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Continue reading →: If WWI Were A Bar FightOne hundred years ago this year, on July 28th, World War I began. Both the immediate and long term affects of the Great War were profound. In human life alone WWI resulted in 37 million military and civilian casualties, and arguably set the stage for the next conflict that nearly…
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Continue reading →: Jazzmagas 2014Two nights of good wine and Jazz this weekend. http://www.jazzmagas.hu/
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Continue reading →: That’s Not What I OrderedIn many countries there are consumer protection and warranty laws that regulate the consumer’s rights to return something they purchased. Rights may last a few days (returns without needing a reason) a year or more (in case of defect). But what do you do when it takes three or more…
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Continue reading →: Benjamin Franklin, circa 1779, “On Wine”_On Wine_ FROM THE ABBE FRANKLIN TO THE ABBE MORELLET You have often enlivened me, my dear friend, by your excellent drinking-songs; in return, I beg to edify you by some Christian, moral, and philosophical reflections upon the same subject. _In vino veritas_, says the wise man, — _Truth is…
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Continue reading →: The SoothsayerIt seems I am not a soothsayer. An oracle. Or a shaman. I wondered some months ago if the wet spring of 2014 was a forbearer to another summer drought, as the wet 2012 spring preceded the drought in the summer of that same year. Mid July now, and with…
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Continue reading →: There is More to Hungarian Wine Than TokajiTokaji, Tokaji, Tokaji. If you search for Hungarian wine that is often what you find. But the fact is there are currently 22 wine regions in Hungary. And Takaji is wine from one of those regions amongst the 22. And depending on your wine tastes, maybe not even the most…
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Continue reading →: Lavender DaysI planted the lavender variety Lavandin between some of our vine rows three years ago. Lavandin is a variety derived from a cross between English and spike lavender, and is the most commonly grown lavender variety in France. I planted lavender for a number of reasons. For one thing, I…
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Continue reading →: Summer StormA little summer thunder storm dropped 5 cm (2 in) of rain last night. I got lucky when I started to video tape the electrical storm, a bolt of lighting hit nearby, making our garden appear as if it were daylight. And the video from which I extracted the above…
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