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Miracles of reconciliation
Q&A | Witnessing 'radical forgiveness' in Rwanda taught filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson to forgive
April 7 is the 18th anniversary of the start of one of history's most poignantly evil episodes.
On that day Rwandan Hutus started the mass murder of Tutsis, along with any Hutus who tried to protect Tutsis. They did not kill pseudo-scientifically, in gas chambers or through bombs dropped from on high, but mostly with machetes. They killed neighbors who had lived beside them and helped them for years.
An estimated 800,000 Rwandans-almost one out of eight-died. In 2008 Laura Waters Hinson, then 29, won the best student documentary Oscar for As We Forgive, a film about reconciliation in Rwanda between genocide perpetrators and survivors.
What was the first movie you made? In the fifth grade, my friends and I on the cul-de-sac banded together and made a horror movie about a woman stabbed in the shower. We made sure the ketchup ran red down the drain. That was the beginning. Auspicious.
Let's fast-forward to college and a fellow named Tom. Tommy and I fell madly in love my junior year at Furman. We dated for three years and were engaged for about eight months. He ended up calling off the wedding. It was a very, very sad thing. No deception or anything like that, but he realized he was terrified of marriage. We broke up. I sold my dress on eBay and had to pay back all my bridesmaids for their dresses.
Eleven bridesmaids? Eleven. We lost thousands ... or my dad did. But more than that, I thought it was the end of the world and that the man I was supposed to marry was gone. I was deeply devastated.
Then what happened? I moved home to live with my parents, very dejected, asking, "What will I do with my life? I've lost everything." I thought, "Hey! What's crazier than going to film school? I have nothing to lose." The only film I'd done was that fifth-grade one.
Had things gone according to your happy plans, would you have gone to film school? I would have gotten a job, probably in marketing, and worked to put Tommy through graduate school.
So you went to film school and had to make a movie for your master's thesis ... I had no idea of what to do. In 2005 a group from my Anglican church was going to Rwanda to establish a partnership with a sister community there. My pastor said, "Laura, I don't know why, but I have a very strong sense that you need to be on this trip." I protested and protested and said I didn't want to raise the money, $3,000. Two weeks later the money appeared mysteriously and I went.
What did you find in Rwanda? I went thinking we would learn about the genocide and get to know the culture. Then the story took hold of me. This idea that you had tens of thousands of killers coming home to the places where they massacred people's families ... and people were being asked to forgive. I came home and spent the next year talking to people about the idea and raising funds. My church supported me. We took a student crew back a year later to make the film.
How did you find the people you interviewed? It was providential because we landed in Rwanda with no idea about interviewees. Our wonderful translator Emmanuel, a survivor of the genocide, would go first into the homes of widows and hear their stories. They were surprisingly open and honest.
Did you get any refusals? None. Both sets of perpetrators that we focused on had already publicly confessed their crimes. Their guilt and their shame were truly apparent on their faces. They wanted to tell the story, to lift the burden of guilt. Being in the film was a way for them to do it.
What effect did those dozens of hours of interviews have on you? The experience was incredibly hopeful for me even though it was one of the hardest things I've ever gone through-to listen, and then listen again and again through the editing process, to these stories of massacres and deaths, and to hear on the other end the way the stories turn out. The way the women were, over time, able to forgive, humbled me. I thought I was a good Christian and understood God, but when I went to Rwanda, came back, and meditated on the idea of radical forgiveness, I realized my view of God was very small. Those women helped me to search out my own heart: Could I forgive?
What was your understanding of the gospel before you went through this experience? I had the basic idea of Jesus, the Son of God, dying for the sins of the world, atoning for them, and reconciling us to God through His death. I understood it on an intellectual level. I always cried out to God to reveal Himself to me more and more. I think He did that for me through this trip to Rwanda. Ever since then I have not doubted the reality of God and the gospel.
Because, humanly speaking, what you saw could not have happened apart from God? Yeah. I saw a foretaste of what will happen one day when all things are fully reconciled. The Bible likes to take the smallest, least likely characters and make them examples. I see that happening in Rwanda.
In 2006 you're editing your film, and your ex-fiancée comes back into your life. I kept wondering, "OK, Lord, if this is the story You want me to tell about radical forgiveness ... how is this going to play out in my life?" I worried that something horrific was going to happen ... like my mom was going to be killed and I would have to forgive. But God was much more merciful. Tommy called out of the blue. We hadn't spoken in two years. He asked if I was married. I said no. He said, "I still love you and would love to come visit you."
And then ... He came to visit. He told me he wanted to marry me for sure, but he wanted to give me space to think about it, so I should let him know when I was ready because then he would propose. About six months later I gave him the OK. He proposed. We were married about three months after that.
You plan to have a new film out next year, Mama Rwanda. It's about two women. One is a very poor village mom. She is starting an association of perpetrators and survivors and teaching them how to save 30 cents a week in a joint bank account that they will use to get a piece of land where they will farm together. I contrast her with a city mom, a widow who is an up-and-coming rising star of entrepreneurship in the country. It's an intimate portrait of these two women's lives.
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Updated with technical details.
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"Hackers planted code on the main SEM page which
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visitors' computers, reports pcworld.com.
"The style of attack is known as a drive-by download. It is particularly
dangerous since potential victims merely need to visit a site in order for the
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At this time there is no evidence of compromise to or loss of DOL information nor is there any disruption in DOL's services.
Civilian advocates for workers sickened during the manufacturing process of nuclear bombs say the site is www.sem.dol.gov.
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Bev Heemstra of Le Mars is the KLEM "Citizen of the Day" for Thursday, April 8, 2010. Bev is an educational aide at Clark Elementary and today is her birthday. Bev will receive a tailored carnation from the Le Mars Flowerhouse, a pizza from Pizza Hut in Le Mars or Kingsley, a movie or game rental from Jo's Movie House in Le Mars and a car wash from Easy Clean Car Wash in Le Mars.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Mike Richards and Jeff Carter each scored
first-period goals to back a 23-save effort from Jonathan Quick in the Los
Angeles Kings' 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Staples Center.
Carter added an assist on Richards' early score to help the Kings improve to
5-1-1 over their last seven games and move past idle San Jose for the No. 4
seed in the Western Conference. Slava Voynov potted a power-play goal in the
win, which fellow defenseman Drew Doughty sealed with an empty-net tally with
48.7 seconds left to play.
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seasons without reaching the playoffs compromised. The loss, the club's second
straight after a season-high five-game win streak, kept the Oilers three
points behind St. Louis for the eighth spot in the West with the Blues holding
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Release Date: March 19, 1999
Running Time: 99 mins.
MPAA Rating: R
Box Office: $2,060,953.00
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Period, Thriller
Captain John Boyd has been sent to a remote outpost in Sierra Nevada following a military disgrace in the Mexican-American War. There, his group run into Colqhoun, a starving and half-frozen Scottish traveler who tells a wild tale of cannibalism. His group, it seems, was led astray by a guide, snowed into a cave, and finally descended to eating one another. He fled from the evil Colonel Ives. Boyd determines to apprehend Ives, but when he follows Colqhoun back to the cave, events take a more dangerous turn, and Colqhoun turns out to be not quite all he claimed to be.


