Jul 27, 2007
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (YES, that is the name of a publication. Wouldn’t you have liked to be in on the meeting when the powers that be over at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who publish it all got together and decided on that name!) is reporting that Spirits is the drink most often chosen by teenagers. Forty Percent of those participating in the study identified spirits (meaning bourbon, vodka, etc.) as their preferred drink. Beer came in…
Jul 26, 2007
I love LouLou!…Well, I don’t know LouLou, but I do love her blog…a foray into Peter Mayle-type reporting on entering into living arrangements in new lands. LouLou describes here blog, Chez LouLou, this way: "I started this blog in January 2006 to share the experience of living in this beautiful part of France with others (including the challenge of bureaucracy) and to have a place to write about my passion for cooking, wine and food." LouLou’s writing and reportage is…
Jul 24, 2007
"Supporters of prohibition say that the cost, no matter how high, is worth the price to save families torn apart by the scourge of alcoholism. Despite a cultural ideal that frowns on drinking, alcoholism is a major problem at every level of society. The consequences are particularly severe among the working classes, where men often spend large portions of their meager daily wages on booze while their families go without adequate food or shelter." Sound familiar? It should, this could…
Jul 23, 2007
There’s a good deal of Hollywood Intrigue surrounding the cinematic interpretation of the famed Paris Tasting that put California on the maps. There are apparently now two rival productions in the works that will bring the story to movie theaters. "Bottle Shock" is set to go into production staring Alan Rickman as Steve Spurrier and Bill Pullman as Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena while "Judgment of Paris" is the "official" film based on Jim Tabor’s book "The Judgment of Paris….
Jul 16, 2007
The Wine Market Council, an industry organization concerned with broadening the appeal of wine has re-launched its WineAnswers.com website. In the press release that announced the re-launch I found this piece of information fascinating: "with an estimated 259 million cases consumed last year (in the U.S.), many Americans still feel that wine is too complicated and don’t have the answers about wine service and enjoyment." Of course that begs the question, how many is "many Americans." The Wine market council…