Flying is exhausting. Moreso when you cross multiple time zones in a day or two. So why not use what flight attendants in New Zealand have used for 15 years? No-Jet-Lag is a unique homeopathic product that is formulated and rigourously tested to alleviate jet lag.
Well, it appears that all the resistance and chatter about French wine labels is finally coming to a head. The cork is under pressure and about to pop. French winemakers seem to be open to the idea of actually telling us what is in the bottle!
How would you like to win an Oscar, and then have your Daddy name one of his wines after you? Doesn’t it sound lovely?
More hotels are going to the dogs. Literally… and for good reason. There’s gold in them thar pets when accompanied by a paying adult who doesn’t want to put Lucy or Panda in a kennel. In fact, more hotels are now offering special programs for well-behaved, housebroken dogs of 40 lbs. or less.
Everyone likes to hear about the latest chic Hotel or the great stay someone had at a gorgeous villa. Most folks tend to cringe when listening to horrific travel experiences, but they still pay attention. To me it is similar to watching a bar fight or terrible reality TV. It is horrible, but you need…
Here is an example from Corkdork about buying futures (en primeur, see PART 2 of UNCORKING THE CODE). If you are in the area, maybe you can stop for a look and a sip. The Corkdork – Wine and Food Musing: Futures Pick-up Day at Scherrer
In an attempt to disperse the myth of the cork and emphasise the perception that a quality wine is still a quality wine even with a screwcap (gasp!)…there is now a manual. Yes. For screwcaps. Take a look at South African WineNews.
So classic, so elegant – the way the dark sweet chocolate sauce pours in a liquid gloss over the gorgeous little puffed pastries filled with cream…a trio of them, like plump little ladies clustered together under a chocolate umbrella. On the shelf in my mother’s kitchen, tucked between
Stick with me, I’ll get you that promotion! For those who turn up their noses at the frivolity of wine sophistication, I say… unless you play golf and brush up on your wine 101, your career is at peril. A 22-year-old student at Cal Poly Pomona is majoring in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism, the department…
Here’s a lovely story of how a writer travelled her road from beginner to wine aficionado…told with The Billings Outpost
Vindication at last! I’d be a disappointment to the Crown if I didn’t take the opportunity to gloat, for one glorious, undignified moment, over the recent victory of British cuisine. Fourteen, yes, fourteen of the world’s fifty top-ranked restaurants are in none other than Great Britain.
When Dan Brown wrote “The Da Vinci Code,” he never envisioned it would be a best seller for two years. Nor did he then think it would become part of a popular 2 1/2-hour Parisienne walking tour. But it did and it has. So here’s the 411. The tours begin daily (except Tuesdays when the…