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Unique Wines Styles Are Returning: Bonny Doon 2010 Cigare Blanc Reserve
It's fitting with today commencing the Weekend Celebration of American Rhones, in San Francisco, to celebrate this amazing, unique release of Cigare Blanc, the flagship Rhone white blend from Bonny Doon Vineyards.
It's creator, Randall Grahm, tonight at a very special ceremony will be awarded the first ever Rhone Rangers lifetime achievement award. As I wrote in For The Love of Rhône: Randall Grahm Lifetime Achievement Award; A Rhône Weekend in SF the American Rhone winemakers and consumers owe Randall this, and much more.
The Re-Emergence of The Original Rhone Ranger, Pioneer's Vision
In his spot-on keynote speech at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, (video or transcript ) Randall gently chided the wine industry, for being a victim of its own success, almost 'selling out' and lamenting the world of unique wines, that had some risk to making them.
'Modern winemakers live in an era of tragic self-consciousness about the economic consequences of their winemaking decisions, utterly aware of the peril of somehow falling outside of the stylistic parameters of accepted wine styles.'
On a macro level this is sadly true. Wines, especially whites, are made risk free, manipulated, and churned out by the container load for mass market. "Flash Detente' – seriously? I'll go return to my beer brewing roots before I ever cross this line. Every article I read on it gives me hives – where does this end?
But there is a burgeoning new movement, a tiny but growing population of bold winemakers who return to the risk taking Randall laments, making wines of unique varieties, vinification, climates and more. (Teaser, also watch for notice for a special tasting of a gang of 13 of these upstarts in Healdsburg in May.)
These vintners of passion often selling their crafts for a modest price, keeping the approachable. Sommeliers are loving this re-birth. Some old school journalists have no clue what to do with it – why not keep just writing about Cabernet & Zinfandel. Other visionaries like Jon Bonné of the Chronicle embrace and support the change, and even has a book coming out. (You can pre-order now, I did.)
Leading By Example and Creativity – Winemaking With Risk (Equals Reward.)
Randall leads the path again (one that I follow, inspired, with my own Rhone project.) His special 2010 Cigare Blanc Reserve and 2008 Cigare Volante are aged 'en bonbonne' – glass carboys, protected from light and air, and stirred….magnetically. As only Randall could do.
Why? Randall was inspired by wines of Dan Wheeler tasted from carboy, and astonished by how fresh the wines were, 20 years later, followed by a similar experience with Emidio Pepe.
At the Wine Bloggers Conference, Randall held a special semi private tasting of some of his wines, including the 2010 Cigare Blanc reserve & 2008 Cigare Volant Reserve 'en bonbonne'. The gift was lost on some, but it was a special experience to taste these the normal and en bonbonne' side by side. There was a clear, textural and flavor difference.
It inspired me to taste them both again later several times, where I could focus without Rex Pickett of Sideways making drinking from dump bucket jokes to impress a nearby female. Not a problem as I am a DOON Club member, and regularly order, and have, including a re-order of this wine.
Review: Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Cigare Blanc Reserve en bonbonne
A certified biodynamic blend of 56% Grenache Blanc and 44% Rousanne. (You had me at Grenache Blanc.) As Randall's own tasting notes concur, it continues to improve in bottle, and was changed, even more favorably from last fall.
The 2010 vintage was allowed to go through secondary malo-lactic (a personal preference for me, as I think many white wines, with sufficient acidity, should do to enhance mouth feel and complexity.)
- To The Eye: Slightly cloudy, but clearer than previous tastings. Its turbidity makes me love it even more. It's about time the consumer world understood a tad of turbidity in whites might make it better. I will follow with less trepidation.
- On The Nose: wondrous nose of yellow pear, stone fruits, hints of white grapefruit and phizer viagra hazelnut.
- On The Palate: Amazing. Lush, but in a restrained way. Textural and 'grown up' but with a vibrant acid backbone that lingers beneath in balance. The front palate starts off bright and fresh, the mid palate shows the wondrous texture, mouth feel ripe pear, yellow peach, citrus. The finish is of ripe Meyer lemon, lingering pleasant acidity.
I have yet to figure out how Bonny Doon makes these so wonderful in flavor and low in alcohol, as Roussanne and Grenache Blanc both require proper ripening, ever for my acid addicted palate. Bravo.
A wine that while wonderful solo, would be heavenly with rich seafood, creamy pasta, or roasted chicken.
- Recommendation: This is one to buy a case and drink 1-2 bottles a year. Buy online while you can.
94 points. Yes its pricier than every day wine. Life is short, live a little.
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Winemakers Notes & Geeky Stuff
I have written in various places about the inspiration to age wine in demijohns/carboys/bonbonnes. Some of it has come from my fascination with oxidation/reduction chemistry, an aspect of wine art/science not well understood and its importance greatly unappreciated. Years ago, as a young pup I tasted wine from carboy with Dan Wheeler of Nicasio Cellars in his do-it-yourself-handdug cave in Soquel, and was astonished at how youthful were the wines, twenty plus years later, almost as if they had been placed in suspended animation. At about the same time, I also happened to taste the wines from Emidio Pepe in Abruzzo, who also aged his product in demijohns, likewise evincing extraordinary youthfulness and vitality.
We did some small encouraging experiments years ago, then more or less forgot about them until relatively recently, at which point we began the carboy ageing project with red Cigare. It wasn't until '09 that it dooned on me that perhaps there were even more interesting things to discover with the white. The '10 Cigare Blanc Réserve, our second vintage of this wine, is absolutely amazing, an advance over the '09. To refresh everyone's memory, this wine is more or less the same blend as our standard issue Cigare Blanc, apart from the fact that we've allowed it to undergo malolactic fermentation, and at that point, we gave it a light SO2 addition, racked it to glass demijohn (bonbonne), where it reposed for a year and a half, getting anaerobically stirred more or less fortnightly.
The wine derives entirely from the Beeswax Vineyard, located at the mouth of the Arroyo Seco, and is farmed biodynamically and produced according to biodynamic specifications (very easy on the extraneous additions).
I've had the pleasure of tasting this wine over the last year, and what is most remarkable about it is that every time I taste it, it gets younger and younger! The wine was not filtered, and therefore is partly cloudy, though lately, it is curiously, getting brighter and brighter. The wine has a rich, unctuous texture, despite its modest (12ish%) alcohol, as well as possesses the most satisfying savoriness. In the nose, there is a wonderful suggestion of hazelnuts (hmm, white Burgundy, anyone?), as well as a beautiful fragrance of wintergreen and a wine-like pear. A great gastronomy wine, one that will perfectly suit rich, cream-based dishes.
Vital Statistics:
- Blend: 56% roussanne, 44% grenache blanc (Certified Biodynamic®)
- Vineyard: Beeswax (Certified Biodynamic®)
- Appellation: Arroyo Seco
- Serving Temp: 50-55ºF
- Alcohol by Volume: 12.4%
- TA: 6.2 g/L
- pH: 3.62
- Optimal drinkability: Drink now-2020
- Production: 497 cases
For The Love of Rhône: Randall Grahm Lifetime Achievement Award; A Rhône Weekend in SF. (And Reader Offers)
It's no secret that if you tap one of my veins, it's likely a blend of Mourvedre, Grenache and Syrah will spring forth. My love for this wine category has caused me to change my entire life, quickly transforming, with no master plan, from avid consumer, to (once) a widely read blogger, and from garagiste to commercial vintner.
Rhône wines can be a challenging category. It's not mainstream – your classic new world oaky Cabernet consumer perhaps can't even describe what Rhone wines are, let alone appreciate the breadth of complex whites the category offers. "Serious" wine snobs may turn their noses as they consider they are not 'geeky' enough – after all its not some obscure Italian varietal, or skin fermented white wine whose name you can't spell, fermented in an exotic container and bottled in 500 ml granite bottles. Its just 'grenache.'
Yet many American Rhone wines ARE rare. Grenache Blanc has existed in California for only ten years, with only 220 acres planted in the entire state. The source I work with for Roussanne & Marsanne are the only known in the entire AVA. The Mourvedre is only one of two plantings. The cool climate Grenache – perhaps 3-4 at most. Even in Rhone 'heavy' areas like Paso Robles, the total acreage of most Rhone whites is minuscule.
On the reverse side, not all off the old guard of some media get 'it. Respected and esteemed Chronicle wine writer, and Rhone advocate, Jon Bonné, was recently criticized publicly by a veteran wine writer for his waxing poetic on Grenache,
Yet, we not only persevere as a domestic category, we prosper and slowly grow. We are after all 'Rhone Rangers' both as consumers and winemakers. When everyone said pull the plug on our NY event one week after Hurricane Sandy, we turned it into a fundraiser, showed up despite many challenges, and eager enthusiasts filled the tasting, amidst a Noreaster snow storm. THIS is how we Rhone.
Be assured of one thing, domestic vintners and winemakers dedicated to Rhones, do so for passion, not money.
An Eternal Debt Of Gratitude to The Original Rhone Ranger & Special Recognition Award
With that backdrop, it's all the more clear to me the incredible debt that all Rhone enthusiasts (and wineries) owe Randall Grahm, lauded as the original Rhone Ranger. (In truth there are a few other early pioneers. Sadly, not all support the namesake organization.)