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Launched at the colourful ceremony held at Michelangelo Hotel, Nelson Mandela Square, Johannesburg, South Africa; the magazine aims to "inform, educate and enlighten government and civil society about the crucial environmental issues facing Southern Africa."
As part of the launch of this historic magazine, leading broadcaster, Jeremy Maggs hosted and chaired a panel discussion on the critical importance of biodiversity with business and conservation leaders including the IUCN Councillor for Africa, Ms Yolan Friedmann.
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Those whispers I mentioned about Andy Murray leaving Fred Perry for adidas became a loud official statement today.
The Brit baller will be joining the German sports apparel giant beginning in January, according to adidas spokesperson Linda Murphy, and will be wearing the triple-striped Competition gear and Barricades in his own exclusive colorways when he represents his country at the Hopman Cup in January.
In a joint press release on their site Muzz said he was looking forward to working with the historic brand:
I'm really excited to be joining Adidas as they are a massive global sports brand with a credible heritage in tennis. Joining a list of stars who have worn the brand, including Muhammad Ali and David Beckham, is an honor. I'm in no doubt that this deal will help me both on and off the court.VP of Global Sports Marketing, Jocelyn Robiot, said the World No.4 is the right fit for adidas:
We are delighted to welcome Andy Murray in to the adidas tennis family. Andy is a young, dynamic player that embodies adidas' pure performer qualities. He is a very driven and dedicated athlete and we look forward to working with him on developing our Barricade products and helping him achieve his Impossible in 2010.Okay so now we've confirmed this sponsorship news. Will Novak Djokovic star in his own "Sam Sequel" and leave adidas for K-Swiss?
UPDATE: The deal with adidas is reportedly worth 15 million pounds or $24.8 million over 5 years. Gah.
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I'm having a strange problem on one Zimbra account. We're having a 25 account licence and set-up. One account is having problems with mail delivery. When receiving a mail, it shows up right away in webmail. But it takes about an hour to arrive in Zimbra Desktop (of course I tried 'get mail'). I configured the account on other internal and external machines (other OS, zimbra desktop and Outlook with connector). I tried reindexing, ... I have no inspiration ...
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Arise... Kill, Eat! - Acts 10:13
Can't wait till they start letting us hunt them.
I think we've wasted enough "MILLIONS" that we borrowed from China restoring
a predator species that no Sportspeople wanted in the first place. The end result being
the decimation of our Elk, Moose and Deer herds. Lets hope that Mead/Lummis/Enzi and
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Monday lineup: Toronto in town
The hot hitting Toronto Blue Jays have arrived in KC…the Jays have the best record in MLB (15-6) and the highest team batting average in the American League (.298). Brian Bannister will look to cool their bats tonight. Here's your Royals lineup:
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#SHRM13 Stands for Party
Party on, human resource professionals. You guys do it well.
Max Mihelich is guest-posting on Ed Frauenheim's blog.
I'm writing this as I fight the urge to go hide in a bathroom stall and take an eight to ten hour nap. Because last night was wild.
It was totally unexpected, like a pinch hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers hitting a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth of game seven in the World Series against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Totally unexpected, but an undeniable fact: human resources people know how to party.
Our publishing company, MediaTec Publishing, held a very nice cocktail party at a restaurant overlooking the Chicago River after day two of the Society for Human Resource Management convention. Following that, a few of us moved about fifty yards away to the House of Blues for Glassdoor's own afterparty. I expected it to be a good time, but there was no way I could've guessed how the night would turn out.
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith's buddy from his "Fresh Prince" days, provided enough early '90s dance music to get anybody shakin'. Probably didn't even need music at all though. It just seemed like those few hundred HR professionals were going to be dancing no matter what.
There's really no tie in to the human resources profession, or any insightful take-away I can give you in this blog post. I honestly felt like the party last night was (somewhat) newsworthy for some reason. And basically, I just want to give credit where credit is due. That's all.
So, party on, human resource professionals. You guys do it well.
Max Mihelich is a Workforce associate editor. Comment below or email email@example.com. Follow Mihelich on Twitter at @workforcemax.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential doctors panel says most children should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight.
The new advice from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says recent studies show that children can lose weight if put in rigorous diet and behavior therapy programs. Doctors on the panel say the new advice could transform how doctors deal with overweight children. And they say it should encourage insurers to pay for intensive weight-loss treatment for kids.
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|Release Date: November 12, 1999
|Running Time: 135 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $30,651,422.00
|Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Summary:Loki and Bartleby are two angels that have been far from angelic. When they are banished from heaven and sent to Wisconsin, they concoct a dangerous plan that involves sneaking into a church rededication ceremony that will grant them the holy latitude to re-enter heaven against God's will -- an act that will prove God's fallibility and therefore, by extension, negate the existence of all mankind.


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I use zimbra 7.2.0_GA_2669 on RHEL5_64.
I have a mailbox that keeps getting locked due to repeated (WEB?) invalid password attempts...
When we use imap, everything is fine (until the account gets locked).
So I suspect some bad guy trying to brute force the passord on the web interface, or a zimbra service using an old password?)...
The problem is that I am unable to find his IP in the logs.
Here's an example (220.127.116.11 is my zimbra server IP, and a.b.com its fqdn):
So, I get successful IMAP connections mixed with failed "SOAP" connections... until the account get locked.Code:audit.log: 2013-01-10 13:18:15,256 WARN [btpool0-151://a.b.com:7071/service/admin/soap/] [firstname.lastname@example.com;ip=184.108.40.206;] security - cmd=Auth; email@example.com; protocol=soap; error=authentication failed for [email@example.com], invalid password; mailbox.log: 2013-01-10 13:18:15,210 INFO [btpool0-151://a.b.com:7071/service/admin/soap/] [ip=126.96.36.199;] soap - AuthRequest 2013-01-10 13:18:15,256 INFO [btpool0-151://a.b.com:7071/service/admin/soap/] [email@example.com;ip=188.8.131.52;] SoapEngine - handler exception: authentication failed for [firstname.lastname@example.com], invalid password access_log.2013-01-10: nothing at or close to the given time.
And I can only find my IPs/fqdn in the logs...
Any idea where I can find the real IP behind the "SOAP" connection attempts?


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Obama's assault on our domestic energy now a 4-alarm fire
Update 2/17/11 6:15pm. Federal Court Orders Obama Administration to Act on Stalled Deepwater Drilling Permits. H/t to Kenny Solomon who assisted with finding some of this info. OK guys. This is tough love time. I can't put it any other way, things are getting really serious. While we have been distracted with goings-on in the Middle East those in the present administration are wrecking havoc | Read More »


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PCC in the News
News: Men's Cagers Step Up, Move Back Into 1st Place Tie With ELAC
The Pasadena City College men's basketball team turned the South Coast Conference North Division race back into its favor in a stunning, come-from-behind 73-72 victory over host East Los Angeles College Friday night. The Lancers snapped a 3-game losing streak and now are tied with the Huskies for first place in the division with 6-4 SCC records.
