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Infographic of the Day: How Do Different Wines Taste?

Here's an infographic that should help anyone who loves getting drunk drinking wine, but can't tell a pinot from a merlot from 7-Eleven's new cab sav. For his class, Visualizing the Five Senses, NYU grad student Carl Tashian ...READ»

Grab a Super Big Gulp of 7-Eleven's New $3.99 Vino for the Masses
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Grab a Super Big Gulp of 7-Eleven's New $3.99 Vino for the Masses

Now you can pull off the road, pop into 7-Eleven and grab a chardonnay with stone fruit tones or a plum-like cabernet sauvignon, both of which pair perfectly with Go-Go Taquitos or a 1/4-pound Big Bite. 7-Eleven's new brand of ...READ»

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Twitter's New Wine Gets You Drunk on Social Causes

Twitter founder Biz Stone is launching a wineREAD»

yellow and blue wines

Yellow+Blue Offers Triple-Bottom-Line Inspiration for Struggling Wineries

The wine industry is facing its biggest slump in years, yet a small company that exclusively uses TetraPak containers and works only with organic vineyards is thriving.READ»

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The Top 10 Most Sustainable U.S. Wineries

An "organic" label is one way to judge wine sustainability, but the life cycle impact of a bottle of red goes beyond that. Greenopia, a provider of independent green product ratings, released a comprehensive list of major wineries ...READ»

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How Can Winemakers Reduce Their Carbon Footprints? Use Miniature Sheep

Miniature baby doll sheep may be the cutest breed of sheep in existence. They're useful, too--Peter Yealands, a New Zealand winemaker, is using the rare breed (only 300 are left)  to cut down on the carbon footprint of his ...READ»

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Glue: The Next Marketing Tool for Creatives

Glue is a free Firefox add-on that lets you take your social network to every major site you visit. At heart, it's a semantic Web tool: it can "read" and contextualize the content on the sites you visit, and serve up your ...READ»

J. Lohr Wine Winery

Winery's Solar Tracking System Makes For a Greener Tipple

Wine aficionados searching for a sustainable beverage need to look no further than J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines, that unveiled the wine industry's largest solar tracking array this week. The three-acre, 756 kilowatt photovoltaic ...READ»

Friday Monkey - A New Brand of Wine in the Making

Friday Monkey is one of the fast growing wine brands in United Stes. It almost trippled its sales compared to last year and is gearing up for a national distribution in 2009 with plans to sell 100,000 cases in 2009.READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Risk of knowing more than the boss Do you realize that knowing more than the boss could cost you that new job? A friend, let’s call him Pete, recently told me that he knew exactly when the decision was made not to offer him ...READ»

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Trends in Government Consulting -- Turbulence Ahead

Friday morning I attended an interesting event put on by the Association for Corporate Growth, National Chapter. ACG National is a who’s who of the DC business community and puts on quality events. I’ve been a member for two ...READ»

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Not ready for the AARP, 'Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet' panel at South by Southwest Interactive

Want to know what's out there on the web for those of us who are Just Over 50 and Not Ready for the AARP, join the conversation online or in person at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin on March 8. Check the Just Over 50 ...READ»

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