Consumers want to know. Certain interests in the food industry don’t want them to know. Thus is the controversy over labeling of foods that have been genetically modified (GMO). Interestingly, the US is one of the few countries in the world in which this debate is raging; most other industrialized or industrializing nations … Read more
Diamonds. They sparkle. They tantalize. They lie. Yes, that’s right. Diamonds are the most guileful gem on the market. I don’t trust them and you shouldn’t either. Yes, this is a bold condemnation of a girl’s best friend, but I’m sharing the awful truth because diamonds are no friend at all. They are costly only … Read more
Hey, we are wine aficionados. So we mean no disrespect to the industry or to wine lovers when we say: STOP IT! We mean, stop it with the points and the awards and the other well-intended but gone-horribly-wrong way of ranking wine. It’s hurting the wine industry and it’s hurting consumers. Yes, this is pretty … Read more
A long, long time ago in a world not as far away as we’d like, people spent boatloads of gold and salt to find the fabled “Fountain of Youth”. The search for Youth spurred Jose Ponce de León to sail West in 1513 from Spain until he bumped into Florida. Poor Jose….he found lots of … Read more
If it is possible to have too much of a good thing, then the retail wine market could be a nominee for this dubious distinction. Walk into a wine store or, worse, browse an online wine sellers’ website and you’ll be overwhelmed by the choices available to wine purchasers. Its not red wine that causes … Read more