PCC (18-8 overall) trailed by 12 points early in the second half, 47-35, but chipped away at the deficit before taking a 60-59 lead on a Taj Spencer jumper with 8:15 left. ELAC regained the lead at 68-66 on a layup by Davian Wilson only to see the Lancers answer with a 3-point bomb by Adrian Miles.
Miles would give Pasadena its final lead at 71-70 on a pair of free throws with 3:19 left. The Huskies missed three short range shots in the final seconds as PCC sweated it out until the final buzzer sounded.
The Lancers return to the win column not surprisingly coincided with the high energy offensive play of sophomore forward Spencer and letterman guard Jeffrey Dockett. Spencer busted out of his scoring slump with 15 of his game-high 21 points in the second half. Dockett poured in 20 points. Another key player was frosh guard Brandon Joseph, who scored 11 points, making 5-for-6 from the field, and adding three steals.
One 3-point shot ultimately lifted the Lancers out of their doldrums and it was turned in by the most unlikely of shooters--reserve post player Rashad Smith. The sophomore lefty-shooting forward drilled a trey for his only points with 12 minutes left in the game. It cut a 57-50 ELAC lead to four at that point, but the basket proved to ignite the Lancers second-half charge. Smith had only taken three other shots (all misses) beyond the circle in two seasons at PCC prior to the bomb.
Also for PCC, frosh center Faruk Oyalade produced six points and nine rebounds while Miles was instrumental in the final 10 minutes ending with eight points. For ELAC (17-8), Je'Ron Primus scored 16 points and Wilson added 15. The Huskies blocked 10 Pasadena shots. The Lancers shot 50 percent on attempts that didn't get knocked down by ELAC and made just 11 turnovers.
The Lancers next host Mt. San Antonio on Friday, Feb. 14 in their final home game of the regular season. Tip-off at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 is the team's bye date in conference.
PCC head coach Michael Swanegan is one win away from a milestone 200th career victory in his collegiate career. Swanegan won 117 games at previous employer, Mt. SAC, and now 82 coaching victories at PCC. He is in his seventh season in charge of the Lancers and 15th year as a community college head coach.
Prior to moving to the college ranks, Swanegan was a successful high school head coach for 10 seasons at three schools, most prominently at Duarte High. His combined preps/college victory total is up to 360 triumphs in 25 coaching seasons.
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WALDORF, Md. (WUSA9) -- Cynthia Brown has had a decent job at the Government Printing Office for 7 years, but recent health problems and the financial demands of caring for her two teenage daughters and her 71-year-old father had her behind on some bills and going paycheck to paycheck.
Now, the paycheck isn't coming, due to the government shutdown. With a shut off notice for water, rent due, and a broken down car; she's already a month behind on payments for. Brown doesn't have the luxury of time or the savings to wait out the paralyzed U.S. Congress.
She's selling her furniture on Craigslist.
"I don't know what's going to happen and before you know it, it will be November 1st," said the journeyman printer who's on a list of essential employees still showing up for her night shift even though she won't be paid.
Brown shared her story by emailing us at TellWUSA9.com.
She's infuriated by what she sees on TV -- Members of Congress getting paid and using their private gym.
"I wish we could switch places and I think they probably wouldn't last one or two days," she said.
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May 30, 2016
Meridian police made two arrests for auto burglary.
18-year-old William B. Parker and Brandon R. Crawford, 19, both of Lauderdale County, are charged with auto burglary.
Their bonds were set at $25,000.
Police say the arrests stem from an incident that occurred Mar. 26.
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This may not be appropriate, but given my experience with email, I have no faith that anyone will hear the voice mail I just left. So I'm hoping that someone from Zimbra actually reads this forum and will respond.
My organization is evaluating replacement candidates for Meeting Maker. I have been tasked with checking out Zimbra. Part of that research involves getting specific pricing of the Professional version for our location.
My first attempt was to send email, per the link on the pricing page, to email@example.com. "sales" was clearly a forward to someone who no longer exists and I got "No such user here (in reply to RCPT TO command)".
So I next decided to use the form the pricing page provides. I filled it out and submitted it. Apparently all that form does is generate an email of its own and sends it to the same person because I got the same error.
My third attempt was to try the phone number on the corporate contact page. No answer...just voice mail.
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May 25, 2016
The search of the residence revealed a clandestine
methamphetamine lab. Methamphetamine, drug manufacturing
equipment, and drug paraphernalia were seized from the home.
Richard Laron Miller, 35, is charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Echo Nicole McQueen, 32, is charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and sale of methamphetamine within 1000 feet of a daycare.
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As the head of the papal armies, favored son Juan is filled with swagger and bravado, but he is really a hopeless coward. More interested in the brothels and taverns of Rome than in defending his family, Juan nonetheless resents his brother Cesare, the more apt warrior son. Juan's ineptitude on the battlefield and misplaced familial pride lead to his extreme alienation from his furious and disgusted siblings, and ultimately to an untimely fate.
Since graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2007, David Oakes has worked on a number of exciting projects. Last year, he starred in the award-winning Starz/Channel 4 mini-series PILLARS OF THE EARTH, based on Ken Follett's novel of the same name. Later this year, he will star as the lead in the horror film TRUTH OR DARE, and make a cameo appearance in WORLD WITHOUT END, the sequel to PILLARS OF THE EARTH. Oakes' other film credits include the short FACES OF CHANGE; the feature film PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL WINNER and recently, he produced his first short film, WHO SHALL I PLAY WITH NOW?, which will be released later this year.
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Alton Soldier Presented Helmet That Saved His Life
(Le Mars) -- An Alton, Iowa National Guard soldier based out of the 113th Calvary Squadron,
Charlie Company from Le Mars on Saturday afternoon was presented the helmet that saved his life. While on tour in Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011, Specialist Tom Albers, 23, was conducting a dismounted joint presence patrol with his team in Afghanistan's Kafshan Valley, Parwan province when he and his fellow troops came under fire. A bullet hit his helmet, but fortunately, for Albers, did not hit his head. Albers recalls the incident.
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Albers admits he was stunned for a few moments. He says he was able to take cover and quickly realized there was no blood, and in fact he was able to continue the mission.
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This was a large-scale, flavorful if slightly inelegant white that reminded me of a highly-extracted, unoaked Maconnais wine like a St. Veran.
Sparkling dark gold color with a slight greenish tinge. Intense nose of ripe apples and a hint of peach, along with bags of crushed stone. Loads of flavor, mostly of slightly bitter apple skin and waves of clingy minerality. Very full-bodied with acidity correspondingly a tad on the low side. Very pleasant, slightly viscous texture. Bone dry. Long, bitterish finish. B+. It's not going to get any better, and should be drunk over the next 6 months. Was $14.99 from Total Wine in Fairfax. Imported by Marco deGrazia Selections.
