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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, DéCor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News
Simran Sethi

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Sebeka's South African Wines Meet the Wine Tastin' Seven

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Harriet Lembeck, Cape Blend, Sauvignon Blanc, Sebeka Wines, Shiraz, Red Wine, White Wine, Table Wine, Wine, Pinotage, Indian Food, Living News
Tony Sachs

I've written sporadically about spirits and cocktails for HuffPost, so does that qualify me to review wine as well? Ummm ... sure!

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Life Cycle: Green Wine

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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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Why I Love Red Burgundy and You Don't

Marlene Rossman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style

Read More: France, Stinky, California, Barnyard, Pinot Noir, California Wine, Burgundy, Wine, Sideways, Style News
Marlene Rossman

We in the U.S. don't love stinky. We grew up on too-sweet soda, Hawaiian punch and Yoo -Hoo, and we want our Pinot Noirs to taste like cherry cola (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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Drinking While Female

Molly Laas | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Food, Frank Bruni, Wine, Chardonnay, Living News
Molly Laas

For a while I have puzzled over the phenomenon Frank Bruni describes in his Times piece on gender roles in the dining room, and not for lack of someth...

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And a Small Glass of Chateau Plonk, Please

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Henry Paulson, Wine, Society, Bailout, Thrift, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York City, Style News
Vicky Ward

So thrift is the new chic in New York -- and, as one dinner companion and I reflected on it last week, we felt relieved.

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Women's Lib - Boomer Style

Doreen Orion | Posted 10.05.2008 | Style

Read More: Happiness, Turning 50, Age, Baby Boomers, Liberation, Wine, Diet, Boomers, Self-Assured, Culture, Style News
Doreen Orion

As I close in on fifty, I've made a shocking discovery: I just don't care. I'm learning that there is so much that is surprisingly, gloriously, wondrously liberating about the half-century mark.

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Toast the dregs of summer with hot-weather reds

Molly Laas | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Red Wine, Wine Selections, Food, Wine, Living News
Molly Laas

White wine fatigue sets in at some point during the summer. The Austrian gruner veltliner, Sancerre, Muscadet and sherry that sustained me though blaz...

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How to Make Green Sangria

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Drinks, Slow Food, Food, Wine, Green Living, Organic Food, Sangria, Green Tips, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

For a greener version of the red Spanish punch, try sweetening sangria with honey from a nearby farmers market and opting for organic seasonal fruits and local wines.

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Let Them Drink Beer

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: 21, Lower the Drinking Age, State, Adulthood, Medical Marijuana, 18, Drinking Age, Drink, Adult, Soldier, Military, Amethyst Institute, Age of Majority, Hard Alcohol, Alcohol, Amethyst, Wine, College Presidents, National Drinking Age, Abortion, Highway Funds, Federal, Beer, States Rights, Drinking, Sour Grapes, Drunk Driving, Liquor, Soldiers, Legal Age, College, Madd, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...

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"Winespeak" and Other Obscenities

Marlene Rossman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Style

Read More: German, Wine, French, Critics, Flavors, Barnyard, Food, Rhone, Style News
Marlene Rossman

Why do we need experts (and I am one of those) to teach, tell and advise us on what wine tastes like? So we won't dribble it down our lips and bibs and never have a clue as to what we are tasting?

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Sustainable Lessons from the Vineyard

Isabel Cowles | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Wine, Sustainable Farming, Green Living, Sustainable Food, Global Warming, Going Green, Green News
Isabel Cowles

With global temperatures steadily climbing, everything you thought you knew about viticulture might change.

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Notes from a Sommeliere -- Pet Peeves

Marlene Rossman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Style

Read More: White Zinfandel, Wine Pairings, Restaurants, Sommelier, Pinot Noir, White Wine, Food, Wine, Sideways, Wine Service, Style News
Marlene Rossman

Lately here has been a great deal of bitching and moaning about restaurant waitstaff and wine service. Having been on both ends of the wine bottle, I can tell you that the feeling is often mutual.

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Greenest Wineries In The World

Treehugger | Jessica Root | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Stratus Winery, Eco-Wine, Green Winery, Food, Sustainable Winery, Wine, Green Living, Organic Wine, Organic, Sustainable Wine, Green Wine, Green News

There's a Latin saying that goes, "It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future t...

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You Have The Wine List, Now What?

Marlene Rossman | Posted 08.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Food, Wine Selection, Wine, Style News
Marlene Rossman

You don't have to be a novice to have problems ordering wine. Many people who know a good deal about wine have had bad experiences with restaurant wine lists. So, the next time you're handed the wine list keep these things in mind.

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Green Wine Guideline: Go West (Or East)

mental_floss | Diana Wolf | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Dining, Sustainable Drinking, Food, Wine, Green Living, Green Wine, Sustainable Wine, Green News

Torn between wines from Napa and Bordeaux? Well, if Dr. Tyler Colman had his way, you wouldn't be selecting your alcohol solely based on your palette ...

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Green Edge 2: Organic Wine-Making

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Environment, Food, Organic Farming, Levizzano Rangone, Agriculture, John Tepper Marlin, Organic World Congress, Wine, Organic Wine, Living News
John Tepper Marlin

Wine-making organic standards are more complex than standards for vegetables -- organic vegetable production is earth-friendly, health-friendly and tastes better. For organic wine the case needs more elaboration.

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The Best Organic Wines

Grist | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Products, Cheap Wines, Organic Food, Eating Organic, Red Wine, Wine, Organic, Green News

About 15 years ago, a friend brought an organic wine to a dinner party I was giving. He explained to me that in addition to being made from grapes tha...

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Green Wine: Bag-In-Box Has Smaller Carbon Footprint

Ecopreneurist | MC Milker | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wine, Box Wine, Green Living, Green News

Vineyards are perhaps one of the most entrepreneurial of ventures. Long the dream of many a corporate worker and the fulfillment of one by celebrities...

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Brut Forces

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Wine, Australia, Peel-Off Wine Labels, Wine Labels, Living News
Jacqueline Leo

Finally, someone in grape valley climbed out of the wine cellar to figure out what wine drinkers really want aside from great taste: peel-off wine labels.

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Amazon.com To Start Selling Wine Online

Financial Times | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Tom Szkutak, Wine Sales, Wineshopper.com, Amazon Wine, Amazon, Wine, Business News

Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is to start selling wine in the US, entering a business fraught with regulatory complexities and littered...

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The Best Books On Wine (As Chosen By An Expert)

moreintelligentlife.com | Bruce Palling | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Books on Wine, Wine, Bruce Palling, Wines, The Best Wine Books, Sommelier, Living News

Most wine lists are content to bamboozle customers, writes Bruce Palling. A crisp glass of Chablis in hand ("the most compelling white wine of all"), ...

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Traditionalists Gag At EU's New Wine Production Rules

AP | Raf Casert | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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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Martha Stewart To Debut Line Of Wines

Wall Street Journal | VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Martha Stewart Vintage, Martha Stewart, Wine, Business News

America's diva of domesticity, Martha Stewart, is uncorking a plan to sell her first line of wine, starting early next year, according to people famil...

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