Randall has been committed to Rhones since he released the first Cigare Volante in 1984. In a world where we take Grenache Blanc for granted, only the earliest and smallest of Rhone plantings, sometimes mis-identified, could be found, and there was little experience to reference. There were certainly easier paths to follow.
Randall has been a personal inspiration for me. He helped my find the Grenache Blanc vineyard I started with in 2010, even viagra soft tabs offered encouragement, as he does for so many, despite the often one man show that he is, tirelessly & humbly promoting, pouring, his crafts.
This year, at the Rhone Rangers March 22nd Winemaker Dinner in San Francisco, the Rhone Rangers organization will award its first lifetime achievement award. As a board member who was in the meeting when the topic came up, the unanimous decision took only as long as it did for the suggestion to be comprehended.
We can only hope that Randall recognizes the deep respect, and love that so many have for he and his efforts. Simple Hedonisms has written about Bonny Doon wines many times, and I hope to review more wines all week, in tribute.
YOU have a chance to be at the award ceremony, and thank Randall, in person.
This dinner always sells out, but as of this writing, about 10% of tickets remain. The event itself is pretty phenomenal, with a special meal catered by the girl & the fig, 16 featured winemakers, a pre-dinner tasting, and lively auction at the end. Do not wait until Wednesday night to decide to buy one, you'll likely regret it and be empty handed. (Note: dinner is on a Friday night this year, not Saturday.)
Tickets are here: http://rhonerangerssfwmd.eventbrite.com/
Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Rhone Rangers Scholarship Fund, which provides grants and scholarships to help educate the next generation of American Rhone winemakers.
Wineries: Anaba Wines, Baiocchi Wines & Vineyards, Bonny Doon Vineyard, Davis Family Vineyards, Folin Cellars, JC Cellars, Kenneth Volk Vineyards, kukkula, Margerum Wine Company, Mounts Family Winery, Petrichor Vineyards, Ridge Vineyards, Tablas Creek Vineyard, Terre Rouge, Two Shepherds and Villa Creek Cellars.
A Weekend Celebration of American Rhone Wines
The dinner is the tip of the spear of the now largest Rhone wine event in the U.S.
Saturday morning two seminars will be moderated by Jon Bonné, Wine Editor, San Francisco Chronicle, followed by the Grand Tasting Saturday afternoon, where over 100 wineries will pour white, red, and rose' Rhone wines. Sorry, no Cabernet.
This years seminars are quite exciting and unique.
- "Old World Inspiration, New World Innovation" with wine importer, Patrick Will, Vice President of VINTUS. This seminar will include benchmark wines from Guigal (Condrieu, Tavel, Chȃteauneuf du Pape and Côte Rôtie), as well as wines from Rhone Ranger winery members who were inspired to create their "Rhone style wines" while using innovative new world craftsmanship.
- "Mourvèdre: A Rising Star in the World of American Rhones" will feature six wines (red and rosé) that are based on the grape known as Mourvèdre, Mataro, Monastrell and at least fifty other names depending on where it is grown.
In the afternoon there is the Grand Tasting: Trade/Media & VIP Tasting 1-3 pm, and the Consumer Tasting is 3-6 pm. Note, by popular request is on Saturday this year. Enjoy Rhone wines followed by dinner in the city.
- A weekend pass that includes the seminar pass and Grand Tasting is available here for $150.
- Tickets to the Grand Tasting, only, are available here for $50. (Seriously, only $50?)
For those of you 'afraid' of Ft Mason events as a drunkfest, as someone who has been on both sides of the table, this tasting attracts a more engaged, enthused audience, and is not over crowded – so, come, learn, enjoy.
Reader Offer #1 – use code '"22RRgrapes" to save off of either purchase.
Insider Info: Download the 80 page event guide and start planning your tasting in advance! RRSF2013PrintedProgram-FinalProof
Share Your Rhone Love and Win A Pair of Tickets to The Seminars or Grand Tasting
Love Rhones? Or keen to learn more? (We all start somewhere.)
On Tuesday evening I will select a winner who can select to win a pair of tickets to the Grand Tasting or The Seminars.
To enter to win, simply share in comments below. Make sure I have your FULL name and email.
1. What is your favorite Rhone varietal, and if you have a special food pairing you enjoy with it.
2. Which Of the Pouring Wineries Are You most excited to try, and why? (list here. )
Rhone Twitter #WineChat This Wednesday Night
In celebration of the event (Twitter hashtag #RRSF) I will be leading this week's weekly Twitter #winechat – the topic and wine of choice being domestic Rhone wines. Open a bottle and join me in a glass as I wax semi poetic on Rhones.
It's likely Randall
will make a brief appearance at the beginning.
Cheers, and lets get ready to Rhone!
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As Syrah falters, make way for Grenache (SF Chronicle)
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Pssst – Syrah Isn't Dead: Tasting Notes: 2009 Bonny Doon 'Les Pousseur' Syrah
I am back! Finally catching up after Eighteen days in Europe – Denmark, Portugal, and the balance in France – with glorious tastings in Chablis and the Northern Rhone, where Syrah is the red grape of choice (and AOC law.)
For those of how to find reputable canadian cialis you still snickering over Syrah, cracking pneumonia jokes etc – move on. Syrah's Darwinist down phase is over – Moscato or some other 'varietal great white hope' is next.
In truth, this 'market correction' was needed. Way too much bad syrah was being made, as well as planted in wrong places everywhere.
People and places that had no business being in Syrah are gone. Good riddance. The strong have survived. Incredible syrahs, especially from cool climate are in
high demand, and increasing in price, from small, talented, cult producers.
Pining For The Northern Rhone
I spent a week in the Northern Rhone, with 12 deep, technical tastings, my glass graced with some of the Rockstars of the Northern Rhone: Gangloff, Faury, Allemand, to name a few.
My first week back, as a sanity check, I popped open a bottle from Randall Grahm, the US veteran Rhone Ranger. How would his modest priced Rhone – Syrah offering fare?
(PS – Randall – they love you over there.)
Tasting Notes: 2009 Bonny Doon 'Les Pousseur' Syrah
At 13.5% alcohol, Mostly/all Neutral oak (thats my guess), solid acid/pH numbers, and most importantly, great flavor profile, Bonny Doon delivers the CA syrah goods at an every day price point.
- To The Eye: inky deep purple, reminiscent of Cornas, no light shall pass!
- On The Nose: Smoked meat, black olive tapenade, modest black fruits.
- In The Mouth: Well balanced. Dark black fruit, bacon notes, savory notes, good texture and soft tannins.
This is a rock solid syrah. BDV "Doon' Members get this at a meager $21. Thats Syrah you can enjoy on a weeknight and feel great about.
This wine is officially sold out and the tasting room is selling the new 2010, but there is some online to buy
and its in some retail channels still. Grab some now! (I just re-ordered.)
Notes from Randall:
I don't usually wholesale plagiarize a wine makers notes – but no one says it like Randall. How can you not love this man's words?!
"La syrah," the French say—syrah is deeply and elementally feminine—is perfumed elegance. Enchanting and capitvating rather than overpowering, it disarms by its strangeness. Like Borge's Zahir, syrah makes an indelible impression. One will wander the world till the end of one's days, its sublime, haunting fragrance gradually displacing all thoughts and memories, including the knowledge of one's own name.
Oh those Europeans and European-styled wines! Initially very closed when you first meet them. Air (and time) lures them out of their protective cocoon.
Our '09 Syrah "Le Pousseur" is named for an alchemist and trickster, but is withal an incredibly accessible wine, great by the glass but also a felicitous partner to all manner of roasted meats, poultry, game, wild mushrooms, and well aged cheeses.
Wine Geek Info:
- Varietal Blend: 100% syrah
- Appellation: Central Coast
- Vineyards: 56% Alamo Creek, 32% Bien Nacido, 12% Chequera
- Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%
- TA: 0.58 g/L
- pH: 3.73
- Serving Temp: 55-60ºF
- Cellaring: 5+ years from release (May 2012)
- Production: 1200 cases
Tasting Notes: Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Contra Old Vine Field Blend
It's time to wax poetic (again) about Bonny Doon Vineyard. It's hard not to, when one comes across a wine viagra canadian online pharmacy this approachable in price and palate. natural viagra
I loved the 2009, which Jon Bonne' picked as a top 100 wine of 2010, but if memory serves (sorry not digging into the cellar, although some 2009 is still for sale on BDV website) I like the 2010 even more.
This year's blend is less a cornucopia as the 2009, made from 68% Carignane, 32% Syrah. Fermented with native yeast, in individual lots.
Carignane can be a difficult grape to vinify, tannic and harsh if over extracted and not worked with properly. Or wonderfully complex, meaty, and layered, as this example shows.
The QR code on label is a great resource – shows you local places to buy and price.
Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Contra Old Vine Field Blend
- To The Eye: A dark, menacing inky purple that if you gaze at too long may mesmerize you.
- On The Nose: Complex, layered. Meatiness, dark fruit, plums, black cherry, spice. There is a lot going on to enjoy.
- In The Mouth: As one might expect, the carnival of an aroma profile carries over to the palate: Blackberry, dark
fruit, hints of red fruits, its both bright and fresh from lively acidity, and slightly brooding, at the same time.
- Recommendation: A must buy for under $20. Received
a media sample, but as a Bonny Doon wine club member I'll be receiving more.
