silently for your choices.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, that is the snobbiest thing anyone has said.
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