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Top 10 Wine Myths That Won't Die

Honest Cooking | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Honest Cooking, Bordeaux, Champagne, Wine Tasting, Red Wine, White Wine, Food, Wine, Vineyards, Slidepollajax, Food News
Honest Cooking

Even if wine has become more and more demystified and accessible over the past several years -- there are still a few lingering myths out there.

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Faced With a Dilemma

Deborah Smith | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Kabul, Afghanistan, Fathers Staying Home, Working Mothers, Bordeaux, Child Care, Media News
Deborah Smith

Do I take the job in Afghanistan, based in Kabul with some travel to the regions, with a humanitarian organization I've always admired? I've been work...

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The Last Places You Would Look for Wine Bargains: Burgundy & Bordeaux

Brad Haskel | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Wine Values, Bordeaux, Chateau La Gatte, Helene Fenouillet, Devevey, Fontaine-Gagnard, Food News
Brad Haskel

These little gems of discovery are often what most wine directors and sommeliers have always valued the most, and when they speak about their own drinking habits, these are the wines they share with one another.

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7 New Scotch Whiskies For Autumn

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.06.2011

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Tony Sachs

I hate autumn. No matter how many years I've been out of school, I can't lose that feeling of dread I get when the nights get shorter and the tempera...

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A Map Of French Wines

The Daily Meal | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Maps, France, International Destinations, Bordeaux, Travel, France Travel, Destinations, Wine Tasting, Tourism, Foodie Travel, The Daily Meal, Wine, Vacation, Burgundy, Travel News
The Daily Meal

Intrigued by the various groupings and towns within each wine region in France, Dr. David Gissen, an architectural historian and imaginative wine buff, decided to collect each one together as if they were train stops on the Paris Metro.

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I'll Run the World Someday

Winnie So | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Inca Trail, Antarctica, Peru, Jordan, Australia, France, Marathon, Napa Valley, Petra, South Africa, Switzerland, Kenya, Running, French Riviera, Medoc, Mount Kilimanjaro, Safari, Ultramarathon, Galapagos Islands, Bordeaux, Great Wall, Slidepollajax, China, Travel News
Winnie So

For me, mixing travel with running is a great training motivator. So as a way to kick-start my marathon training after a knee injury, I decided to come up with my list of dream race destinations.

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The Beastie Boys & The Blue Nun: Great Stories from Peter Sichel

Brad Haskel | Posted 07.13.2011

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Brad Haskel

Peter Sichel freely admits, he was never more famous than the time he did that "Beastie Boys Thing".

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Teen Convict's Scandalous Romance With Warden Shocks France

Le Monde/Worldcrunch | Patricia Jolly | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Emma Arbarbzadeh, Bordeaux, Hate Crime, Gang of Barbarians, Jewish Life, Ilan Halimi, Florent Goncalves, World News

Florent Goncalves can let his hair grow long. In January, this clean-cut 41-year-old from Bordeaux gave back the keys to the Versailles women's prison...

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Oil Tycoon's Grandson Accused of Mortgage Fraud

AOL Real Estate | Candy Evans | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Erin Nance Hill, Home Improvement Loan, Al G. Hill III, Bordeaux, Mortgage Fraud, Oil, H.L. Hunt, Hunt Petroleum, Real Estate, Oil Companies, Housing Crisis, Business News

Al G. Hill III, the first great-grandchild of legendary Texas oilman H.L. Hunt (see photo below) -- once known as the richest man in America and who d...

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France's Bordeaux Wines Threatened by Global Warming

Telegraph | Allan Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: French Wine, Climate Change, Wine, Global Warming Effects, Heat-Resistant Grapes, Global Warming, Bordeaux, Food News

The steady rise in global temperatures is threatening vineyards around Bordeaux that produce some of the most esteemed and expensive wines on earth....