Wine Geek Info:
- Varietal Composition: 68% Carignane, 32% Syrah
- Appellation: 68% Contra Costa, 25% San Luis Obispo, 7% Santa Maria
- Vineyards: 68% Gonsalves, 25% Alamo Creek, 7% Bien Nacido
- Alcohol by Volume: 13.7%
- TA: 5.8 g/L
- pH: 3.64
- Production: 1,989 cases
Part 1 of "The 12 Days of Wine Christmas" – Why not Wine? Some Gift Pack Suggestions
Welcome to Simple Hedonisms second annual "The Twelve Days of Wine Christmas" – a series that was a big hit last year. The goal of the article is to share ideas for wine related gifts.
We are off to a late start, and I may be out of pocket in a week, so lets get started, and we may have order female viagra 2 posts many days.
It's getting close but its not too late to buy wine and have it shipped as a gift for the holidays, Of course, one can also always treat yourself to a special gift as well.
Tomorrow is officially the 'last day' to ship wine and guarantee for Christmas, but if you are a day or too late, don't fret, especially in California. Besides anyone I know, would be ecstatic to receive great wine a few days after Christmas as well!
Winery Specials
Like many industries, this is the biggest sales volume time of the year, and wine is no exception. Many wineries are offering bundles and Holiday packs, that represent a great value for small lot wines – great for a gift, or for your own holiday enjoyment.
I am going to feature a couple of great picks, but do also check your favorite local winery or wine shop.
Wineries – feel free to post yours in comments.
Bonny Doon Vineyards Holiday Packs
Bonny Doon, American's trailblazing Rhone producer, and one of our picks for Winery of the Month this year, has a fabulous assortment of holiday bundles.
There are many bundles to choose from ranging from their iconic Holiday Pack ~ Le Cigare Volant Vertical, (including one with Magnums! Feel free to send me a thank you pack!) , the Holiday Pack ~ Le Cigare Blanc Vertical, mixes of both. Is there a Syrah lover on your list – go for the Holiday Pack ~ Syrah Vertical. Send your green friend the Holiday Pack ~ Biodynamic.
Bundles start as little as Holiday Pack ~ Fireside.
Tablas Creek
Another Winery awarded Winery of the Month and second to none in Rhone wines is Tablas Creek. Right now they are offering a limited holiday package includes a bottle each of two newest signature wines: the 2009 Esprit de Beaucastel and the 2010 Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc in a special decorative gift box.
In addition, the offer includes shipping at no extra charge on the gift packs to any address in any of the 32 states they ship to.
Just $95 per pack, and just $76 per pack for VINsider Wine Club members, shipping included.
Esprit de Beaucastel is their flagship, premier wine, you can not go wrong with this is a gift. Click here and hurry before they take it down!
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Tasting Notes – Bonny Doon Vineyards 2010 Albariño
This Albariño from Bonny Doon is not too be confused with their 2009 Ca' del Solo Albariño, which was one of my favorite Albariño's at the TAPAS event in San Francisco earlier this year.
This price viagra wine derives from two vineyards in the Central Coast: Ca' del Solo in Soledad, and Jesperson Ranch in San Luis Obispo.
Wine Review – Bonny Doon Vineyards 2010 Albariño
To The Eye: Bright Clear Yellow Straw
On The Nose: Green Apple, Asian Pear, Lemon Peel
In The Mouth: IMPORTANT – do not drink overchilled. This wine's nuances are completely lost if overchilled (which I did by accident.) It has a rich texture, mouthfeel and slight oiliness one wouldn't expect when combined with this acidity and lower (12.5%) alcohol. Must bug Randall or his other winemaker for vinification techniques.
It dances in the mouth with green apple and citrus and makes you smile, and reach for more. The finish is lingering, and compelling. This wine drinks wonderfully by itself, and the bottle is emptying fast as I consume it. (Instead of spitting.)
Food Pairing: Bonny Doon recommends pair it with "…pairs beautifully with briny foods like oysters, shellfish, seafood salad, fish crudo (or ceviche), or shrimp scampi with garlic and lemon. It's a natural with fresh goat cheese, green olives, tomato salads (especially dressed with a drizzle of lemon-infused oil), tempura, and other Asian fare." Randall and his team are foodies, so I never doubt them, however tonight's fare when I am done reviewing is home made turkey soup.
Recommendation: 90 Points. Buy and Enjoy. At $18 this Albariño is an excellent buy, that will both drink wonderfully solo or with food, and can age easily for a few years. Available online for $18, $15 for club, and right now club members get free shipping on orders $99 or higher.
Winery of the Month: Highlights of Bonny Doon Vineyard's 'Day of the Doon' at San Juan Bautista 'Popelouchum' Vineyard
On Sunday, September 18, 2011, Bonny Doon Vineyard celebrated Day of the Doon IX, its annual gathering of the tribes honoring its faithful D.E.W.N. Wine Club members.
As an advocate and brand ambassador, I was pleased to be able to attend, doubly so because the day was to conclude with a special naming ceremony for the new San Juan Batista vineyard.
Reader input: You will notice this blog post is lighter
on verbiage, and more focused on picture content. It's a format I am borrowing from food bloggers, that allows me to publish faster, and share more – let me know want you think.
on verbiage, and more focused on picture content. It's a format I am borrowing from food bloggers, that allows me to publish faster, and share more – let me know want you think.
Whats Going on in San Juan Bautista?
Several years ago, Randall Grahm made a decision to refocus, after having grown into high volume producer of wine, across multiple labels. The successful Big House and Cardinal Zin labels were sold off, and the funds used to purchase a 280-acre site in San Juan Bautista, combined with a decision to focus solely on the Bonny Doon brand.
The San Juan Bautista project is home to a number of revolutionary agricultural and viticulural experiments, centered on a new substance called "biochar" a form of highly porous charcoal that increases water retention and promotes beneficial microflora and soil fertility, and hybridizing a grape variety from seed, rarely done, and yet to be commercial success.
There is an excellent article in Edible Monterey Bay – I highly encourage you read for more details: "GRAHM'S GAMBLE: A risky quest to make a unique
American wine in San Juan Bautista"
I am a fan and admirer of Randall, and have been fortunate enough to get to know him a bit more these last few years, and even get occasional advice. Recently he took time out of a busy day hauling pears from Mendocino to Santa Cruz, to stop and taste the Rhone whites from my new tiny label about to launch – Two Shepherds.
Randall Grahm is often referred to as the original "Rhone Ranger."
In honor of his vision, unwavering dedication, and always boldly willing to gamble and go where others have not tread before, the culmination and result of 30 years of contributions to the US Wine industry, that we name Bonny Doon as Winery of the Month.
(edit – the phenomenal, dedicated, Bonny Doon team, equally share and have earned this. )
Day of the Doon 2011 – Photo Journal
The event started with a special ceremony and songs by members of the Ohlone native Americans, who originally inhabited and were caretakers of this area.
Next we had a walking tour and overview of the property.
As a special treat, we then paired sparkling wine with a tomato tasting, and compared tomatoes grown in biochar and dry farmed versus normal.
Next Randall spent some time answering questions about biochar, the vineyard, and other things, while we enjoyed some wine. (Truly a rough day.) As you can see, I was paying rapt attention.
Also for your enjoyment, I captured a bit of video footage – here Randall talks about the challenges of planting grenache from seed.
Next we were treated to a special vertical tasting of magnums of 2001, 2003, and 2005 Cigare Volant (and/or some lovely Sangria.) and some nibbles. (No pictures of food sorry, I need to get better at food porn.)
And then it was time to eat and drink! Dinner that is – as if we hadn't already been all afternoon.
Randall, true to form, wore his Sunday best. Club members love this iconic winemaker for good reason.
Naming Ceremony
After many great courses of food and wine, we moved outdoors, under the stars for a special naming ceremony of the San Juan Bautista vineyard.
DEWNies traversed labyrinth builder Lars Howlett's site-specific creation, lit by candlelight. Ohlone Chief Sonne Reyna delivered an invocation, inviting the spirits of the land to return to this sacred place. The 280-acre property was formally given the name "Popelouchum."
Pronounced "Pop-loh-shoom," is the Mutsun language word the Ohlone natives historically used for the site. Its secondary meaning is "paradise," a quality evident to all who visited this special day.
In his official press annoucement Randall Grahm said:
"Day of the Doon events have always been perhaps a bit theatrical, but the intent of this year's celebration was to set aside theatricality for its own sake. Sharing Popelouchum with our dear friends, we proclaimed our unremitting dedication to the discovery of the terroir of this very special place, and to letting the land speak in its own unique voice."
Indeed. I look forward to next year and following the progress of this great labor of love. Perhaps I can even convince Randall to let me have grenache seedling for my own new grenache vineyard!
Related Articles:
GRAHM'S GAMBLE – A risky quest to make a unique American wine in San Juan Bautista
Wine of the Week – Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Clos de Gilroy – Central Coast Grenache
Wine of the Week – Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris De Cigare, Rosé
'Shipping Included' – the Future of Direct to Consumer? An interview with Bonny Doon Vineyard
Terroir: My Spiritual Journey (Part 1) (Randall Grahm blog)
Wine of the Week – Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Clos de Gilroy – Central Coast Grenache
I am pleased to be one of the first to review the new Bonny Doon Vineyards 2010 Clos de Gilroy Grenache. The 2009 was one of my first "Wine of the Week' in 2010 and it is again now. Regular readers know I am a huge fan of both Bonny Doon and Grenache – but that doesn't make it a shoe in. If anything, since Grenache is one of my top varietals, I am quite hard when judging it. It's a beautiful variety that often gets mistreated. (It's not Cabernet, don't make it like it is.)
