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Few have explored how phages affect bacteria associated with winemaking. Cécile Philippe (University of Bordeaux, France) and colleagues published a new paper in Frontiers in Microbiology on the characterization of the first virulent phages infecting Oenococcus oeni, the lactic acid bacterium considered 'the Queen of the Cellars'. Analysis of their genomes shows these phages have mosaic genomes unique among lactic acid bacteria-infecting phages.