A terrific rosé. It's got fragrance, flavor, texture, and great vibrancy. No rosé I've ever had comes close to a good Sancerre rosé.
Light salmon/copper color. Great cherry/grapey/strawberry fruit aromas shot through with limestoney minerals. Soft, instantly flavorful and mouthwatering upon entry. Loads of crisp fruit flavors are balanced by saliva-inducing acids and great, clean, high-toned stony minerals. Hard to stop drinking this one. A. Was $21 from WineAccess.com Imported by Fleet Street Wine Merchants.
A very nicely-balanced, nicely-composed, and fairly complex Rioja. Elegant, flavorful, and ready to drink. But it should also keep and improve for at least 3-5 years. It's not really traditional style, but neither is it in the stereotypical modern style. Most important, a great value.
Vivid, deep ruby color. Somewhat shy but very nice nose of ripe blackberries and cassis, along with warm, sweet sandstone scents, and an unusually deft and subtle note of sweet vanillin from the oak-ageing. In the mouth, it's flavorful and ripe, with full body and lots of soft, fine-grained tannin. Medium-pitched berry and cassis flavors with a clean streak of minerality running through it. There's a little sweet toastiness from the oak, but it's joining the chorus of flavors rather than trying to take the lead. Very nice acidity keeps it lively and keeps inviting another sip. A-. Was a remarkable $12.99 from WTSO.com. Imported by Classic Wines, Stamford, CT.
A nice, very soft, fruity, weighty, varietally-true Grenache. The only complaint I have -- and it's a minor one for a $9.99 bottle -- is a just barely perceptible bit of residual sweetness.
Inky ruby-violet color. Open and inviting nose of oozing raspberries, plum jam, and some clean, stony minerality. Mouthfilling, richly fruity, and full-bodied, this offers loads of ripe plummy, raspberry fruity, leaving behind a vaguely bitter-tinged liquid rock taste at the very end. Low acidity. As I said, it's got a barely perceptible bit of residual sugar, and it's pretty simple, so this gets a little tiring to sip on its own, but it's a nice accompaniment with casual weeknight fare (it went well with a simple roast chicken). B. Was $9.99 at Total Wine in Fairfax. Imported by The Country Vintner, Ashland, VA.
Dirt cheap and very good. A great weeknight dinner choice. Simple but varietally true and satisfying.
Fully saturated black ruby/violet. Straightforward scents of ripe, sweet, perfumey blackberry and a nice classic Mourvedre (Monastrell) scent of tree bark. Lots of oomph entering the mouth, with loads of smoky blackberries, full body, some nicely integrated if not super-soft tannin, and surprisingly good acidity. A bit of heat, but not intrusively so, on the finish (which is long and fruity). B/B+. Was only $7.99 from B-21 Wines in Florida, but it's pretty widely available (including being available at Total Wine in Fairfax at the same price). Imported by Jorge Ordonez Selections.
A really good, large-scaled, ambitious Côtes du Rhône that thinks it's something more important. Dark and extracted, but nicely-balanced at the same time. Apparently it's an unfiltered 50/50 Grenache/Syrah blend.
Completely saturated black ruby-violet. Interesting and atypical nose, with lots of smoky, iodiney minerals, and a thing that alternately reminded me of either roasted herbs or a big pan-full of sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil. And some blackberry skin fruit in there too. Mouthcoating flavors of iodine, blackberry, and faintly bitterish minerals, with a long finish that clings and clings. Some fine-grained tannins for physical structure. Very good acids for a wine this large-framed. Basically, tastes like a very good Gigondas. B+. Got this for $12.99 from B-21 Wines in Florida. Excellent value at that price point. Imported by Eric Solomon/European Cellars.
A young wine that needs a lot of air to show its stuff. Definitely on the darker, more-extracted end of the spectrum.
Impenetrable, fully saturated black black black ruby. The first night the nose was very scorchy and burnt, showing zero fruit. I was unimpressed and put the Vacu-Vin on it. The next night was a different story. Still smoky and low-toned, but oozy-ripe raspberry syrup fruit was insinuating itself into the equation. Very full-bodied and a bit hot in the mouth, with a somewhat coarser texture than expected for a Grenache. Clearly the winemaker was going for intense extraction here. I prefer Grenaches with a more fluid, less macho feel. Still, it had a lot of low-toned berry and scorched stone flavors. Low acids. It's a B-, but only if you can appreciate this intensely ripe, ambitiously-extracted, massive style. If you don't, it's just a heavy mouthful of bricks. Imported by Eric Solomon-European Cellars. $8.99 from B-21 Wines in Florida.
This was a fantastic white. If I had tasted it blind I would have thought it was a young premier cru Chablis. Ripe, cleanly minerally, and crisply refreshing. Excellent value.
Light gold color. Enchanting nose of ripe apple, ripe pear, nose-tingling lemony acids, and crushed seashell minerality, along with a hint of that Burgundian earthiness that frequently, in the whites, reminds me of dried hay lying around a barn. Absolutely refreshing in the mouth. Concentrated flavors, yet light on its feet, with a linear, lemony streak through the apple/green apply fruit, and a bolt of chalky, seashelly minerality follows through from the nose to the mouth. Soft texture. Brilliantly clean, lengthy finish. I know it's just a Macon, but I have to give it an A. Was $14.99 from WTSO.com, making it a steal. Imported by MHW, Ltd., Manhasset, CT.
Tight, tight, tight! This wine is very youthful and tightly-wound, but contains all the elements to become a very good Pinot in 2-4 years.
Bright medium ruby with the beginnings of some garnet. Very shy nose (even when poured through a Vinturi). Just a few subtle scents come through: crisp, just-picked cherry and stony minerals, with a lifted floral element. Bone dry, crisp (mouthwatering acids) and lightly tannic in the mouth. Fairly full body. Lots of cherry-skin fruit and lean, stony minerals in the mouth. Clean, medium-long finish. This just needs time to shine (at least a couple of years). For now,B. In a few years, probably higher. Was $24.99 from WTSO.com. Imported by MHW, Ltd., Manhasset, NY.
This is excellent. Shows classic Nebbiolo character, in a medium-bodied, soft, and ready-to-drink style. I'm glad to see this old-line producer (whose Spannas from the 60s and 70s are legendary) is back on line.
A deep, soft, sultry Cotes du Rhone from a producer much better-known for its excellent and reasonably priced Chateauneuf. It's 70% Grenache, 20% Carignane, and 10% Syrah. For those who like their Cotes du Rhone to show lots of vibrant, earthy raspberry and/or blackberry fruit, this is not your wine. It's on the lower-toned, chocolately end of the scale. But expectations aside, it's quite good.
Saturated black-black ruby color. Somewhat aloof, low-toned nose of dark chocolate, blackberry skins, loamy sandstone, and slow-roasted herbs and meat. Weighty and soft in the mouth, it's very full-bodied, low in acidity, and shows loads of chocolatey, minerally flavors. Lengthy finish. Not my cup of tea, so for me it's a B-,but those who like this style will undoubtedly rate it higher. Was $19.99 at Total Wine in Fairfax. Imported by Saranty Imports, White Plains, NY.