About 2010 Clos de Gilroy
Per the iconic Randall Grahm:
'The Wine Formerly Known as Clos de Gilroy ' or (TWFKaCdG) pays homage to the quaint, rustic town of Gilroy, the spiritual locus of all matters alliaceous. The fruit for our Grenache does not, despite its name, derive from Gilroy (clos,but no Cigare), but instead primarily from our former estate vineyard in Soledad and the Alta Loma vineyard in Greenfield, along with a sprinkling of other vineyards along the Central Coast. The wine exhibits all the
hallmarks of exceptional cool climate Grenache.
This is encouraging to someone in the middle of planting the first 500 of 1200 grenache vines in Russian River Valley, also a cooler climate.
At one point, wine maven and head of Direct to Consumer Sales, Meg Houston Maker, had scared me that there might not be a 2010, as Randall is uncompromising in what he puts his name, on. I was ecstatic to learn they did (only 2400 cases) and as I taste it side by side with a 2009 from my cellar, I am happy to report its wonderful.
Coming Up Soon – Day of the Doon IX, Sunday Sept 18th
Quick tangent – I am delighted to attend my first Day of the Doon, their annual wine club celebration will take place hosted at the new estate vineyard in San Juan Bautista. Randall Grahm will host a brief tour of their new plantings followed by a farm-to-table wine dinner celebrating the abundance of harvest. This event always sells out. Hope to meet some of you other Dewnstahs there!
Wine Review: 2010 Clos de Gilroy
To the Eye: Lively medium purple (a darker color than I might expect.)
One the Nose: Intense aromatics. Dark red fruits – lots of raspberry, and some cherry. Spice.
In The Mouth: Light bodied, supple, balanced. Raspberry, cherry, touch of cranberry. Presence of soft tannin on finish will allow this wine to pair with a wider variety of foods, as well as I suspect, bottle age nicely.
Recommendation: For $16-18 this wine is a must buy. 90 points. Great QPR (Quality Price Ratio.) Media Sample (although I will be buying more at Wine Club discount, I bought several cases of the 2009.)
This is my go to wine for 'comfort wine', crowd pleasers, and a wide food pairing range. Randall recommends it with grilled meat or veggies, roasted poultry, or anything al fresco with olive oil.
Where to Buy: Online at Bonny Doon, $18. At a few retail locations. K&L San Francisco currently has ~20 in stock
Wine Geek Info:
- Varietal Blend: 75% grenache, 13% cinsault, 12% syrah
- Appellation: Monterey County Alcohol by Volume: 13.1%
- TA: 4.8 g/L
- pH: 3.69
- Production: 2,384 cases
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Wine of the Week – Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris De Cigare, Rosé
It's the time again, wineries are releasing their new 2010 Rosé. It's been great to see dry (non sweet) rosé wines come back into vogue and many producers I have spoke with have increased production this year. (My apologies to readers for lack of posts and reviews. The double edged sword of gaining in visibility is being pulled in many directions, as well as a very demanding regular job.)
Shattering Rosé Myths
"Real wine drinkers don't drink Rosé." When I hear that (or the same comment on white) I quietly cheap cialis gnash my teeth, weep for the ignorance, and hope that one day someone or something will enlighten them. Don't choke on that Cabernet.
Rosé is made from red grapes. If you go to a wine tasting, pouring white, pink, and reds, you will notice they are poured in THAT order.
Most Rosé today is not your sweet, white zin 'blush' wine, its juice pressed off of Red wine grapes after some skin contact, and fermented dry, just like your normal red or white wine. Its meant to be drunk only lightly chilled, and enjoyed as an apertif or with a variety of foods, especially summer grilled fare.
Rhone Rosé
Rhone red wines make wonderful Rosé, generally much better than Bordeaux varietals like Cabernet, Merlot etc. (Although you can find them.) Recently I tried the new Syrah Rosé from Mounts Family Winery and the Rhone blend Rosé from Quivira, both Dry Creek Valley producers, both under $20, and both I don't expect to last long. I will endeavor to review these as well, but consider this a strong recommendation.
Grenache can make an exceptionally wonderful Rosé, so I was pleased to see the new Bonny Doon Vin Gris was 71% grenache. What is more intriguing is the percentage of Rhone whites blended in, in this case 16% Roussanne, and 11% Grenache Blanc. (also 2% Mourvedre.) Something I will have to remember for my own home Rosé science projects.
I could barely keep this gem in the glass as I was reviewing it, it's so highly drinkable. I thought it a perfect 'Wine of the Week.' I have also been asked why I don't review more wines under $20, so Ta Da – here is a winner!
Review: Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris De Cigare
To the Eye: Gorgeous, light salmon color
On The Nose: Red fruit, rose petals, and strawberry on the nose
In The Mouth: Apple, red fruit, modest citrus touch of stone fruit. Mouthwatering, balanced acidity is heavenly when combined with the mouth feel from lees (yeast sediment) stirring. This is a practice often done in white wines to add texture and mouthfeel, and works very well here. I suspect the Roussanne also adds some richness.) Good minerality (think wet stone) contributed from whites. Glad its only 12.8& alcohol, as it goes down easy.
Food Pairing: Ridiculously quaffable solo. I am sure it pairs with all kinds of foods, but right now I am embracing it with only my taste buds. I'd go for grilled fish, chicken, veggies, if any is left.
Recommendation: Buy. Now. Usually for Rosé the rule of thumb is to consume that year, but some do age, and indeed Randall Grahm recommends "Delicious today but will develop added richness and aroma with an additional 6-12 months of bottle age."
93 points.
Where to Buy: Online from Bonny Doon. $15. (Not a typo.) (Possibly some retail – was surprised K&L Wines didn't.)
As I wrote recently in the article ''Shipping Included' – the Future of Direct to Consumer? An interview with Bonny Doon Vineyard' Bonny Doon is taking an aggressive approach to shipping costs. Earlier this year, shipping was included for $99. For the month of April its included in a case. Mix and match, they have many great wines under $20. And join the wine club to save another 15%. It feels like robbery. (I just received a mixed case.)
Wine Geek Info:
- Varietal Blend: 71% grenache, 16% roussanne, 11% grenache blanc, and 2% mourvèdre
- Appellation: Central Coast, California
- Alcohol by Volume: 12.8%
- TA: 0.45 g/100 ml
- pH: 3.5
- Production: 3,298 cases
Enjoy – and thanks for reading Simple Hedonisms Wine Blog – if you like what you read, spread the word and share the article – cheers!buy generic cialis
Why Rhone Wines & Wine Review: Wesley Ashley Wines – Intelligent Design Cuvee – #WBW71
Wine Blogger Wednesday (#WBW71) snuck up on me, and a slammed day. I had hoped to write several articles, given the topic is one near and dear to my heart: Rhones Not From The Rhône aka France. As a passionate Rhone Ranger I HAD to write, even if if its one of the last blogs of the day for WBW.
Rhone Wines Popularity Surging in The US
Rhone wines are suddenly getting a huge amount of attention. Paso Robles, the mecca of US Rhones, made the cover of Wine Spectator last month. Wine writers have been pumping out pieces like Jon Bonne's ".. make way for Grenache". Grenache Blanc (thats a white grape Sonoma peeps) crushed tonnage doubled in 2009 (I need to see 2010 stats.) Articles on Mourvedre, Syrah and more are more abundant that ever before.
The Rhone movement is everywhere and its easy to understand. There are 22 Rhone varietals, though in the U.S. we commonly see about 2/3 of them. Tablas Creek a leading producer of Rhone wines, and who paved the Rhone viticulture movement, has more under quarantine. We also much to Rhone icon Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard for his tireless pursuit in advancing Rhone wines in the US.
Rhone Wines & Blends
Why do people go Rhone loco once they discover them? Its a huge category of wines, with endless permutations of white and red blends. And for those tired of big over oaked tannic Reds, or white flabby oak bombs. Rhone wines are often more subtle, nuanced. Wine consumers often consume 'big' with complex – and if anything its the opposite.
Don't get me wrong, New World Winemakers can and do screw up Rhone wines. Nothing makes me want to beat a wine maker or owner with a punchdown tool than a lovely Grenache thats been subjected to new oak, over extracted, and the fruit entirely masked. Fortunately the revolution against big wines has been growing as well as more new Rhone winemakers realizing that Carignane and Mourvedre aren't Cabernet Sauvignon and shouldn't be made in the same method.
Rhone wines have more diversity across the varietals and give winemakers a huge flavor portfolio to work with, and thus consumers a myriad of combinations and flavor profiles. In Rhone wines, often the Sum of the Whole, is greater than the sum of the parts.
Those of you in the Bay Area interested in Rhones should not miss the Rhone Ranger event in San Francisco this month. Most think of it as just the Grand Tasting, but its two full days of Seminars with wine, a wine makers dinner and auction, and a tasting.
Thus tonight, I present a Rhone blend, from a new producer I recently met. It's an ever increasingly small place here in the wine world.
