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There is both hope and hype in the notion that wine is good for your health. From the French Paradox to the Mediterranean Diet and the latest science of aging, let’s get to grips with the debate on wine and health. If well being is the sum of its parts, understanding the health benefits of […]
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We don’t typically think of hospitality as a manly thing. And indeed, it is typically the women in our lives who more often take charge of throwing parties, cooking meals, and preparing the guest room for visitors. But for thousands of years, offering hospitality was considered an essential part of being a man and living […]
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Brooklyn-based brewery Folksbier abruptly closed this week after seven years of making beer in Carroll Gardens. Travis Kauffman, the brewery’s owner, announced its closure in an email to staff earlier this week, and promptly removed Folksbier’s website and social media presence. Folksbier had opened back in 2014 and initially did not have a taproom, relying […]
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Rolling your eyes at a wine snob might not get rid of him, but it sure does feel good! And here are 50 of the most aggravating, insane, and hilarious moments we could find. Sometimes the worst wine snob is so full of themselves they can see what they had for breakfast two days ago. […]
Read moreI have a question for you — how much time do you think guys like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Joe Rogan spend worrying about what others think of them? They don’t give a flip what you think or what I think because they are too focused on doing what they need to do to […]
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November 29th, 2021 – Our 6th Annual WoodWorker Holiday Market and Cellar Sale is a celebration of all things inspired, made and evolving from nature’s most honest material—wood. From furniture to housewares; syrups to aged cheeses; jewelry to pizza; coffee to beer, wood has inspired scores of artisan makers in and around Portland. This is […]
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Many of us experience challenges taking those first steps into wine. For Tahiirah Habibi those challenges felt exacerbated by a subtle-yet-consistently unwelcoming wine culture. So, what’s it like to be a Black professional in wine? And, what can we do to make wine more welcoming? What was your first go-to wine? Odds are that your […]
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There is a certain kind of bonding which ought to take place in a relationship; cementing on various levels of intimacy. Spending time together, holding hands, hugging, kissing and so on, ideally until the day of marriage. When we skip past the other things and don’t allow those small moments of intimacy to settle in, we […]
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image of Julia Herz, AHA Executive Director courtesy of the Brewers Association Boulder, Colo. • Nov. 29, 2021 — The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers—today announced the hire of Julia Herz as the executive director of the American Homebrewers Association® (AHA), the BA’s homebrewing division. Herz […]
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