From bottle to box and back to bottle: Inglenook [Coppola]

Francis Ford Coppola is pulling a daring business move: renaming his wine estate after a box wine. Of course, for Inglenook, it wasn’t always that way. The property is one of the oldest in Napa Valley, founded in 1879, and its image was burnished in the middle of the twentieth century by John Daniel who [...]

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Ferrari?s Free-Maintenance Plan Coming to U.S.

On the list of reasons to buy a Ferrari??Because I can? is usually enough?a free oil change might seem as pointless as a free toaster at your savings-and-loan. But with cars like the Ferrari FF showing that even the rich have practical concerns, Ferrari plans to offer free scheduled maintenance on its famously pampered cars. [...]

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2011 Mini Cooper S Countryman ALL4 ? Long-Term Road Test Intro

The big Mini with four doors and four driven wheels joins our fleet for 40,000 miles. While the Mini family has grown quite a bit since the brand?s resurrection, the drivetrain portfolio remained a one-man band. The hardtop, convertible, elongated Clubman, and upcoming coupe and roadster all are limited to front-wheel drive. Introduced for 2011, [...]

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Happy Easter from your Wine Peeps

Happy Easter from your Wine Peeps was originally posted on Wine Peeps. Wine Peeps - Your link to great QPR wines from Washington State and beyond.

Happy Easter from your Wine Peeps was originally posted on Wine Peeps. Wine Peeps - Your link to great QPR wines from Washington State and beyond.

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Mayor?s Budget Includes Parking Meter Rate Hike, Red Light Cam Expansion

Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca at a rally against the 25-cent meter rate bump in December. Photo: YourNabe/Council Member Vacca's office Mayor Bloomberg’s budget proposal, which was released today, still includes a plan to increase parking meter rates across the city, a plan which the City Council scuttled once in January. The transportation budget also includes [...]

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F1 figures defend overtaking rate

Leading Formula 1 figures are adamant that the FIA has got its implementation of the DRS regulations spot on - despite criticisms that overtaking proved to be too easy in the Turkish Grand Prix. The race at Istanbul featured one of the highest number of overtaking moves witnessed in an F1 race, and drivers appeared to have little trouble in passing slower cars ahead of them

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Wine Word of the Week: Loire

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is Loire. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Loire is France?s most famous river and name of one of its most varied wine regions whose wines are greatly appreciated locally and in Paris, but?with the famous exceptions of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume?are still widely underrated [...]

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