Wesley Ashley Wines – Intelligent Design Cuvee
'Intelligent Design: Wine With a Soul' is the mantra for the brain/love child of Jim Sloate. The name Wesley-Ashley come from the combination his middle name, "Wesley," which is an old family nae and "Ashley," his little girl's middle name.)
The Genesis of Intelligent Design & 'Wine with A Soul'
Jim was thinking about the label for his new wine, and one night, perusing photographs from various trips came across the picture of the bike, shot during a trip to Cuba. The bike looked like it belonged in a junkyard. But, it was also very functional, and it had obviously been kept working by a very resourceful person. Then, it hit him that the blends he wanted to make were very much like that bike—multiple components coming together cialis price in canada to create something very functional, and even beautiful.
Jim thought – "That's my label. Now what about the name?" Sitting there at the table sipping my glass, wine in my hand, my mind wandering randomly, it came to me: "Intelligent Design."
Playing off of the debate between "Intelligent Design" and the theory of evolution, Wesley Ashley Wines asks you to ponder:
is a fine wine is simply the sum of its parts, or is there something else, something indefinable, that makes it truly special? Is a great wine a matter of science … or is it something more?
Jim feels 'A working knowledge of enology is all you really need to make a good wine, but it takes a bit of the divine to make a great wine. A great wine has a soul.'
I for one, tend to agree…
Review: Wesley Ashley Wines – Intelligent Design Cuvee, Red Rhone Blend
Color: Medium-Dark Purple. Mostly clear
On the Nose: Rhubarb. Spice. Black Cherry. Earth.
In the Mouth: The primary varietal is Carignane (52%) and it's presence, while not overpowering, is a wonderful base 6 varietals total). Good red fruit, dark berry, earth, detectable all front, mid palate and a nice finish with excellent acidity and food friendly nature. Modest tannins, and 13.8% alcohol. A wine that is great by itself, shines brightly with food.
Where to Buy: Order online, or look for it in these stores and restaurants. $38
Rating: Outstanding. 90 points.
Varietals: 52% Carignane, 15% Grenache, 14% Cinsault, 11% Petite Sirah, 5% Mourvedre
Cheers and thanks for reading Simple Hedonisms Wine Blog !
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Paul has a scary look right now
Nothing like a strong serving of humble pie to make us realize where we are in the pecking order of the league. It's still Miami, OKC, and everyone else.
good things happen when you drive to the rim Mr George
Paul is playing like an idiot.
Paul needs to do what he just did about 5 more times. They give him the first step and then he bails them out by going soft to the hole. Force them to make a call by ..............
Nevermind. Offensive foul. We aren't allowed to play....
Wow what the actual ****
Getting absolutely exposed. We are frauds.
Put Orlando back in for Paul he might have been missing his shots too, but at least he was playing defense.
We aren't playing well, but the refs aren't doing us any favors. Seems like we're getting called for the ticky tack calls where Miami is getting away with everything.
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Change is neither good or bad, it simply is.
Third game of the season where it's become Pacers vs. Refs.
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Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
We have a long way to go. When Miami wants to win- they win.
Paul will score 30 and we will win, believe me
Paul just needs to flat out go into "Eff You" mode.
More genius by Quinn: "You still have to play the next possession." Really? Wow! I'm glad this guy is able to impart his wisdom on us all.
Can we get a new color commentator please?
**** this game hard enough to beat James but James + refs is invincible we're not doing ourselves any favors but id be pissed too if I was out there getting jobbed by the refs
Paul George doesnt have the handles. He pretty much has everything else.
This team is getting exposed.
Please trade for Kyle Lowry!!!
This Miami defense is absolutely suffocating. They have the ability to play this suffocating defense on certain nights, but they simply don't have the stamina to do it every single game. That's why the Pacers are able to have success against them in a series. But when push comes to shove and their backs are against the wall, Miami is able to push their D into that extra gear.
I don't feel sorry for the Pacers at all. This is mentally weak effort. Whistles are going to go to the aggressors. Pacers just look like a bunch of crybabies out there, minus West & Hibbert.
These calls. My goodness.
Just gotta fight through it. We should be down 20 considering it's 8 on 5.
We start hitting buckets we'll be OK.
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quanta - Monday, July 12, 2004 - link>> i would be choose "another old card" because from what nv is saying... performance improvements can go up to 90%, and at least 20-30% increase with a twin card and if history repeats itself, the next incarnation of cards would be as fast... like at less 20-30% speed increase. it would be a smarter choice paying $200 for an upgrade instead of another $500 for an upgrade.
Even if NVIDIA says is true, it will only be, at best, true for applications supporting current feature sets. If/when tessellation technique get 'standardized', or NVIDIA decide to add new features (eg: 3Dc normal map compression, wider pipes, ray tracing, 64-bit per channel rendering, smarter shader ALUs/instruction scheduler), the old cards are going to be penalized greatly, sometimes even for existing (GeForce 6 generation) applications. Such performance penalties are not going to be compensated easily by adding another GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme video card, if at all. Reply
CZroe - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - link<<The last of the SLI Voodoo2s had a dual gpu on a single board for one PCI slot. I cant see why the same couldnt be done for a dual 6800 gpu board on a single x16 PCIe slot which is nowhere near saturation with current gpus.>>
No, the Quantum Obsidian X24 Voodoo2 SLI on a single card was two boards. They were stacked on top of eachother with a special connector. This cause overheating problems, but it didn't matter much. It used a PCI bridge chip to connect two PCI cards to the same PCI slot and not a dual GPU design. There were four giant 3Dfx chips on the thing, so I think all Voodoo2's were two-CPU boards. There was a crazy Voodoo1 SLI board created at one time but it was probably using an undocumented method for adding a second CPU like the Voodoo2's had. Also, it was not the last Voodoo2 card by far... Even 3dfx themselves started making the Voodoo2 1000 boards! Reply
gopinathbill - Thursday, July 01, 2004 - linkYes SLI has come back and everyone knows what and how good it is. The question now is about NVIDIA trying to catch the king of the hill thing. Everytime nvidia has come up a new card the next rival ati spanks back with its latest card, which is now the current king. What nvidia has come up is this SLI thing, combination of two pci-e cards. Here everybody is wooed by the frames rates it may do by this dual card. My feeling is
1) This does not prove that nvidia has brought up a new powerful card in its pocket
2) What if ATI does the same double pack (This may beat the nivida double pack)
3) This technology is not new, if any chance a guy with 2 previous nvidia cards can achive the same frame as the current single fastest nvidia cards.(theory)
4) This may bring down the GRAPHICS WAR. Any one wants more power just keep on adding another card
say now we have double pack, next triple so on.....want more power just fix another card..just like expanding your RAM modules
5) Now i have a double pack say Ge 5800, next year I wanna more power to play DOOM 5 ;-). How do i upgrade it buy another Ge 5800 , make a triple pack or what. What if a new GE 7000 card has come up I wanna use this. Then i have buy two of them eh?. We keep this aside for a while
Yes for any gaming freak the graphics card is his heart/soul. No war no Pun. This can be looked in a different way also
1) Wanna more fps add a new card, again lot of questions on this
2) price will come down (nothing is as sweet as this)
The same can be seen here
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/forum/1728... Reply
DigitalDivine - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - link>>you will be the one making hard decision on whether to get another old card (if the specific manufacturer still makes it), get one (or two) new card to replace the old one. Considering video cards model get obsoleted rather quickly, neither solutions are very attractive even for performace enthusists.
i would be choose "another old card" because from what nv is saying... performance improvements can go up to 90%, and at least 20-30% increase with a twin card and if history repeats itself, the next incarnation of cards would be as fast... like at less 20-30% speed increase. it would be a smarter choice paying $200 for an upgrade instead of another $500 for an upgrade.
i have a gut feeling that nvidia would provide an affordable way for people to get dual pci express x16 motherboards to consumers.
i expect to pay 150 to 200 for a dual pci express motherboards about the same price as the most expensive p4 mobos, and if it could be for less would be perfect. and there is no way in hell i would buy a premade alienware system.
the dual pci-express videocard sounds great with a possibility of dual core athlons / p4. ;) Reply
quanta - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - linkActually, #33, NVIDIA's SLI and Alienware's Video Array are not really about cost savings. Both solution not only require all cards using identical (model and clock rate) processors, but the cards have to come from same manufacters. Furthermore, upgrades are not going to be flexible. If NVIDIA decides to make a new GeForce model, you will be the one making hard decision on whether to get another old card (if the specific manufacturer still makes it), get one (or two) new card to replace the old one. Considering video cards model get obsoleted rather quickly, neither solutions are very attractive even for performace enthusists.
It is possible that there may be some way to run asymmetric configurations, but it is highly unlikely. After all, SLI and VA's goal is not distributed computing. Reply
Phiro - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - linkEvery pro and con for dual core GPUs vs. daisy-chained like hardware has been debated by the market for the last umpteen years as the single core CPU/SMP vs. multi-core CPUs.
You can say "oh but the upfront cost of a multi-core gpu is so high!" and "oh it's so wasteful!!" - Every friend of mine that has a dual-cpu motherboard either a) only has one cpu in them or b) both cpu's are slow-ass crap.