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Astoria Characters: The Down-to-Earth Traveling Salesman

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

In the living room, kneeling against the ruby red wall, is a Thai goddess. Above her head, in golden frames that match the trim of her royal raiment, are three Chilean oil paintings.

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20 Fabulous French Finds in Bordeaux and Basque Country

Karen Schaler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Saint Emilion, Saint Jean De Luz, Bordeaux, Hotels, Biarritz, Top French Wine, Travel Therapy, Sare, Culinary, Bike Tours, Karen Schaler, Best French Cuisine, Pau, Travel Deals, Travel, Travel News, Beaches, Travel News
Karen Schaler

Since this part of France is all about going culinary comatose, I set out to find the best places to blow your diet and make every calorie count.

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France Arrests 12 Suspect Islamic Militants

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Police in southern France arrested 12 people in sweeps against suspected Islamic militant networks on Tuesday, including three men being...

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Culture Zohn: Life in the Koolhaas

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rem Koolhaas, Helene Lemoine, Herzog and De Meuron, Richard Meieir, Louise Lemoine, Renzo Piano, Ila Beka, SF Moma, Hammer Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Jean-Francois Lemoine, Bordeaux, Frank Gehry, Arts News
Patricia Zohn

2010-07-30-buildpull.jpg We all cherish our homes as the spaces in which we can relax and be ourselves. But what if your self is suddenly and irrevocably altered? Do you adjust to the house or the other way around?

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Chris Phelps of Swanson Vineyards: A Name to Know in Reconsidering Napa Merlot

Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Napa Valley, Chris Phelps, Bordeaux, Swanson Vineyards, Christian Moueix, Swine Flu, Food News
Brad Haskel

Chris Phelps is making very fine Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay at Swanson Vineyards, but the real reason to seek it out is clearly the reds.

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The Importance of French Wine

Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grapes, Paris, Australia, Wine, Wine World, Long Island, Loire, France, Bordeaux, Spurrier, Food News
Brad Haskel

Somehow, when all the critics declared that Bordeaux's 2009 vintage was the finest they had ever tasted, the clamoring from the wine drinking public in the US was very lukewarm.

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Haiti Must Be Rescued From Itself

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Margolis

Few nations have suffered such misfortune as poor, wretched Haiti. Blessed with fecundity by nature, Haiti went from being the richest nation in the Western hemisphere to the poorest.

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Thierry Tilly, Oxford-Based 'Guru', Accused Of Torturing French Aristocrats

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wine, Music, and the Terroiriste Threat

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merlot, Roger Dion, New Zealand, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Michel Rolland, Music, Bach, Schubert, Bordeaux, America, Moscow Conservatory, France, Terroir, Jonathan Nossiter, Lang Lang, Jean-Robert Pitte, Burgundy, Wine, Sorbonne, Greece, Bangalore, Sviatoslav Richter, Saint-Emilion, Mondovino, Languedoc, Style News
Alex Henry

Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry, is an excellent short book by Jean-Robert Pitte, who says that terroir, that principle sacred to French winemakers, isn't everything.

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Life Cycle: Green Wine

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Synthetic Cork, Biodynamic, Screw-Top, Yemm & Hart, Local, Forest Stewardship Council, Bottles, Most Wanted, Napa Valley, Emissions, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, Vodka, Bordeaux, Sustainable, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Boxed Wine, Cardboard, Rhine Valley, Climate Change, Fetzer Vineyard, Food, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Vineyards, Cork, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Glass, Smartwood, Mediterranean, Green News
Simran Sethi

It's all about how far your wine has been shipped, and the materials used to package it. Aluminum screw-tops are more likely to be recycled than natural corks, and they prevent wines from going bad.

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Traditionalists Gag At EU's New Wine Production Rules

AP | Raf Casert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: European Union, EU Wine Reforms, Vineyards, Bordeaux, Eu, Wine, Business News

Feeling sustained heat from New World upstarts, Old Europe revamped its wine industry Wednesday with a groundbreaking agreement certain to cause tradi...

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