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Screw Caps vs. Corks: What You Need To know

Menuism | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Affordable Wines, Twist Top Wine, Wine, Cork, Cork Taint, Screw Cap Wine, New Wine Caps, Cork Wine, Food News

The growing prevalence of screw caps as an alternative wine closure to corks has generated lots of dissent from savvy wine consumers who refuse to purchase wines sealed with screw caps,

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Treehouse Built on Centuries-old Oak With Local Materials (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Heath, Green Building, Spain, Tree Preservation, Renewable Materials, Cork Oak, Holm Oak, Treehouse, Heather, Local Materials, Encina, Treehouses, Sustainable Architecture, Extremadura, Sustainable Building, Oak Tree, Cork, Video, Green News

When an extended Spanish family decided to build a treehouse for their five grandchilden on their estate in Extremadura, they knew they wanted to protect their beloved "encinas" (holm oak trees).

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Greening the Grammys: It All Adds Up

Allen Hershkowitz | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Cork, Recycling, Grammys, Renewable Energy, Healthy Food, Green Business, Green News

By itself, the Grammys telecast does not instigate major ecological impacts. But each and every procurement decision, and all operations, are reviewed with an eye towards reducing the event's ecological footprint.

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120 Years Ago: Ellis Island Opens Doors and Welcomes Annie Moore of Ireland

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: History, Manhattan, Cork, Annie Moore, Slidepollajax, Immigration, Genealogy, Ireland, Students, New York City, Ellis Island, Culture News

Jan. 1 has long been regarded as a day of fresh beginnings, and never was that more appropriate than 120 years ago in 1892 when Ellis Island first opened its doors to hopefuls from around the world.

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It's A Green Home If It Saves You Money, Right?

Courtney Cachet | Posted 09.28.2011

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There are some ways to go green that are so effortless, so easy, so less toxic and so less expensive that you'd be foolish not to do them. Here are four easy ways you can go green and save money without sacrificing a thing.

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Don't Be a Cork Dork -- Recycle

Mary Orlin | Posted 06.21.2011

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You know you can recycle wine bottles. You may not know that you can also recycle corks, but you can. And I'm not talking about home crafting them into coasters or bulletin boards.

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Roots Travel In Ireland

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Europe Travel, Annie Moore, Books, International Destinations, President Obama, Ireland, Wwi, Travel, Obama, Destinations, Barack Obama, Castle, Soldiers, Ireland Travel, Who Do You Think You Are?, Genealogy, Vacation, Irish, Cork, Family History, Nbc, Ellis Island, Travel News

On a recent trip to Ireland, I did something I've never done before: rented a private castle. I'm not kidding.

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Screwcaps on Wine Are Here to Stay

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wine, Cork, Screwcap, Cork Taint, Food News

Imagine if we were just today inventing the idea of wine and of putting it in a bottle. Do you think we would stop up the end with chunks of Portuguese tree bark? Not likely.

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John Spillane: From Cork to the Universal

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Irish History, Cork, Christy Moore, Irish Tradional Music, Mark Black, Irish Music, Celtic Tiger, Music Review, Folk Music, Ireland, John Spillane, Songwriting, My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams, Irish America, Home News

Rory Fitzgerald meets Cork singer songwriter John Spillane and hears about his new album, the art of songwriting and his hopes for a changing Ireland....

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Jill Biden Savors Red Wine, Fries

Anne Schroeder Mullins | ANNE SCHROEDER MULLINS | | Posted 05.25.2011

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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

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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