You pay a huge premium on the motherboard, and it never works out. You get out of date too quick, six to 12 months after you put your mega-bucks top of the line dual-cpu rig together your neighbor can spend 1/2 as much on a single CPU and smoke your machine. That's how it *always happens.
Give me a user manageable socket on the video card at the very least, and support multi-core gpus as well. Heck, call multi-core gpus "SLI" for all I care.
Pumpkinierre - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - link#33, the beauty of a dual core 6800 card would be that it would work on cheaper ordinary mobos with a single x16 PCIe slot. If it is possible (and I dont see why not) an enterprising OEM is sure to make one unless nVidia puts its foot down (and I dont see why they should, two GPUs- double the profit).
True, a single card now and a second card later for extra power makes sense but you gotta have a 2 slot x16 wkstation board which are rare and expensive. However you are right, the single card option would be expensive. Unlike the voodoo2s and ATI Rage FURY MAXXs where half frames are interlaced, the nVidia SLI solution just adds grunt to the processing power of the gpu card. So it is feasible to have more than two gpus eg. 3 or 4 but the heat would be a problem. The single card may also make the driver based load balancing simpler by having dedicated on-board intelligence handling this function. That way the software and system would still see the single card SLI as a single gpu.
DigitalDivine - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - linkdual core cards does not have the flexibility of actually having 2 physical cards.
having the option of upgrading later and practically doubling your performance for cheap is an incentive. pay 300 now and pay maybe 200 or 150 later for the other card, instead of 600 for just one card.
also, dual core cards gets obsolete quickly. look at the voodoo 5 for instance. it's dual core design made it very very expensive, paying the equivilent of 2 cards when you have 1 physical card. takes away the flexibility of separating the card in the future and use them for other purposes and upgradability is abysmal.
also having dual core cards splits your resources in half. Reply
Anemone - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkWhy not start up some dual core cards? I'm sure it would be far cheaper and quite effective to just mount two 6800 gpu's on a card and let er rip :)
just a thought...
artifex - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkum... doesn't Nvidia now have a single-board design that incorporates this type of thing, just announced by Apple as the "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL," to drive their 30 inch LCD panel that requires (!) two DVI inputs? (The card has 4 DVI connectors!)
Or am I reading this wrong? Reply
Falloutboy525 - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkacutally I wouldn't be surprised if one of the board manufactures puts 2 cores on one card. but man just thinking aboutt he physical size of the card gives me nightmares. Reply
Pumpkinierre - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkThe last of the SLI Voodoo2s had a dual gpu on a single board for one PCI slot. I cant see why the same couldnt be done for a dual 6800 gpu board on a single x16 PCIe slot which is nowhere near saturation with current gpus. Load balancing would be accomplished on board. In fact, they could do it on AGP 8x as well. They could extend this to multiple gpu (also possible on a 3x 16PCIe slot mobo (+ 3slot bridge) if it ever came out. Just think of the cooling with a Prescott cpu thrown in! Put a Vapochill to room temperature!
Backward daisy chaining of components is a great idea but I doubt whether the greed of manufacturers will let it happen. The concept should not be limited to gpus but extend to mobo/cpus as well. A high speed link bus(Hypertransport perhaps, but not I2B) should allow systems to act as multiple processor system albeit with a little added latency. With parallel processing and multithreads around the corner, it would be useful to those who detest the enormous waste in the IT industry.
quanta - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkActually, NFactor, GeForce 6800's dedicated video codec is a step behind from ATI's videoshader. It adds transistor counts for things that can already be done by 3D core. As for power consumption goes, we only have NVIDIA's word for lower power requirement, but consider ATI also use videoshader for mobile parts, I suspect NVIDIA's claim only applies to NVIDIA's own products rather than ATI's.
As for multiprocessing goes, ATI better catchup. After all, not every gamer can affort Evans & Sutherland simFUSION cards. Reply
Phiro - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkYes, but there's the economy of scale. Nvidia has a "single" production line churning out the nv4x chipset and they package them accordingly to their price point - no major modifications required.
The 6800U & x800XT don't really qualify as a "halo" products - they are a high-end version of the *same product the majority of users buy. Reply
klah - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - link"And the whole "alienware sells 30k systems a year so there is a market for this" - 30k video cards a year is less than a drop in the bucket for the R&D spent on putting this together."
The same could be said for the 6800U and x800XT. 99.9% of cards purchased will be sub-$200, so why bother with $500+ units? It's called a halo product. They are not built to make money. They are built for bragging rights and to generate a positive brand image. The 'buzz' this product creates for Nvidia is more substantial than spending the money on magazine ads and lan party sponsorships.
"Excuse me, but I noticed that one 6800 Ultra takes two slots worth of airspace (due to the gigantic fan). So that means the Ultras would actually occupy the first and third PCIe slots"
No. All pci-e slots are not they same. This setup require two x16 slots. Dual x16 moptherboards do not have any other slots between these. These two slots have about double the space between them as the rest of the x8, x4 and x2 slots.
Nvidia is launching their nforce4 chipset later this year which will support dual pci-e x16. This is probably when this product will become available at retail.
Phiro - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkUgh what a dumb, dumb waste of technology. Give me dual video cards (for dual directx/opengl displays) but not SLI BS. This is far better served with multiple GPU's on the card, not multiple cards.
If Nvidia is really so concerned with people being able to pay for the ultimate in performance or allowing people to "upgrade" without throwing everything away, Nvidia should go with a user manageable socket on their cards and support multi-core GPUs.
And the whole "alienware sells 30k systems a year so there is a market for this" - 30k video cards a year is less than a drop in the bucket for the R&D spent on putting this together.
If this idiotic SLI re-invention cost the release of the nv4x (and prolonged our nv3x agony) a single day, or increased the cost of the nv4x cards by a single dollar, Nvidia is once again crowned king of the dumbshits in my book.
Good choice buying 3dfx, Nvidia. It took a few years but Nvidia proved the old adage "You are what you eat". Nvidia's cards are hotter, larger, more complicated and more proprietary every day. Reply
ScuZZee - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkExcuse me, but I noticed that one 6800 Ultra takes two slots worth of airspace (due to the gigantic fan). So that means the Ultras would actually occupy the first and third PCIe slots (the second and fourth slot would be made useless since it would be blocked by the coolers).
So does that means the mobo have to spaced out the two PCIe slots to accommodate the two Ultras? Reply
SpeekinSfear - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkbarbary
Just FYI, if you're gonna buy two, the GT model which $399 instead of the $499 Ultra cost can do it too. They're smaller, less hot and power draining, and did I mention cost $100 less. I think the only power difference is that the GT ones have 50mhz less clock speed. Reply
barbary - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkSo now I am stuck what to buy.
I have a 670 Dell workstation and I was going to buy an ATI X800. But now should I buy a 6800 Ultra??
Question is do I buy two so I know I have a pair??
If I do and this technology doesn't come along for months I have wasted my money.
If I don't buy two a may never get a pair to match and have wasted my money. Reply
Swaid - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkIts not like you *have* to purchase 2 video cards for anything to work, thats only for the big spending enthusiast nuts and the CG/CAD guys. Its already part of the GPU, so its like an added bonus. The hard part in the beginning is getting a motherboard to support 2 PCIe x16. Reply
SpeekinSfear - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkI also prefer NVIDIA 6800s over ATI X800s (Especially the GT model) but I requiring two video cards to get the best peformance is an inconsiderate progression. They're even encouraging devs to design stuff specially for this. It almost makes it like they cant make better video cards anymore or else like they care enough to try hard. Almost like they wanna slow down the video card performance pace, get everyone to buy two cards and make money from quantity over quality. NVIDIA better easy up if they know what's good for them. They're already pushing us hard enough to get PCIe*16 mobos. If they get their heads to high up in the clouds, they may start to lose business because no one will be willing to pay for their stuff. Or maybe Im just reading too much into this. :) Reply
Jeff7181 - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkI thought it was a really big deal when they started combining vga cards and 3d accelerator cards into an "all-in-one" package. Now to get peak performance you're going to have two cards again... sounds like a step back to me... not to mention a HUGE waste of hardware. If they want the power of two NV4x GPU's, make a GeForce 68,000 Super Duper Ultra Extreme that's a dual GPU configuration. Reply
NFactor - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkNVIDIA's new series of chips in my opinion are more impressive than ATI's. ATI may be faster but Nvidia is adding new technology like an onchip video encoder/decoder or this SLI technology. I look forward to seeing it in action. Reply
SpeekinSfear - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkDerekWilson
I get what you're sayin'. I just think it's crazy! I try to stay somewhat up to pace but this is just too much. Reply
DerekWilson - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkSpeekinSfear --
If you've got the money to grab a workstation board and 2x 6800 Ultras, I think you can spring for a couple hundred dollar workstation power supply. :-) Reply
SpeekinSfear - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - linkIm sorry but I thought lots of people were having a hard enough time powering up one 6800 Ultra. Either is absurd or I dont know something. What kind of PSU are gonna need to pull this off? Reply
TrogdorJW - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkThe CPU is already doing a lot of work on the triangles. Doing a quick analysis that determines where to send a triangle shouldn't be too hard. The only difficulty is the overlapping triangles that need to be sent to both cards, and even that isn't very difficult. The load balancing is going to be of much greater benefit than the added computation, I think. Otherwise, you risk instances where 75% of the complexity is in the bottom or top half of the screen, so the actual performance boost of a solution like Alienware's would only be 33% instead of 100%.
