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Although, unlike plastic, glass is spared the environmentalists' finger pointing to it as a polluting material, the process of its creation is not as friendly.Obviously, when opening a bottle of wine, one might possibly be concerned by the prospects of a terrible hangover rather than the impact that the creation... |
3 October 2008
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The question of whether or not wine consumption is good for our health has been the subject of long and heated debates. There are those who argue that the amount and "miraculous" properties of the beneficial substances found in the millennia-old elixir outweigh the risks of regular alcohol consumption. And there are ... |
5 June 2008
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A new study claims that if climate change continues at this rate, then by 2080 areas such as the Thames Valley, some areas in Hampshire and the Severn valley would ultimately become too hot to be able to continue wine production. The study was published today in a book written by Emeritus Professor Richard Selley fro... |
26 May 2008
10:09 GMT |
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Moderate wine consumption never harmed anyone - in fact, a study carried out by UC San Diego School of Medicine shows that a daily glass of wine can be beneficial for your health, especially in combating Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. By comparison, people who never consume alcohol have double the chances of cont... |
20 May 2008
05:12 GMT |
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LG launched a new mobile phone under the name of "Wine", the SV390 / LV3900 model, coming after another Wine, the SV300, which hit the market in the summer of 2007. The new Wine is obviously an improved device, although it has the same clamshell form factor, and it was presented these days in South Korea, LG's ... |
24 April 2008
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A cycling holiday may seem like a pretty far-fetched idea when you're sitting at your desk, lounging in a comfortable leather chair and typing away at your computer, however for those of you who harbor a mild interest in cycling, doubled by love for the outdoors and an even deeper love for wellness and spa treat... |
21 April 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Beer or wine? A new Swedish research carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg and published in BJS bets on the wine. Started in 1968 and made on 1,458 women, the survey revealed this alcoholic beverage protects against dementia. At the beginning of the study, the subjects rated how much win... |
11 April 2008
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French are real lover boys thanks to the consumption of red wine. Resveratrol, an antioxidant polyphenol found in red wine, red grapes and pomace (winemaking residue), has been proved by many researches to boost heart health, erection and to impede prostate cancer and tooth decay, while also hampering bacterial infec... |
26 March 2008
17:41 GMT |
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Hear ye, Hear ye! Two of the most used applications for Linux systems just got out of the oven! Have some Wine 0.9.57 and taste some Compiz Fusion 0.7.2! The developers added some new "ingredients" to the recipe of good apps and fixed those that created problems.Let's take a look at the "recipe" for Compiz Fusio... |
7 March 2008
11:13 GMT |
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The wine business has always been very profitable, as has any alcohol business, for that matter. There are always scores of people wanting to celebrate something or drown their sorrow, and alcohol in any form has been known to be one of the best ways to do that.Amazon.com, the world's biggest online shopping web... |
7 March 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Last week, Dan Kegel, a software engineer at Google, posted a message to the Wine mailing list where he described a few of the improvements to Wine that Google sponsored.Kegel said that Google hired Codeweavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine, because Photoshop is one of the applications that Linu... |
20 February 2008
10:59 GMT |
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One aspect of the Linux vs. Windows face-off that has so far perpetually tilted the balance of force in favor of Microsoft's proprietary operating system is the rich ecosystem of software and hardware solutions built around the platform. The open source Linux operating system fails to enjoy similar support from ... |
18 February 2008
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French are real lover boys due to the consume of red wine. Resveratrol, a product found in red wine and known for its antioxidant and anticancer effects, has been proved by many researches to boost heart health, erection and to impede prostate cancer. But resveratrol, a type of polyphenol, is abundant also in red win... |
30 January 2008
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A $150 pair of jeans is much better than a $30 one or is it just an illusion? You are paying in fact for the brand, but no matter what, you'll always think that more expensive stuff is better. This has got scientific support with a new research published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Aca... |
16 January 2008
