Reassessing a Bordeaux that doesn't follow trends - Washington Post (blog)

Reassessing a Bordeaux that doesn't follow trends Washington Post (blog) To be honest, this was the type of evening that gives wine geeks a bad name. There was much preening, with discussions of a wine's faults and comparisons to other bottles tasted weeks before. And the wines are expensive — the 2009, the current vintage ...

A hot pink drink sets the Valentine's Day mood - ReporterHerald.com

A hot pink drink sets the Valentine's Day mood ReporterHerald.com X-Rated, for those unfamiliar with it, isn't just a movie classification. It also is the name of a hot pink liqueur made from vodka infused with passion fruit, blood orange and mango. Another easy use for this alcohol is to simply mix it with seltzer ... Valentine's cocktail packs a bright pink punchSTLtoday.com all 14 news articles »

Chanel's Wertheimers Seduce With Luscious 2009 $100 Margaux: Elin McCoy - Bloomberg

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Chanel's Wertheimers Seduce With Luscious 2009 $100 Margaux: Elin McCoy Bloomberg Yet the appellation, home to 80 chateaux, including 21 ranked in the famous 1855 classification, always had great potential. Witness first-growth Chateau Margaux and third-growth Chateau Palmer, whose 2009s cost $1300 and $350. and more »

The NoSQL movement - O'Reilly Radar

The NoSQL movement O'Reilly Radar Doing the classification up front, so you could break a job listing down into skills, certifications, etc., is a huge effort that would largely be wasted. The guys who work with this data recently had fits disambiguating "Apple Computer" from "apple ... and more »

The quiet rebirth of blended red wines - Canada.com

The quiet rebirth of blended red wines Canada.com Back before the advent of ampelography - the identification and classification of grapevines - long before genetic specialists began unravelling the DNA of the simple vines that produced the grapes that were fashioned into wine, no one really knew what ... and more »