Santa. The Easter Bunny. The value of calculus in adult life. Life is laced with viciously innocent lies: those spun with good intentions, but capable of leaving scars. Similarly, wine myths are little mistruths proliferated by naïveté. Like old wives’ tales, the fiction becomes pervasive, despite a lack of substance. Sure, no wine lie will ever hurt as badly as finding out that the people you trust the most have deceived you about a fairy who trades money for your lost teeth, but it’s still best to know the truth. Let’s set the record straight on a few of the wine world’s most prevalent fabrications.