This is a very easy-drinking, soft, but flavorful Chianti. A pretty good value. Great for weeknight or casual Italian dinners. Atypical, but very good.
Fairly dark (for a Chianti) blackish ruby. A lower-toned nose than is usual for a Chianti, featuring dark-roasted minerally notes battling for equal attention with dark cherry fruit, and a light note of menthol in there too. Low-toned in the mouth too, with lots of dark, earthy, gravelly minerals, a dark chocolatey note (where's that coming from in a Chianti?). Medium full body, and lowish acidity. A fluid and very velvety mouthfeel is this wine's best feature. It's a B+if you're not detracting points for atypicality. Was $14.99 from WTSO.com. Imported by Superior Wines, Cranford, NJ.
(Sorry, 2008 depicted).
(One more thing: drink this before the summer of 2013.)
Update (1/20/13): A second bottle seems a little more advanced, and I'd give it a B.
A bright, minerally, high-toned red. I got it for $36 at a restaurant in Charlottesville, so I think that would make it something that would retail for between $15 and $20. Both stylistically and price-wise, consider this wine as an alternative to a Valpolicella.
Superb example of a full-throttle style of Zin (a style that Mazzocco is known for). Rich, ripe, extracted, but with not noticeable oak and no heat. My brother got this direct from the winery and gave it to me, so I have no idea what it costs.
Fully-saturated black ruby with violet highlights. Deep rich exuberant nose of rich, ripe blackberries, maple syrup, and dark stones. Incredibly rich fruit slams the palate, initially making a fleeting port-like impression and then resolving into ridiculously pure, ripe fruit. Very concentrated, with a dense texture, but with very little noticeable heat despite its 16.2% alcohol. Slightly low but still OK acids, this wine successfully walks a tightrope between extraordinary ripeness and over-blownness. All it lacks is a bit more complexity. A-.
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Audiences have responded overwhelming to this production and have been lavish in their praise, according to Summers. "One lady said it was life changing," he related. "We've been getting huge ovations, the people really seem to love it, which is so heartwarming to see. Our job is to entertain. To be able to get that kind of response means that we've done our job well."
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"Lucky Guy"
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Sentiment pervades Lucky Guy at the Broadhurst Theater. Maybe that's why it doesn't feel realistic. Several months before the play was mounted, playwright Nora Ephron (writer of Sleepless in Seattle and many other movies) passed away from cancer. Although her play wasn't quite finished, it is packing in audiences who are there to see movie actor Tom Hanks in his Broadway debut. Despite Hanks' enormous appeal, the play, produced and directed by George C. Wolfe, feels like a work in progress.
Mike McAlary, or Lucky Guy, is the central character. He was an award-winning columnist for The New York Post and New York Daily News. Despite the implication of the title, his was not a charmed life. The play shows his feelings of guilt when a rogue cop kills himself after McAlary published a story about him. It also deals with his injuries when his drunk driving caused a terrible accident and later with the cancer that took his life at age 41.
Undoubtedly, the big attraction of the play is Tom Hanks. Having starred in some of Ephron's movies, he obviously had a kinship with her, and her words seem a natural fit for him. Hanks is so affable and genial that it is hard not to like him. Even when McAlary is bragging and the others are resentful of his success, or when he betrays a confidence, he's still too likable.
The show features a talented ensemble, some of whom play multiple roles as journalists and share in narrator chores. Among them are Richard Masur and Peter Scolari, and Courtney Vance, as Hap Hairston, one of the editors, narrates much of the story. He also gets to deliver several of the funnier lines. The other characters serve almost as a Greek chorus. Although all the performers are experienced professionals, several flubbed their lines in the production I saw.
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I must agree with ms. Trevers (i usually do) waited anxiously to see this play not only because of mr. Hanks appearance but because of being a fan of mr. McAlary. Was disappointed that i did not come away feeling i knew much more than i had learned beforehand. Enjoyed watching the interactions on stage between characters BUT was especially disappointed with "picture" of mrs. McAlary. Too passive NO life. As usual best to read ms. Trevers before committing your $$ to buying tickets. We need more reviews. .
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Are there ways of creating categories of calendars & allowing users the option of subscribing to an entire category, or individual calendars with in a category?
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Should these shared calendars be shared from an active account (i.e. a secretary, or our Athletic Director) or should users be set up exclusively for sharing calendars?
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As many of you know, yesterday DMPS had a teacher in-service at the Convention Center downtown. I was with a group of 8 teachers that went to lunch at Legends on Court Avenue. One of the teachers in our group found a hair in her salad. When informed, our server rolled her eyes and said, It is not my fault. I did not put it there. Then as she walked away she said, When can this day be over? We thought management would like to know of her rude comments, and thought our group member who received the hair salad deserved to hear something along the lines of, We are sorry for the hair, and for our servers response. Additionally, we thought the manager might want to speak with the server about better ways to respond to reports of hair in the food. Someone in our group went over to ask for a manager and was told a manager would be sent over. Ten minutes later, we had finally been able to pay (after nearly 1½ hours of lovely company, but terrible service), but there was still no manager. We needed to leave to get back to our meeting. We stopped at the bar on our way out and tried to speak with the manager, but she told us she was too busy and we would need to sit down for 5 minutes to wait. We told her we had already been waiting, and needed to leave. She offered to have the owner come out of the kitchen to speak with us. We said that would be great.
Several minutes later, an angry man came out and introduced himself as the owner. He repeatedly stated that he was understaffed that day and that was why our service was so poor. Each time we attempted to refocus on our servers response to the hair, he would reply that the entire staff was stressed out because all of these teachers keep showing up unannounced to eat. We told him that our concern was not with the speed of service, but with the response of his server when we told her there was a hair in the salad. From approximately 5 inches from my face, he yelled, Let me ask you something! Did she charge you for it? I told him that we were not charged for it, but the servers response was inappropriate. He angrily said he did not see what the problem was. He said if anyone lets him know of the Des Moines Public Schools in service next year he will be ready for us. We told him that would not be necessary for us, because we would not be coming back.
At that point he yelled, Good! Get out! GET OUT! I dont want any teachers here! He started walking back toward the kitchen. We were stunned that what could have been solved with the simple statement, Sorry about the hair in your salad, and about your servers response to the hair (by anyone
the server, the manager, or the owner) had escalated to this point. We turned to leave. As we were walking past other customers, we heard him yelling Buh-bye, Teachers! Buh-Bye! Dont come back! We turned to look back and he was standing in the entrance to his kitchen waving. He then yelled, Get out teachers! We dont want you here! Go unionize! Again, we were stunned at his bizarre behavior. Someone in the group said, Seriously? He replied by waving his arms in swooping arcs above his head, wildly gyrating his hips in an obscene manner, and yelling, Hasta luego teachers! Hasta luego! GET OUT! It was a very disturbing sight. I replied, You need to get some counseling. We quickly exited the restaurant with him yelling unintelligible things at us.
