(images: wiskirchengallery.com, farm3.static.flickr.com, smokingkills.com) Guess what? Smoking sucks donkey butt. Hardly a news flash, right? But what you might not know already is that, aside from the fact that smoking kills more people per year than alcohol & drug abuse, homicides, suicides, car accidents, fires, and AIDS-related deaths – combined – it also kills something…
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Fresh Takes on Organic Wine
(images: wpsignsystems.com, organic.lovetoknow.com) Those of you who have been following the Dude’s blog know that when it comes to organic wines I have been, let’s just say, less than kind in the past on the quality and viability of these products. To provide yet another perspective in my ongoing love/hate affair with all things organic….
How To Navigate Wine on the Web (3 ways to Keep Up With Wine Online & Still Stay Sane)
(images: epicurious.blogs.com, i.ivillage.com, chungkiddo.blogspot.com) In a recent post on her blog, the venerable Dr. Debs wrote about a recent survey commissioned by Constellation Wine Brands (a big, big conglomerate that own dozens of wineries, including Mondavi). The study concluded that more and more wine consumers are overly confused when it comes to what wine they…
Wine and Music: What to Pair with Dinner
Fellow CSW and SWE member Kathleen Lisson has posted an interesting article about wine pairings. Only this is a pairing not of wine & food, but of wine & music. Being two of my favorite topics, Kathleen asked me to contribute to her article. You can read the full post at this link. Kathleen as…