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Product Testing Wine Tools: The Vinturi Wine Aeratornew
This groovy little wine toy is a clear plastic device that looks like some kind of space-age crack pipe and promises "all the taste with none of the wait" (which is pretty much the raison d'etre of crack).
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
08-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why You're a Moron if You Don't Like Rosésnew
There is a certain type of wine drinker who thinks of himself (it is often, but not always, a man) as being above drinking pink wine. When offered a rosé, he makes a pained look and says, "I'm not really into rosés," and what he means is, "I know a little something about wine, you see, and I know that white, sweet, and above all pink wines are not real wines. And I drink real wines."
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
07-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Files: It's Never Too Late for Men to Deal With Premature Ejaculationnew
About 30 percent of men climax earlier than they want. Usually, the more anxious men get about the problem, the less control they have, creating a self-perpetuating cycle. The good news, however, is that it is often possible to make a clean break and start anew.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
07-30-2008 |
Advice
Sex Files: Questions About Sex Abound for New Momsnew
Unless you adopted your child, you got to this point by having sex. Many new parents want to know when it is O.K. to have intercourse again after a vaginal or cesarean delivery. The basic answer is: There really is no specific time frame. It all depends on how you and your partner feel about it.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
07-03-2008 |
Advice
Sex Files: Vacations Can Bring Couples Closernew
If you are tired of having sex in the same old place at home, just being in a new environment can add a little spice to your sex life.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
06-18-2008 |
Advice
The 'First Lady of Virginia Wine' Talks About Closing Her Winerynew
Felicia Warburg Rogan, founder of Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery, is one of a handful of people who can rightfully be said to have helped create the Virginia Wine industry. But now, after 25 years, Oakencroft is shutting its doors on December 31.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why Don't You Know What's in Your Wine?new
We want to believe wine is nothing but grapes and sunshine. The grapes are picked, crushed, aged and poured. This idea abides in advertising and drips from the lips of every winemaker and winery owner. Nine times out of 10, however, it's far from the truth.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
05-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Files: There's Help for Women Who Experience Pain During Sexnew
Sex is not much fun when it hurts. About 15 to 20 percent of women in the United States report having pain during intercourse, and yet this problem often makes women feel alone. Unlike a backache or tennis elbow, it's not something you can easily share with friends or colleagues.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
05-21-2008 |
Advice
Winemakers Deal with the Rising Cost of Barrelsnew
To get the kind of taste that sells, you need oak. But brand new French oak barrels, the ne plus ultra of wine containers, are very expensive, and with the dollar falling steadily against the Euro, they've only gotten more so.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
05-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Touring the Future of Virginia's Wine Industrynew
The Washington Wine Academy and Reston Limousine have started bringing groups from D.C. to Charlottesville to tour wine country, and intrigued by reports of Long Island wine tours gone mad, and by a recent article claiming that "Virginia wine success will come from tourism," I decided to get on the bus and see for myself what this approaching success will look like.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
UVA Dining Hall Adds Local, Organic Food to the Mixnew
Serena Weaver interned this semester for UVA dining supplier Aramark, helping the company include more local and organic fare at the University.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
04-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Eco-Friendly Ways of Virginia's DelFosse Vineyardsnew
It has long been gospel that Virginia wines will never be organic; the sheer number of bugs and mildews pretty much necessitate spraying. But organic is sooo hippy dippy 1990s anyway; sustainability is what's hot.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Files: There's Help for Survivors of Sexual Abusenew
For most women -- and men, for that matter -- overcoming past sexual abuse takes effort.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-23-2008 |
Advice
Marrying the Wild and the High-Tech at Acorn Hill Winerynew
Making wine is incredibly scientific and complicated, yet its marketing still emphasizes the pastoral. The truth is that today's winemakers might just as easily wear lab coats as Carhartts.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wishing Happy Birthday to Our Founding Foodienew
Reading John Hailman's 2006 book, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, I learned that we owe our third President for much more than a great university and a few important documents.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
