Imagine you are a fat and happy mouse minding his own business and some mad scientist force feeds you enough red wine extract to sink a battleship. The equivalent to 300 glasses of red wine in fact. “Eureka!” They cry. You are now a longer lived, fat, slightly annoyed mouse.Reuters reported that a study by Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Aging has shown that heavy doses...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Bruce Leiserowitz Post Time: 03-07-2007 at 04:43 PM

Below is a link to an article in today's LA Times Food Section about the changing/expanding market in Southern California for wine retailers: http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-wine7mar07,1,5947740.story?coll=la-headlines-food&ctrack=1&cset=true

One-ounce pours by debit card, tasting notes via audio wands, 'love tents' for sipping: Wine merchants are selling a lifestyle, and we're slurping it all up. IT'S an automat for wine lovers, albeit one that requires lots of quarters. At Vinum Populi in Culver City, tastes of 48 wines are ...

Ambiance and company are part of most dining experiences -- and sometimes they are crucial elements. So is one's hunger level. When you're famished or thirsty, most things - even simple fare and ordinary wines -- taste pretty good. On my President's Day weekend fishing getaway, I had two memorable dining experiences - one at 1 in Eureka and the second on a riverboat...

“Eureka!” They cry. You are now a longer lived, fat, slightly annoyed mouse. Reuters reported ... different researchers, each of whom had a Eureka moment”. Fat related deaths dropped 31% for obese ... ). I think it is only fair to point out amidst all this Eureka shouting that the mice were only...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Kent Comley Post Time: 04-14-2007 at 08:22 AM

Wine consumption in South Korea is set to reach record levels this year, as consumers learn of the grape beverage's health benefits (see my blogs Cheers and Your Good Health 02.06.06, Eureka 07.11.06 and Champagne Therapy 06.12.06). The consumption of wine, once regarded as a symbol of luxury, has been growing rapidly in Korea recently. Imports of wine are expected to reach US$80 million in 2006...

A light rain has been falling for the past two hours, but there's no danger to the vines and crop right now. We are well past flowering and set of the clusters in every varietal, and this will be a short weather system passing through. I had heard from friends yesterday evening that it was already raining in Eureka and Arcata, and that the system was dropping down through Mendocino County on its...

I'm packing my fly rod for a weekend of steelhead fishing in the rivers north of Eureka, but not before offering to help an old friend with his new restaurant wine list. And since he's wrestling with a concept that I'm sure would delight most of you, I thought I'd seek your input, which in turn we can share with him...