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• How Does Sustainability Extend from Vine to Glass?

  Sustainability is the practice of businesses, especially agricultural ones, moving in the direction of balance: in the interplay of working the soil and growing products, all subject to blessings of good fortune.   Reportedly, most New Zealand...

• How does Wine in Moderation Help to Restore Balance?

  In the Bible, the first instance of intoxication happens with Noah planting a vineyard, upon leaving the ark.  What did Noah know?  It was a beginner’s lesson: he could not know that people have to handle wine with consciousness and ...

• What Elements of Surprise Do Wine and People Share?

  Every fruit and vegetable has its own unique taste, more or less consistent from year to year.  You count on consistency in food and ingredients that go into preparing it. Otherwise, cuisine would be marred by too many variables. While you c...

• How Could You Make the "S" Word More User-Friendly?

  In conversation with Brother Timothy, winemaker for The Christian Brothers during Prohibition, he mused that, had society understood wine, not as an instrument of intoxication but, rather, as a contributing force for fellowship, relationship and rel...

• What Can Happen When You Clink Your Glass?

  What makes wine inherently spiritual is its "power" over us ... that in opening a bottle and pouring a glass, it invites a toast to celebrate the moment.  What you do or not with that moment can have an impact on the rest of the e...

• When is a Glass in Hand Motivation for Gratitude?

  In religious and spiritual traditions, there are rituals and ceremonies reminding you of details of life sometimes overlooked, such as the miracles of all that goes well.  Many people forget to tell others of their love, affection, respect, or ...

• How Do You Recharge Spiritual Batteries?

  One drawback to battery-powered appliances: they can suddenly run out of juice.  At least with re-chargeable batteries, you can maintain their charge and minimize surprises as well as waste.  Otherwise, barring blackouts, electricity keeps every...