Picture it: you missed the train to get to work and clocked in late. After you finally arrive, you find out that you missed that all-important call from a client you’ve been needing to speak with. Finally, lunchtime arrives, giving you an hour to chill out and get away from the office for a while. […]
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Wine and adrenaline: Welcome to Tuscany’s adventure revolution
Sarah Reid January 9, 2019 Share this article There’s more to do under the Tuscan sun than gallery-hop with the masses. Sarah Reid heads outdoors to explore the region’s largely untapped adventure potential. Scuttling through a low, narrow cave passage on my back like a crab missing a few legs, I begin to regret my, […]
Wine and adrenaline: Welcome to Tuscany’s adventure revolution
Sarah Reid January 9, 2019 Share this article There’s more to do under the Tuscan sun than gallery-hop with the masses. Sarah Reid heads outdoors to explore the region’s largely untapped adventure potential. Scuttling through a low, narrow cave passage on my back like a crab missing a few legs, I begin to regret my, […]
Wine and adrenaline: Welcome to Tuscany’s adventure revolution
Sarah Reid January 9, 2019 Share this article There’s more to do under the Tuscan sun than gallery-hop with the masses. Sarah Reid heads outdoors to explore the region’s largely untapped adventure potential. Scuttling through a low, narrow cave passage on my back like a crab missing a few legs, I begin to regret my, […]
The Future is Here: In-Room Wine Dispensers Are a Real Thing at One Disney Area Hotel
There’s a Hotel at Disney World That Pours You a Glass of Wine on the Spot Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in […]
So Long, Beer Goggles. Hello, VR Wine Goggles
In early 2018, Ontario wine researcher Debbie Inglis sat down to take a much-needed sip of merlot to celebrate the $ 960,000 grant she’d been awarded to build the augmented and virtual reality consumer research lab at Brock University. With a VR headset on, she raised the glass to her lips. Crack. She tried again. […]
Coravin Model Eleven Review: The Best Way to Keep Wine Fresh Gets an Upgrade
Pour as much or as little wine as you like without spoiling the rest of the bottle, and pay handsomely for the privilege. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b93130f1bde47451109e233/master/pass/coravin.jpg
Grape expectations: Inside India’s blossoming wine region
Joanna Lobo September 5, 2018 Share this article A district on India’s western coast has become an oenophile destination in just two decades—but you’ve probably never heard of it. Joanna Lobo samples the bouquet. In Hindu mythology, the war between the gods and demons over a pot of amrit—the nectar of immortality—resulted in a few […]
Grape expectations: Inside India’s blossoming wine region
Joanna Lobo September 5, 2018 Share this article A district on India’s western coast has become an oenophile destination in just two decades—but you’ve probably never heard of it. Joanna Lobo samples the bouquet. In Hindu mythology, the war between the gods and demons over a pot of amrit—the nectar of immortality—resulted in a few […]
Swirling your wine is not pretentious; it’s just good physics
Enlarge / Gently swirling a glass of wine creates a single, smooth crest, mixing in oxygen to enhance the flavor. (credit: Richard Theis/EyeEm and Getty Images) Wine aficionados are known for gently swirling their wine in the glass before tasting, and it isn’t as pretentious as it seems. (Well, maybe a little.) They claim the […]