How to Stretch Your Buying Power
Price is not necessarily a direct indicator of quality, so how can we make sure that we are aplying our scarce resources to the best possible wine our money can…
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A Wine-making Holiday…
Well…not exactly winemaking. More like heavy-duty gardening. Namely cutting down vines. All right, pruning doesn’t sound that exciting. But if you take into consideration that you’re in beaufitul New Zealand,…
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An Amusing Take on Merlot
Or rather I should say on “no f$#* merlot” …as the entire website is devoted to every wine except Merlot (and Chardonnay for that matter). I came across www.nomerlot.com through…
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Summer Snowboard Fix: BigAir Fukuoka, Japan
Where can you find a 60-meter slope with real snow in the summertime? In the BigAir Fukuoka indoor ski and snowboard park, that’s where. The park is located in downtown…
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Keep it on the QT
There is a site online blowing the lid off of some top secret restaurant recipes. For example: :: Starbucks® Frappuccino® :: Olive Garden® Alfredo Pasta Check it out…
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The Case For Franken-grapes
Here’s a posting via FERMENTATIONS about the improvements that could be attained through genetically modified vines. I agree that if we could avoid common diseases and pests the benefits would…
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Chardonnay Fights Back
You can hardly read a wine publication without finding some sneer at Chardonnay. Is it a conspiracy, or is it the wine that forgetabble? Well, even with all the derogatory…
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After All These Years…They Still Agree to Disagree
Decades of discussion have made little progress so far. Can a Napa be a Napa if it is not produced in Napa? Hmmm. I personally like the idea of naming…
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I’ll Take Manhattan: NYC Marathon Swim
The film “Marathon Man” was filmed in New York. Now, long-distance swimmers are gearing up for the July 9 annual 28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. This slog through the Hudson…