From the monthly archives:

October 2007


Wine growing: from grape to bottle is an art

October 19, 2007 Wine

In one form or another wine production has been carried out for thousands of years. Pottery discovered in Persia (present-day Iran), dated at 5,500 BC show evidence of grape use for winemaking. Jars from Jiahu in China containing wine from wild grapes date to between 6000 and 7000 BC.
But whether ancient or modern, many of [...]

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Wine Accessories

October 18, 2007 Wine

If you’re developing a wine cellar, you’ll want to get several wine accessories so you can enjoy your wines in style.
Accessories you can acquire can include bottle bags, wine glasses, corkscrews, buckets and wine bottle coasters.
Most useful is a wine bucket. Wine buckets cool your white wine or champagne in style, and so they are [...]

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Gift Baskets with themes

October 18, 2007 Gift baskets

Creating or buying a gift basket? While some gift baskets contain a mix of items, many are designed around a theme.
A theme items for an upcoming wedding. Perfumes, dried flowers, or small jewelry will be appreciated by bridesmaids. Or the theme may run in an entirely different direction connected to no single event at all. [...]

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