Hotel Heaven & Hell
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,…
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Is Paris Yearning?: “The Da Vinci Code” Walking Tours
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…
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Taking Cuisine to a New Extreme
No, it’s not the latest episode of Fear Factor…it’s Extreme Cuisine by “food” writer Jerry Hopkins. Now, I consider myself pretty adventurous when it comes to food, but I have…
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Here, Prince: Verbier Ski Resort, Switzerland
British Prince William and his possible princess bride Kate Middleton, skied recently in Verbier, a year-round alpine Swiss resort popular with wealthy Brits. When they weren’t on the slopes, they…
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Virtual Dinner – May I Have That to Go?
We write to our friends online, meet a date online, do our banking online can we actually have dinner online? virtualWine Bar via [Basic Juice]
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Water Water Everywhere: Jules’ Undersea Lodge
Talk about a waterbed! Jules’ Undersea Lodge on Key Largo, about an hour south of Miami, is the only underwater hotel in the world. This Florida landmark was and is…
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Caveat Emptor – Dodgy Awards
The better educated we become as consumers, the less likely we are to spend a pretty penny on a dud. Some wine marketers fall into temptation, seeing how any mention…
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And As For Spain …
By Jo and Tom Chesworth Posted on Sun, May. 01, 2005 “The red wines of Spain are some of the best bargains presently available on the American market,” write Jo…
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Terrorism in a Bottle
In case you are wondering how seriously people take all this talk of globalization affecting wine producers, the answer is…very seriously.