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Personalize Your Gift Basket to Make a Lasting Impression Everyone loves to gift to receive a gift that has been personalized just for them. Sending personalized gift baskets to friends, family members, and clients shows that you have put the extra time and thought into their gift in an effort to make it extra special. How do you personalize a gift basket, ex… Continue

The list of wine’s benefits is long—and getting more surprising all the time. Already well-known as heart-healthy, wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss. With women buying more than 6 out of every 10 bottles sold in this country, we’re happy to report that wine may do all of the following: 1. Feed your head Wine could preserve your memory. When researchers gave memory quizzes to women in their 70s, those who d… Continue

HEALTH EFFECTS OF WINE The health effects of wine (and alcohol in general) are the subject of considerable ongoing debate and study. In the USA, a boom in red wine consumption was touched off in the 1990s by 60 Minutes and other news reports on the French paradox. It now seems clear that regular consumption of up to 1-2 drinks a day (1 standard drink is approximately equal t… Continue

As regular readers know, pairing Indian food with an appropriate wine is something of an obsession of mine. And even though I love Gewurztraminer and Riesling, even I get tired of always pairing this flavorful and aromatic cuisine with these choices. I've just discovered another white wine that works with spicy Indian food: the… Continue

Some people believe rigorously in wine and food pairings and advocate that certain mismatches can make a great wine taste like plonk. Others say that a great wine is a great wine and will stood the test of any food pairing.

No matter what your opinion it is good to know what wine… Continue

South Africans are spoil for choice when it comes to a diverse wine variety. Yet, many consumers are resistant to change and avoid steering away from their tried-and-trusted to experience something new. The other day at a dinner party one of my guests insisted that he only drinks Sauvignon Blanc and none of the other white wine varietals. This rigidness is typical of many South African wine consumers - and many simply… Continue

ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2008) — Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention¸ a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "An antioxidant component in red wine may be protective of lung cancer, particularly among smokers," said Chun Chao, Ph.D., a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente Department of… Continue