Message in a Bottle
By Debra Meiburg MW The romantic notion of finding a message in a bottle is ever green. Bottle messages were featured in a 1999 film starring Kevin Costner, in a popular StarTrek: Voyager episode and in various novels, but most of us identify the phrase with the 1979 pop-hit by the Police. While the world’s [...]
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Mind your Madeira: Exploring “America’s Fortified Wine”
By Debra Meiburg MW Madeira is often touted as America’s Fortified Wine, but ask an American to describe Madeira and the most likely response is a blank stare. This toffee-flavored wine has fallen out of fashion in recent decades, but it was once the toast of the town. America’s founding fathers clinked glasses of Madeira [...]
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Sensual Relations: The funny business of wine intensity
By Debra Meiburg MW As any Sex & The City fan will tell you, intensity is a relationship-killer. Luckily, when it comes to wine, intensity is a relationship-winner. Intensity is a term loosely used to describe the strength and power of wine’s aroma. A wine can be described as low-, medium- or high-intensity based on [...]
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- 30 Jul 2010 from Dr Vino's wine blog
Bottle deposit reform could add $200 million to NY’s coffers
Governor Paterson and legislators in Albany are trying to reach compromises to close the yawning gap in New York’s budget. Although the proposal to sell wine in grocery stores is back on the table, there is another drinks-relate. […] - 30 Jul 2010 from Decanter News
French wine regions take stock of 2010 harvest
As August approaches, wine regions across France are beginning to assess the quality potential of 2010. - 30 Jul 2010 from Dr Vino's wine blog
Woman tries to recycle her cork lingerie [video]
Rather than scaring you about the Iberian lynx, some cork enthusiasts have put out a video to try to save…foxes? Foxes and forests? Bottles sporting wood? Something like that. I am confused.
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