Mark Rodgers is listed as the owner of several area Legends Restaurants and Jimmys American Café. He is part owner of Fire Creek Inn. I plan to respect his I dont want any teachers here proclamation. Additionally I will take every opportunity I have to help him keep his restaurants teacher free. Please pass this on to other teachers, people who support teachers, and people who not like to spend money to be publically berated by an out of control man.
did you write that with a typewriter? j/k
I can't believe the person who has the most to lose would act this way. I mean with the economy down and people spending less being too busy is a good problem. He is an embarrassment to his profession and no one should bother patronizing any of his properties.
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Originally Posted by tyrelrobert
did you write that with a typewriter? j/k
And did you notice it was written under the ISU MBB forum?
I've had similar experiences to something like that. I ordered a draft beer and the bartender spilled it behind me when I was leaned up against the bar. She laughed about it for a minute or two and charged me for ordering another one...That place is my least favorite in downtown dm..
Seems pretty horrible. Most managers have been good to me at places where servers screwed up.
This looks like it was copy\pasted from an email. I might question the credibility of what could be a chain email with no names on it. I seriously doubt an owner would do this, much less an owner that has been successful enough to own several restaurants throughout the area.
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If you guys come by Bondurant tonight, I'll **** all over every one of your dogs. I'm not the Mayor but I've been drinking a crap ton of water today and have plenty of water in the old radiator.
It almost seems like they threw some drunk line cook out there to talk to you instead of the owner.
Almost as good as the Hooters manager on Undercover Boss the other night!! Only he was rude to the servers.
Sounds like a major a-hole to me. I already think the food at Legend's sucks anyway but this gives me a solid reason to tell everyone I know. I will spread the word.
FYI... Based on the guys attitude if I was in your shoes I would absolutely go to the local media with it. A restaurant manager acting that way to paying customers is absurd. I am sure there are a ton of people that would hear that story and never bother going to that dump again.
It's Prohm Time!!
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This looks like it was copy\pasted from an email. I might question the credibility of what could be a chain email with no names on it. I seriously doubt an owner would do this, much less an owner that has been successful enough to own several restaurants throughout the area.
This is what I was thinking. Probably someone with a beef with this Rodgers fella.
Stop being bad customers?
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Stop being bad customers?
yea. eat you hair salads and enjoy it
Hooray for Metaphors!
I just got this in an e-mail forward from my wife (a teacher in a different district). From the forwards I was in the 5th in line to get it and it went all over des moines public schools.
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1985 L�pez de Heredia Vi�a Tondonia - a gorgeous nose of strawberry and underbrush immediately grabbed my attention. I had in my glass that magical thing, a wine you want to coddle and sniff for a long while before even sipping it. Such glorious aromatics. At last, though, I struck out to discover if it was going to be an interesting sip, to boot. Zounds. On the palate, it was even better than what its heady scents promised. Such death-defying complexity! Waves of silky, elegant fruit and earthiness, with a sudden twist of sap and bark right in the middle, and then playing out forever, until I was wide-eyed and shaking my head. Wow.
Touraine Gamay "Pouill�," Thierry Puzelat 2006 $18. 13% alcohol. Cork. Louis/Dressner, New York, NY. Relative to "Le Tel Quel," which I've written about here before, "Pouill�" is arguably Thierry Puzelat's more serious – perhaps substantial would be a better word – expression of Gamay. In this case, the fruit comes from Puzelat's own vineyards, which he purchased from Michel Oger. Situated near Clos Roche Blanche in the commune of Pouill�, the 65 year-old selection massale Gamay vines are planted in argilo-silex (clay and flint) soil that's been farmed biodynamically for the past fifteen years. Following fermentation, the wine is aged in old oak casks until bottling, without filtration, in the summer following the harvest.
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Arbois Poulsard "M," Jacques Puffeney 2005 $30. 13.5% alcohol. Cork. Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York, NY. Puffeney's wines may be a little pricey for a typical midweek repast, but I've been on vacation the last couple of days so I figured why not give myself a treat. Straight from the bottle, this is lean and firm in both acidic and tannic impact. Its color is a completely transparent, pale ruby, tinged green/orange at the rim. With a few moments to settle, aromas emerged of red tea, rose petals, teak and tart cherry fruit. Like its color, the wine's flavors are delicate but intensely penetrating. If you've been looking for a "light" wine to serve with hearty fare – think duck, beef daube or, why not, pot pies – this may be your ticket.
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When I first got into wine I spent as much time with my nose in a wine book as it did in a wine glass - come to think of it that's still true. That was thirty years ago and wine books were serious things in those days - thick tomes by British writers that read like the textbooks they were. I learned a lot, but it was a rather dry experience, which seemed a bit of an oxymoron when the subject was wine. I balanced the books with a tasting group that was loaded with energy - we had a blast and learned a lot.
One of the most exciting things about the online wine community (bloggers, Twitter, Facebook etc.) is they have expanded the online wine world into one gigantic virtual tasting group. Not to say studying about wine is any less important, perhaps more so now there are so many more wines, but the amount you can learn about wine on the Internet is truly astounding.
One of the most charming aspects of the explosion of wine blogs is the large number of young wine drinkers who share their thrill of exploration with their readers. They're not really critics, but more like the host of a wine tasting. Visiting their blog is like visiting their home for a wine tasting party. Yes, sometimes there may be some inaccurate technical information, but the energy and love of wine they share more than makes up for it. They're learning along with you, not pontificating from up on high.
I love to visit these blogs as they recharge my batteries with their enthusiasm and make me remember my excitement of discovery when I first fell in love with the world of wine. We all should remember it's less important to get the pH of a wine right than it is to feel its spirit - its soul. These writers are about soul not technical sheets and I love them for it. These are the writers that are giving birth to a new generation of wine drinkers that, while it will be a small percentage of them, will be drinking the wines that the writers in my previous post,"Going to School" are writing about now. This new generation will preserve those wines as my generation drops the wine list. They represent a passing of the torch even if they don't yet know it or appreciate the beauties of Poulsard yet, but some of them will some day. Eventually they, and a sadly small percentage of their readers, will turn away from the obvious side of the force and learn to love finesse over sheer power. This is the way of the wine world and it will always be so. It's a right of passage. I went through it too.
Here's a woefully short list of these young leaders. It's a dangerous thing to make such a list as there are so many talented wine bloggers out there. So my apologies to the majority that I leave out here as I include just a few I've had the pleasure to meet personally. I encourage you to visit my blog roll or the ones on Vinography or Fermentation to really experience the beautiful diversity of these new, new media wine writers, which interestingly are mostly female. Change is a good thing.
My blogroll is getting overwhelmed on my Bloglines reader, which is also the basis of the wine and food blogroll on Wine Camp. I've tried to get every wine blogger and a lot of food bloggers on there, but I can't keep up anymore. As much as I want to, I can't read all those blogs on a daily basis or even get them all listed. On that note, if your blog doesn't have a link on my blogroll page give me a break and let me know so I can get you listed. It's my goal to be inclusive.