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A good wine does not come cheap. Usually, if you go to an European country with tradition on wines, all that is under $8 dollars per liter could be discarded. Of course, the most exquisite wines can reach hundreds of dollars and in luxury restaurants this can go further. It is said that the quality of a wine is in th... |
19 December 2007
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1.Researchers were taken by surprise a few years ago when they found two wine bottles under the ruins of a London building destroyed in 1682. The cork tap of one bottle had rotten and the wine had turned into vinegar, while the other bottle was hermetically encased because of its tap fixed by wires and wax. With a sp... |
5 December 2007
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This is not yet another installment in the neverending Final Fantasy series, but rather a new and original title that introduces you to the world of fine wine tasting. Keep in mind that we're dealing with a DS game that comes with a bottle of wine, courtesy of Square-Enix's partner, Mercian. This original ... |
7 November 2007
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Let's face it. There wasn't 'just one glass' too much…last night you scored a new record and you cannot even remember how you got home. And now you're saying "It's the last time I do that!"… of course… until the next time. Now, a new device made at University of California, Berkeley, an... |
2 November 2007
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After small quantities of alcohol have been considered to improve heart health for such a long time, recent researches show that this also can increase the risk of breast cancer. And one of the largest individual researches focusing on the effects of alcohol reveals that it does not matter what a woman drinks: wine, ... |
28 September 2007
14:36 GMT |
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Now, we know why the French are real lover boys. And this, even at old ages. A team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has discovered that nutrients encountered in red wine could decrease the risk of prostate cancer. Even when successfully operated, the surgery of prostate cancer presents a high risk of... |
3 September 2007
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A good wine's quality is the result of a combination between a sandy soil and the hot and dry summer, besides the grape variety. The strain of yeast used in the fermentation process can also give particular features of a top quality wine, like smell, color and flavor. Now, Australian chemists have come with the ... |
17 August 2007
06:37 GMT |
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Doctors say that a cup of wine per day is pure health. But sometimes just one cup can send you to hospital and it's not because of alcohol abuse. A Spanish team has found that wasp venom in wine and grape juice seems to be the cause of wine poisoning, severe allergies induced by small quantities of ingested wine... |
16 August 2007
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A good wine does not come cheap. Usually, if you go to a European country with tradition on wines, all that is under $8 dollars per liter could be discarded. Of course, the most exquisite wines can reach hundreds of dollars and in luxury restaurants this can go further. But what about a bottle of wine costing $ 160,0... |
29 June 2007
15:11 GMT |
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"The beer belly" is a misnomer as the beer per se does contain many calories.But beer is indeed an appetite stimulant and its consume can lead to storing pounds. Beer also has high levels of purines, which boost the levels of uric acid in the joints, aggravating the gout.Black beer was once promoted as a rich source ... |
28 May 2007
14:51 GMT |
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It's interesting that in many languages, when people toast, they make a hail for good health "Prost!" in German languages, "Salud!" in Spanish, "Sanatate" in Romanian and so on. This wishful thinking is based on the subconscious belief that the content of the glass is really beneficial for the health. Indeed, fo... |
22 May 2007
17:51 GMT |
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At least some of the amphoras suspected to be 2,200-year-old dug in a Bosnia-Herzegovina swamp are believed to have carried wine, as expressed by experts on Monday. "A preliminary analysis showed amphoras, found at what are believed remains of the first-ever discovered Illyrian ships, were used for transporting wine... |
10 April 2007
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They say "Good wine, long life!"But a new research at Queen's University points out the fact that the notion of "natural" foods may hide a high risk for cancer.Actually, some common foods and alcoholic beverages like wine, cheese, yogurt and bread present some minute levels of carcinogens (cancer inducing compou... |
9 March 2007
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Your strategy of "conquering" a girl includes a bottle of good wine or Champaign, but have you ever wondered where does the cork come from?Cork is the product of an oak!In some coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, like Spain, France, Italy, but also in the African coast (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) and outside (Portuga... |
5 March 2007
10:46 GMT |
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