At one point, the article mentioned the bandwidth necessary to transfer half of a 2048x1536 frame from one card to the other. At 32-bit color, it would be 6,291,456 bytes, or 6 MB. If you were shooting for 100 FPS rates, then the bandwidth would need to be 600 MB/s - more than X2 PCIe but less than X4 PCIe if it were run at the same clockspeed as PCIe.
If the connection is something like 16 bits wide (looking at the images, that seems like a good candidate - there are 13 pins on each side, I think, so 26 pins with 10 being for grounding or other data seems like a good estimate), then the connection would need to run at 300 MHz to manage transferring 600 MB/s. It might simply run at the core clockspeed, then, so it would handle 650 MB/s on the 6800, 700 MB/s on the GT, and 750+ MB/s on the Ultra and Ultra Extreme. Of course, how many of us even have monitors that can run at 2048x1536 resolution? At 1600x1200, you would need to be running at roughly 177 FPS or higher to max out a 650 MB/s connection.
With that in mind, I imagine benchmarks with older games like Quake 3 (games that run at higher frame rates due to lower complexity) aren't going to benefit nearly as much. I believe we're seeing well over 200 FPS at 1600x1200 with 4xAA in Q3 with high-end systems, and somehow I doubt that the SLI connection is going to be able to push enough information to enable rates of 400+ FPS. (1600x1200x32 at 400 FPS would need 1400 MB/s of bandwidth between the cards just for the frames, not to mention any other communications.) Not that it really matters, though, except for bragging rights. :) More complex, GPU-bound games like Far Cry (and presumably Doom 3 and Half-life 2) will probably be happy to reach even 100 FPS. Reply
glennpratt - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkUhh, there's still the same number of triangles. If this is to be transparent to the game's then the card's themselves will likely split up the information.
You come to some pretty serious conclusions based on exactly zero fact or logic. Reply
hifisoftware - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkHow much CPU load does it add? As I understand every triangle is analyzed as to where it will end up (top or bottom). Then this triangle is sent to the appropriate video card. This will add a huge load on CPU. Is this thing is going to be faster at all? Reply
ZobarStyl - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkI completely agree with the final thought that if someone can purchase a dual-PCI-E board and a single SLI enabled card with the thought of grabbing an identical card later on, then this will definitely work out well. Plus once a system gets old and is relegated to other purposes (secondary rigs) you could still seperate the two and have 2 perfectly good GPU's. I seriously hope this is what nV has in mind. Reply
Wonga - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkHey hadders, I was thinking the same thing. Surely if these cards need such fancy cooling, they need a little bit of room to actually get some air to that cooling??? And to think I used to get worried putting a PCI card next to a Voodoo Banshee... Reply
DigitalDivine - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkdoes anyone have any info if nvidia will be doing this for low end cards as well? Reply
klah - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link"But it is hard for us to see very many people justifying spending $1000 on two NV45 based cards even for 2x the performance of one very fast GPU"
Probably the same number of people who spend $3k-$7k on systems from Alienware, FalconNW, etc.
Alienware alone sells ~30,000 units/yr.
hadders - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkWhoops. duh. Admittedly all that hot air is been exited via the cooling vent at the back, but still my original thought was overall ambient temperature. I guess there would be no reason why they couldn't put that second PCIe slot further down the boards. Reply
hadders - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkHmmm, to be honest I hope they would intend to widen the gap between video cards. I wouldn't think the air flow particularily good on the "second" card if it's pushed up hard against the other? And where is all that hot air been blown? Reply
DerekWilson - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkThe thing about NVIDIA SLI is that the technology is part of die ... Its on 6800UE, 6800U, 6800GT, and 6800 non-ultra ... It is poossible that they disable the technology on lower clocked versions just like one of the quad pipes is disabled on the 12 pipe 6800 ...
The bottom line is that it wouldn't be any easier or harder for NVIDIA to impiliment this technology for lesser GPUs based on the NV40 core. Its a question of will they. It seems at this point that they aren't plannig on it, but demand can always influence a company's decisions.
At the same time, I wouldn't recommend holding your breath :-) Reply
ET - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkEven with current games you can easily make yourself GPU limited by running 8x AA at high resolutions (or even less, but wouldn't you want the highest AA and resolution, if you could get them). Future games will be much more demanding.
What I'm really interested in is whether this will be available only at the high end, or at the mid-range, too. Buying two mid-range cards for a better-than-single-high-end result could be a nice option. Reply
Operandi - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkCool idea, but aren't these high end cards CPU limited by themselves let alone paired together. Reply
DerekWilson - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkI really would like some bandwidth info, and I would have mentioned it if they had offered.
That second "bare bones" PCB you are talking about is kind of what I meant when I was speaking of a dedicated slave card. Currently NVIDIA has given us no indication that this is the direction they are heading in. Reply
KillaKilla - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkDid they give any info as to the bandwidth between cards?
Or perhaps even to the viability of dual core cards? (say having a sandard card, and adding a seperate PCB with just the bare minimum, say GPU, RAM and and interface? Figuring that this would cut a bit of the cost off of manufacturing an entirely seperate card. Reply


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Nora Shekrie picked up the phone on the second ring. Ten minutes after she'd sent her phone number to her cousin's friend, she had the expected call.
"Nora? It's Todd. Can you hear me?"
"Just fine. You're in a big city, you know. They have cell towers and flush toilets and fast food and everything."
"I know, I know, La Paz is civilization. I'm just used to things not working quite the way I expect. Thanks for talking with me."
"It's your phone bill. Your e-mail said that your sociology professor is dead, and the authorities are acting strangely?"
"That's right, except it's anthropology. I heard the clamor when the fire truck came. I looked out of my window -- his house is about two blocks away. By the time the La Paz FD got there, it was too late. The house was up in flames, just like on the 11:00 news. Straight up to the sky; it was horrible to watch. Dr. Bernardo was probably already dead from smoke inhalation. At least, from the flames I saw, I hope he was."
"Cause of death and funeral pyre, all in one?"
"Quite. The police picked up someone suspicious in the area, and the one said something that another student translated as suspicion of some weird type of arson. He didn't follow it all; there was a lot of noise, and we haven't totally adapted to the neighborhood cant quite yet."
"Can't what? Oh, you mean the accent and dialect?"
"Right. But they let him go later that night. This place has the most tangled rumor mill I've ever seen, worse than high school, and it sounds like the kid's parents are important people of some sort."
"Such as?"
"City politics, business, and social status. Wealth, influence, and obligation are rolled up as tightly as if the feudal period were last generation instead of a century ago, or however long it was."
"Close enough. What else?"
"We all, I mean the students, get a weird feeling about this. They've asked us all sorts of strange questions, like what Bernardo did in his spare time, what he ate and drank, did he smoke, did he take drugs, like they were trying to smear his reputation or something. But I'm sure he wasn't mixed up in anything. He was on time for everything, competent every day, and brilliant at least twice a week. There are only 20 of us students on the program, and he's here just for this one class, you know, so we're a pretty tight group, even if he does this every year. He knows the university people, too, and I'm rambling."
"It's okay. Keep going."
"Well, there are some new discoveries out at the dig, which I guess we'll never get to now, and he must have spent all his free time between preparing for class and, uh, getting to know the T.A."
"Right. She's torn between shooting half the town in retribution and flying home to commit suicide. She adored him seven ways from Sunday. And he was only eight years older, so it wasn't anything too weird."
"Maybe someone local took a difference to that? Anyone jealous?"
"Maybe. He's pretty likeable. Maybe he had someone down here who was looking forward to his return."
"Well, it sounds like someone took things into their own hands."
"That's what some of us think, but the police sound about ready to file it as an accidental death? What can we do?"
"You can tell them it's definitely arson. I expect they know that already, but once they know that the foreigners know, perhaps they'll be a bit more conscious of their civic duty."
"But I don't know that!"
"I'm something like 5,000 miles away from La Paz, and I know it's arson. There should be enough clues to narrow it down for them."
How was Nora so sure?
HintWhat's unusual about the location?
AnswerLa Paz is about 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) above sea level. The partial pressure of oxygen is barely high enough to sustain an open fire. La Paz bought fire engines only out of civic pride: the equipment generally gathers dust in the station.
Since the flames went "straight up to the sky", this fire had help of some sort. There was no significant wind to supply more oxygen, so someone must have "made arrangements" to make such a conflagration.
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A new campsite is being set up to cater for the thousands of cycling fans who are expected to cheer on the Tour de France in Otley.
Pool Road Campsite, based off the A659 on the Midgley Farm Estate, will also offer packages for those coming along to see the 2014 Otley Cycle Race on Wednesday, July 2 – three days before Le Tour passes through.
But its main focus is on offering accommodation, along with a variety of food and refreshments, for the many spectators set to descend on Wharfedale for the Tour's Grand Depart on Saturday, July 5.
Its Pool Road location is sure to be in high demand as the race's Leeds to Harrogate opening stage will see the world's top cyclists taking the route into Otley, and the campsite will have a range of attractions, including live music and a bar, to keep the crowds otherwise entertained.
The potentially lucrative venture is a collaborative one being run by the farm's owner Mavis Hudson, her daughters Susan Hudson and Caroline Scholey, Caroline's husband John, and farmers David and Julie Asquith.