Without a doubt the volume of interesting wine writing out there there is both overwhelming and exciting. Never has the consumer had so many sources of information. Only so much of this flood can be digested so ultimately you have to pick - you can't read it all. There is a small group of blogs I consider must reading. I read far more than that, but not a daily basis - there are just not enough hours in the day. Once a week I plough through Bloglines to read as much as I can of the wonderful writing out there, but on a daily basis I keep on eye on my core group of about fifteen or so compelling wine blogs.
What draws me to this group is that I actually learn something new from them almost every time the author posts. Not satisfied just to spew attitude, opinions and reviews, these writers dig deep and have a unique and passionate voice. What is interesting about these writers is that every last one of them is not obsessed with pumping up their stats. Each seems more concerned with saying what they feel rather than simply inflating Google Analytics. There's not a carny hustler among them - they simply love wine and love writing about it. I've just moved this group into my NetNewsWire aggregator on their own so I can be far more focused on the education they offer me.
Here are my favorites:
Appellation Feiring - Alice Feiring is first and formost a writer and it is a pleasure to follow her quest for natural wines. I'm a fan of her book and admire her passion and integrity. Her voice is an important, if small, counterpoint to the mainstream wine media. Thank the wine gods that writers like this still exist. Listen and learn.
Besotting Ramblings and Other Drivel - Peter Leim's blog is a marvel and an incredible souce of information mostly about Champange, which for me is reason enough to read it. Peter gives a real inside look at Champagne and introduces his readers to the wonders of small, grower producers. Peter has also launched ChampagneGuide.net, which is an indispensable resource for Champagne lovers - and I think that includes almost everyone.
Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog - A food and wine lovers life in Brooklyn. This is what a blog should be all about as you really share their personal wine and food experiences. Most consumers will not have heard of many of the wines he writes about, but he writes about the real deal - wines that have distinctive character and meaning. Really a must read for American wine drinkers who think there may be something "more" out there than what the distribution system and big media wants them to drink. A current wine of the week was Tissot Arbois Poulsard…enough said.
Do Bianchi - Renaissance man Jeremy Parzen is a scholar of the Italian language, a wine and food connoisseur and a rock and roller in the band Nous Non Plus. He has a lot to say and says it well in a couple of languages. Reading Jeremy will teach you what real Italian wine, food and culture means, which is something very different than the Disney version you'll get in the mainstream wine media. Jeremy is also a contributor to VinoWire, an important source for breaking Italian wine news along with the dynamic Italian wine writer and blogger, Franco Ziliani.
McDuff's Food and Wine Trail - David McDuff lives in the wine hell of state controlled Pennsylvania, yet week after week writes about wonderful wines and food. We must assume that the state does not control food the same way they control wine. Despite the wine fascist state laws of Pennsylvania, David finds and writes about wines made with real passion and intensity and his love for them comes through beautifully in his writing. If David can get these wines in Pennsylvania not one of us has any excuse not to make the extra effort to find the beauties he writes about.
Rockss and Fruit - You'll sometimes feel you're watching NASCAR and waiting for the crash, but Lyle Fass is the go to guy for German and Austrian wines. His Burgundy commentary is worthwhile too, but Lyle is the definitive commentator on riesling and all things German. Lyle thinks acidity is beautiful and so do I.
Sharon's Wine Blog - We can all hate Sharon because she gets to live in Paris and drink a lot of great French wine, but in spite of our jealously we can live her life vicariously by reading her blog. Sharon digs out real wines made by real people. It may take some work to get the wines she writes about, but it's worth the search.
Reflections on Wine - Writer Tom Hyland loves and, more importantly, understands Italian wine. Few writers out there tell the stories of the Italian producers and their wines with more sensitivity and accuracy. Tom gets it and you will too if you read his blog. Tom does us all a service by debunking the myopic view of Italian wine you get from the big American wine magazines. If you want to drink wonderful, authentic Italian wines - read this blog.
La Gramiere - Hands down the best winery blog in existence. Passionate and educational, Amy Lillard recounts in wonderful detail their struggles and pleasures on their Cotes du Rhone estate. On top of it they make a damn good wine. Every winery that wants to blog should admire the honesty and personality that Amy brings to her blogging - they're the real thing. No PR schmalz here.
Pinotblogger - Josh Hermsmeyer should be the poster boy for American winery bloggers. He has involved his readers in the birth of his Russian River Winery, Capozzi Vineyards, and made them partners in his project. Passionate and open, Josh has truly shared his voyage of creation with us. It's hard to think of a more anticipated wine. Best of all, Josh delivers the real nuts and bolts of what it takes to bring a winery to life - spreadsheets graphs and all. (Pictured above is the Capozzi Vineyard)
This list is not meant to be all-inclusive, nor exclusive, as there are many wonderful wine blogs, but these writers really speak to me and best of all, almost always teach me something. One thing about wine, the more you learn, the more you understand how much you don't know. Each of these writers is helping me in my ongoing and never ending education on the world of wine.
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I've been drinking some California chardonnay lately - believe me it surprises me as much as it does you. It's not that I wasn't drinking any chardonnay as Chablis, Macon Villages, St. Veran and Pouilly Fuisse have always been some of my favorite wines. California Chardonnay was another matter with its heavy oak and more than a little residual sugar. The cheaper the California chardonnay the sweeter it seemed to be. For my taste, sweet and oaky does not go very well with food.
So why am a drinking chardonnay again? Here and there there are emerging a few chardonnays that see no oak aging or fermentation. They spend their time before bottling only in stainless steel. Best of all, the California wines in this category are usually fermented to dryness. Often referred to as "unoaked" they are the exception to the rule as the vast majority of California Chardonnay is either aged in oak barrels or "oak alternatives" (oak chips, oak dust and so on) are added to give that sweet, vanilla oak characteristic that has replaced chardonnay varietal character as the defining characteristic of chardonnay for most wine drinkers. Not that there are not many exceptional wines produced from chardonnay aged in oak barrels (no exceptional ones come from wines made with "oak alternatives"), but the fact that most consumers think that the taste of oak is the taste of chardonnay few producers choose the "unoaked" path.
These "unoaked" wines are everything their oaky siblings are not. They are fresh and bright with clean, firm mineral flavors that are lightly laced with touches of white peaches and key limes. With a touch of refreshing tartness to balance their beautiful California fruit, they are perfect food wines. As another plus they tend to be cheaper than their more rotund oaky counterparts.
Two of my favorite "unoaked" California Chardonnays are:
2007 Iron Horse Vineyards Unoaked Chardonnay, Sonoma County-Green Valley - Firm and bright with a lovely, lively freshness throughout you can tell as you drink this wine that the Sterling family cut their teeth on French wines. While having a lot in common with a fine Chablis or Pouilly Fuisse, the California personality of this wine shows through in the fresh hints of ripe tropical fruit that rides on a firm backbone of acidity and minerality. What a wonderful thing to do with chardonnay grown in the cool Green Valley.
