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Drinking Local: DIY Wine From Dandelions

Drinking Local: DIY Wine From Dandelions

If you're getting your veggies from a CSA or farmers market and working hard to reduce your food miles, it feels counterintuitive to purchase wine from hundreds or thousands of miles away.

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Wine in a box : the Eco-oenophile’s Dilemma

Wine in a box : the Eco-oenophile’s Dilemma

Last week, I took advantage of my part time status as a food blogger (here and here), to attend a FoodBuzz Community Table dinner at Spruce in San Francsico’s Presidio neighborhood, sponsored by Black Box Wines. I’ve been dying to patronize Spruce since trying Chef Mark Sullivan’s most blissful carrot soup at the Taste of [...]

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Re-Inspired Elements: Once a Wine Barrel

Re-Inspired Elements: Once a Wine Barrel

This "Wine Tasting Station" was once a wine barrel holding Newton Vineyard Red Wine. Now it has been given a second life, resurected by Claire Danthois and tasked to hold wine once again. Dainthois is known for her work reclaiming old timber planks and turning them into beautiful pieces of furniture.

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Sleep it Off Inside a Wine Cask

Sleep it Off Inside a Wine Cask

Ever found that you drink a little too much on holidays? Now you can sleep it off inside of a wine cask in these repurposed 14,500 litre casks turned into hotel rooms. The Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in the Netherlands offers you the opportunity to choose from one of their four upcycled rooms that are amazingly comfortable looking considering their start in life.

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Craft Project: Wino Corkboard

Craft Project: Wino Corkboard

We love to entertain. Folks come over at least a couple of nights a week to hang out, and they almost always bring a bottle of wine. Combine that with my habit of saving anything that looks like it could possibly become part of a craft project, and you have a really, really [...]

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Tall Ship Belem Delivers Wine by Sail and Saves Carbon

Tall Ship Belem Delivers Wine by Sail and Saves Carbon

The story of the barque Belem is filled with romance. Today it is being put to use as a working cargo ship to deliver sustainably produced wines from France. Built in 1896, and named for the Brazilian seaport at the mouth of the Amazon, the Belem originally shipped chocolate in its hold from Brazil to [...]

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Organic Wine & Recycled Glasses For a Great Green Gift

Organic Wine & Recycled Glasses For a Great Green Gift

Upgrade: $70 For wine loving moms try the Ceago Sauvignon Blanc gift box. Ceago is truly memorable estate grown, certified organic and Biodynamic wine. It is paired with roasted, organic pistachios and our freshest, sweetest-of-the-season, organic pears to set off the notes of melon and green apple in the Sauvignon Blanc. Combine [...]

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