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So Small, So Good

Even to the tradition-bound wine industry, some change must come. In this case, it's in the form of new, smaller containers that allow wine and Champagne to be enjoyed in more places, and appeal to a younger market.

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Three Thieves Bullets

($10 for a 250-milliliter four-pack)
Available in pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon, and white zinfandel, with chardonnay coming in the fall. The swashbuckling co-founders are known for innovative packaging and affordable prices. This time they've put their fruity, well-structured Bullet wines in orange-juice-like containers that co-founder Charles Bieler says "liberate wine lovers from the glass."

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Coppola Wine by the Glass

($4 a glass) Created by Francis Ford Coppola Presents, these reusable plastic bistro glasses are filled with cabernet sauvignon or pinot grigio and sealed with a peel-off foil top. They have been outselling screw caps and wines poured by the glass at the Giants' AT&T Park in San Francisco, where they were introduced earlier this year. They're headed for nationwide distribution in 2008.

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Sofia Minis

($15 a four-pack) Francis Ford Coppola Presents also created mini sparklers, with straws, that can go where many bottles can't. A slightly sweet blend of pinot blanc, sauvignon blanc, and muscat canelli, Sofia (named for Coppola's daughter) is reminiscent of Italy?s light and fruity prosecco. Coppola launched Sofia minis in South Beach and New York City during Fashion Week in 2004.

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The Love Pack

($25 for two) Moët & Chandon supplies the romance; you supply, well, more romance. And crystal glasses, if you prefer them to the plastic mini-flutes that snap onto the splits. Rosé Impérial, a blend of 200 individual crus, has been the official champagne of New York Fashion Week for the past three years. Since 2000, Rosé's share of the champagne export market has more than doubled.

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Rosa Regale Brachetto d'Acqui ($6)

Every region in Italy produces its own sparkling wine. One of the most charming is Vigne Regali's Rosa Regale Brachetto d'Acqui from Piedmont. This fizzy red, low in alcohol, has the aroma of rose petals and raspberries and the flavor of strawberries. It's surprisingly versatile: Rosa Regale works as an aperitif, with savory food, and with dessert.

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Trockenbeerenauslese mini ($22)

From Austria, home to some of the world's best sweet wines. And the best in Austria are made by Alois Kracher. Kracher's split is a blend of several vintages and varietals, with chardonnay and welschriesling dominant. It has a tropical-fruit aroma and apricot and nectarine flavors, and works as or with dessert. Kracher's other, regular-size Trockenbeerenausleses range in price from $40 to more than $100.

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