The campsite's website says: "Pool Road Campsite is providing camping with entertainment during Le Grand Depart – Le Tour Yorkshire in the UK, when the race travels through the historic and scenic town of Otley.
"Camping accommodation will be available from July 2 to July 7, 2014.
"So come and join us for this brilliant event and soak up the great atmosphere of the race and all that travels with it.
"We have plenty to offer you to enjoy whilst you enjoy your stay with us. We have entertainment with a live band, a licensed bar, onsite catering, provision for camper vans, caravans, motorhomes, parking and a family friendly area with entertainment for children."
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Both Jason and Sofia will have a busy Summer ahead. Sofia has The Smurfs 2 coming out in July, Machete Kills in September, and Fading Gigolo coming to theaters this year, while her costar prepares for Fast & Furious 6, Homefront, and another action film, Hummingbird.
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BAYTOWN, Texas - A library was evacuated after police thought a gun was inside.
Baytown police evacuated the Sterling Library, 1 Mary Wilbanks Ave., on Tuesday afternoon.
Investigators said a woman reported that her gun was stolen from her home in September. That woman got in touch with the two women she thought stole the gun and they made arrangements to meet, investigators said.
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Traditional Print Communication Methods, Simple Electronic Communication Methods, or Usual Care in Increasing How Often Older Women Undergo Colorectal Cancer Screening
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RATIONALE: Finding out which communication method affects a participant's decision to undergo colorectal cancer screening may help increase the number of participants who undergo screening. It is not yet known which communication method is more effective in increasing how often participants undergo colorectal cancer screening.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying traditional print communication methods to see how well they work compared with simple electronic communication methods or usual care in increasing how often older women undergo colorectal cancer screening.
|Colorectal Cancer
|Other: educational intervention via internet Other: educational intervention mailed Other: No additional educational intervention
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Two Delivery Channels to Improve CRC Screening
- Comparison of traditional print versus simple electronic communication versus usual care in terms of increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates [ Time Frame: End of study ]
- Moderating role of attentional style and background variables on the impact of the interventions [ Time Frame: End of Study ]
- Mediating effect of potential cognitive-affective factors related to CRC screening [ Time Frame: End of study ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Print Communication
Cancer screening educational information mailed to patient's home one time after signing consent.
|Other: educational intervention mailed
Experimental: Electronic communication
Cancer screening educational information delivered via a password protected internet site.
Other: educational intervention via internet
additional cancer screening information via password protected internet site
Active Comparator: No Health Communication
No additional cancer screening education information sent to patient.
|Other: No additional educational intervention
Detailed Description:
- Compare traditional print versus simple electronic communication versus usual care, in terms of increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, in average-risk women attending a routine OB/Gyn visit.
- Explore the moderating role of attentional style and background variables on the impact of the interventions in these participants.
- Determine the mediating effect of potential cognitive-affective factors related to CRC screening in these participants.
- Investigate the comparative cost-effectiveness of these interventions to improve CRC screening adherence.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Participants are randomized to 1 of 3 screening arms.
- Arm I: Participants are contacted by simple electronic communication methods by an email message linked to a personalized website.
- Arm II: Participants are contacted by traditional print communication methods.
- Arm III: Participants are observed (usual care). Participants in arms I and II are randomized a second time to receive messages about colorectal cancer screening that are matched or mismatched to their attentional style.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 5,000 participants will be accrued for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
At average risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) as defined by the following criteria:
- Asymptomatic without a personal history of colorectal polyps or cancer
- No inflammatory bowel disease
- No family history of familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary nonpolyposis CRC
- No CRC in more than one first-degree relative
- Nonadherent with standard CRC screening recommendations at the time of index OB/Gyn appointment
- Email accessible at home and/or work
- Able to communicate with ease in English
- Not specified
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00459030
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111-2497
|Study Chair:
|David Weinberg, MD, MSC
|Fox Chase Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Fox Chase Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00459030 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
CDR0000538413 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) )
IRB05-016 ( Other Identifier: Fox Chase Cancer Center )
R01CA102695 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|April 9, 2007
|Last Updated:
|August 16, 2013
Keywords provided by Fox Chase Cancer Center:
colon cancer
rectal cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
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Uni offers a wide range of personalized learning programs in our Magnet, School for Advanced Studies, and three small schools. We offer 21 Advanced Placement courses. Most of our core subjects are offered as honors, and we have many electives. Our students gain acceptance to some of the best universities in the nation, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, and Harvard. University High School sits on a beautiful 24-acre campus in West Los Angeles. Our campus is built atop a freshwater spring that was used for centuries by the Gabrieleno Tongva people, and a portion of our campus is a dedicated California State Historical Site.
Students are encouraged to be involved and get the most out of their high school experience. Our students enjoy participating on the following teams: football, soccer, basketball, tennis, baseball, softball, track, cross country, swimming, and golf. Our drill team, cheer squad, drum line, and leadership students promote school spirit. Our theater program is planning two musicals for next year and our jazz ensemble hosts an annual winter concert.
"Uni" has a rich tradition of excellence, and our strength lies in our school's diverse student population. Uni students were born all over the world, and speak over 23 different languages. As a result, we have one of the most tolerant and diverse campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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10 Valentine's Day Date Ideas That Aren't Cheesy
Instead of going through the motions, go rogue this Valentine's Day!
One might say that Valentine's Day is the epitome of cheesiness, but naysayers need love too. So go ahead and skip the candlelight dinner, roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, and try one of these cynic-proof Valentine's Day ideas.
1. Burlesque Show
Spend this Valentine's Day getting sultry by taking your date to a burlesque show. These old-timey acts are more sexy than skanky (think feather boas, long gloves, fans and tasseled pasties). Talented performers often accompany the campy humor and killer costumes.
2. Indoor Picnic
Skip the restaurant scene, where you'll inevitably be stuck with an overpriced pre-fixe menu and a seat that leaves you knee-to-knee with other star-crossed lovebirds. Spend your Valentines Day dinner enjoying an indoor picnic instead. Spread out the blanket, break out the fancy accouterments — and don't forget the bubbly.
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3. "Glamping"
Let's face it: camping isn't always sexy (bug spray and outdoor toilets can be a romance buzzkill, to say the least). But "glamping" (glamorous camping) can make for the ultimate Valentine's Day staycation. Pitch a tent (not that kiind) in the backyard or even the bedroom, whip up a batch of s'mores, light up the fireplace (on DVD) and get all cozy in that sleeping bag for deux.
4. Roller Skating
Most dates will be hitting the ice skating rink come Valentine's Day, so go old school by taking your date roller skating instead. Bust out your tube socks and short shorts — the roller rink makes for a super-fun Valentine's Day setting. You can hang out in the arcade, buy your date a candy necklace, and get cozy for a couple's skate.
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A tale of two Davids – Bellamy and Attenborough, from the Independent 13 January 2013 and Telegraph 22 January 2013. The Independent article begins: "They share a name – David – and a passion for nature. For a while they also shared a place in the vanguard of nature documentary-making, broadcasting from every corner of the globe to the homes of millions. But while one, Attenborough, basks in the glow of national treasure status, the other claims he is now a pariah".
Bellamy explained that he was rejected by the BBC and by environmentalist groups, many of which he started, after he criticised the theory that man-made carbon dioxide was causing global warming. In an interview with the Independent, he said: "All of the work dried up after that. I was due to start another series with the BBC but that didn't go anywhere, and the other side (ITV) didn't want to know. I was shunned. They didn't want to hear the other side". Bellamy, a botanist, reminds people that the increase in carbon dioxide is good for plants. He commented: "Someone even emailed me to say I was the worst paedophile in the world, basically saying I was killing children by denying global warming, but in the last 30 years crops have got greener and grow quicker. … and that is good news but we don't get it". Bellamy also commented that David Attenborough "was on our side at first but then he had a change of heart".
As well being a promoter of man-made global warming David Attenborough is a patron of the Optimum Population Trust, and believes the only way to save the planet from famine and species extinction is to limit human population growth. Attenborough commented: "We are a plague on the Earth. It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now". He went on to say: "We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves — and it's not an inhuman thing to say. It's the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it's going to get worse and worse".
However, David Bellamy says there are others reasons for famine in Africa. He tells of a visit to Sierra Leone: "I met a local boy called Bodcco. He was nine and could point out more of the local plants than I. He was fantastic. One day he didn't turn up. When I asked why, they told me he had died from malnutrition. He died because we (humans) had gone in there and dug up the diamonds and chopped down the habitat".
Editorial Comment: David Bellamy is close to the whole environmental truth as to why many people are starving. Human greed, and poor stewardship of the resources God has provided, are the real problem, not climate, or because there are too many of us.
By calling the human race a "plague on the earth" David Attenborough is not only denigrating mankind, but is also insulting God who created man in His image, and sent Jesus to die and rise again to save us from our sinful behaviour to one another and to the earth. At age 86 it may not be long before Attenborough is called to account by the Creator. In preparing his wildlife films Attenborough has had more opportunity that anyone else of his generation to see the wondrous works of God, but has so far not heeded the warning that men are "without excuse" for ignoring the evidence of God's divine nature and eternal power that is revealed in the creation. (Romans 1:20) (Ref. climate, politics, discrimination, environment)
Evidence News 6 February 2013