2006 Elisabeth Spencer, Chardonnay Napa Valley, Special Cuv�e - Deeper and more powerful than the Iron Horse, but still crisp and firm. Creamy with bright fresh citrus on the nose with and those characteristics flow through the entire wine. Firm mineral flavors are balanced by round pure apple and pear fruit flavors, which are all lifted by the crisp acidity. Very long on the finish, here is proof positive you don't have to age chardonnay in oak to get complexity.
Treading lightly upon the earth is fashionable these days, but what about treading lightly upon the palate. There is a time and place for big wines, but on a regular basis something a bit more restrained and thoughtful is good for the soul - and the dinner table. It doesn't hurt if they cost under 20 bucks either. These two gems should not be missed:
2007 Moulin-�-Vent, Cuv�e Vielles Vignes, Domaine Diochon - Gloriously bright and fragrant, it's hard to think of a prettier wine. Graceful, delicate yet full flavored and incredibly long on the finish a better match for the chicken we roasted on the Weber you'll not find. Best served on the cool side to highlight the incredibly pure fruit. This is simply a wonderful wine.
2007 Valpolicella, Nanfr�, Tenuta Sant'Antonio - Like the Beaujolais above, Valpolicella is a name damaged by the ocean of mediocre wine sold under its name. It doesn't seem quite fair to pick on these place names as the majority of wines produced under more revered names like Burgundy, Bordeaux and Napa are just as mundane. In Valpolicella, like all the world's fine wine regions, only a small percentage of the producers make top notch wines. Tenuta Sant'Antonio is one of those producers and this bargain is something to grab by the case. Fragrant and expansive with brilliant fruit and that wonderful Italian earthiness, which makes them so perfect with food. This wine is not only delicious, but very interesting to drink.
It's worth noting that both of these wines clock in at 13% alcohol. For me that's the sweet spot for red wine as it's substantial enough have real texture and depth, but balanced and restrained enough to have more than one glass. Which, as you may not be surprised to learn, I like to do.
Krug Grande Cuv�e Champagne is very good. In fact it is very, very good. You could even say excellent. In the case of Krug I guess you could say that is damning with faint praise. For Krug mere excellence is a failure. By reputation and price it should be sublime. It is not. The real problem for me, is that I really believe it once was.
I thoroughly enjoyed Alice Feiring's book, The Battle for Wine and Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization, and in particular was moved by her chapter on Champagne. It moved me because I am old enough to know what Champagne was and my palate is aware enough to know what it has become. The big name Champagne brands, with a few notable exceptions like Gosset or Bollinger, have all sold out. Today they are led by accountants and marketers instead of winemakers. All the big Champagne brands are run by corporate ownership that implements and believes in the marketing strategies so successfully employed by the perfume companies - that is image is more important than substance. What the bottle looks like and what's on the label is everything, while what's inside is an afterthought.
In her book Alice talks about what Krug once was and the empty symbol of conspicuous consumption it has become and it's a very sad story. Perhaps one of the most offensive things about Krug Champagne these days is the environmental assault their packaging represents. Each bottle is packaged in a heavy, pretentious presentation box. It's hard to believe that a company could be so unaware of the world around them. On top of the excessive price, anyone concerned at all with the environment should be offended by the packaging of Krug and refuse to buy it on that level alone. Anything that is so sumptuously packaged should automatically set off your internal alarms. If it was so good, why would they have to waste so much money (and so many trees) on the package.
A real litmus test for spotting someone not in the know about wine is that they'redrinking Krug, Dom Perignon, Cristal or anything from Veuve Cliquot. Savvy bubbly buyers are drinking grower Champagne selections from Terry Theise, Becky Wasserman or other sharp importers. In the topsy turvy world of Champagne the less famous the brand the better chance you have of getting both a good wine and a fair price.
According to wine-searcher.com, the average price for NV Krug Grande Cuv�e is $179. Here's a wine IQ test: Do you buy three bottles of excellent Champagne from the explosion of wonderful grower bottled Champagnes on the market or one bottle of excellent famous Champagne in a fancy box?
Krug used to be the best, now it's just one of the pack.
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Oh wow, that's gorgeous so far. i love the banks!!
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October has been a crazy month between work, school, planning for a trip to DC and taking the kids to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando. That said, I finally got some time this weekend to put in some quality time with Photoshop, working on my challenge project "Siete Torres".
The basis for the project is Ascension's magnificent river in his city tutorial. I trimmed the banks down a bit and toned down the bevel, and made a dozen or so other adjustments that I could not possibly replicate.
The walls were inspired by CoyoteMax and his superb Cruzamento walls. I wound up using a stroke for the ramparts. Thanks for the stone pattern CM!!!
The best feature of this map, and what is taking the longest, is the shadows. City walls have never played well with drop shadows, and I have a whole bunch of interacting city walls on this map, so I decided early on that I would do the drop shadows manually.
You may notice that the same object can cast multiple different shadows on surfaces of varying elevations. I am seriously straining my Trig from college, trying to do interacting slopes on the monastery dormers and trying to keep track of the many levels and features of the church.
The map is less than a third done, so I have lots more work ahead. Suggestions and commentary is welcome!
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Oh wow, that's gorgeous so far. i love the banks!!
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I am a huge sucker for cities and I love what you have so far. Can't wait to see some more housing appear! The banks, walls and bridges look awesome. Very crisp and clear!
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I love the little symbols/icons next to the buildings, although that font at that size is a bit hard to read.
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Great start! I too love the banks, but the water texture and especially that bridge shadow also bear mentioning. I can't wait to see it grow
The Cleric's Quarter is in. The winery, vineyards and barn complete the Church campus, with the nunnery not far away. A seamstress, bookbinder, team of scribes and cartographer/architect have also taken up residence of this little section of Siete Torres. Next to the wall, a herald/geneologist has hung up his shingle.
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The force is strong in this one. The ruler for the nuns is priceless, gave me a loud guffaw when I zoomed in to look at what it was. Doing towns can be fun if you can put up with the drudgery of all the rotating of buildings.
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Beautiful work so far Imm, but at this level of detail, I hope you have the time to devote to the project - it looks like a huge undertaking.
Last update for the weekend. I put in fish town where all the fishermen and fish mongers live. The fish market is also there, outside the walls and down wind of the city proper. Down-bank are the docks where the fishing boats are kept.
Also down next to the river is the grain mill built on a large wharf. It's a serious mill with three wheels.
I am also concerned about finishing in time Ravells. If I could drop a building without researching it first and then trying to imitate it accurately, it would speed things up considerably, but before I can ask you to like it, I have to like it. I don't always find a good example to imitate, but when I do, I try to make it as real as possible.
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Your new houses and docks are green. If that's what you were going for then cool but since I know that you're r/g color blind you might want to fix that. Just look at the rgb in the color picker and swap the top two numbers (the third is blue).
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