Winter blows in and so does Champagne. If you work in the wine industry, as I do, then wintertime means the Holiday Push. From now until December 31st, the One ...

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No Time by Billy Collins In a rush this weekday morning, I tap the horn as I speed past the cemetery where my parents are buried side by side beneath ...

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1.Support regional industry & culture2.Create& support artisan jobs3.Prevent homogenization at the dinner table 4.Keep the incense, lotion and doo-dad makers from overtaking the area’s farmers'[1] markets 5.October is Virginia Wine ...

Occasionally, these thoughts have crossed my mind: What happened to Coolio? What about that "Gangster's Paradise" video with Michelle Pfeiffer, was that cut'N'paste from a Movie-of-the-Week? What-Is-Coolio-doing-now? The answer. Coolio ...

Austria: The New AlsaceEric Asimov wrote a cogent piece last week on the recent unpredictability of Alsatian wines. Over the last ten years, Alsatian wines have become sweeter and consumers ...

The port of SetubalThe antiquated china cabinet in the basement is filled with it; dusty bottles of moscatel, the junk sentry, all labeled with the same word, “Apoteca”. “Apoteca” authoritatively ...