Word: corking
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...Keep Your Red Wine Good to the Last Drop If you aren't going to finish that bottle, here are some ways to keep it fresh. Simply popping the cork back in and refrigerating will work for one day. For up to three days, try VACUVIN ($15), which uses a stopper and a small plastic hand pump to create a partial vacuum inside the bottle. RESERVE ($190) introduces a layer of inert gas over the wine, keeping air out and wine drinkable for six days. The PEK WINE STEWARD ($219), right, uses inert gas and temperature control to keep wine...
...aren't going to finish that bottle, here are some ways to keep it fresh. Simply popping the cork back in and refrigerating will work for one day. For up to three days, try VACU VIN ($15), which uses a stopper and a small plastic hand pump to create a partial vacuum inside the bottle. RESERVE ($190) introduces a layer of inert gas over the wine, keeping air out and wine drinkable for six days. The PEK WINE STEWARD ($219), right, uses inert gas and temperature control to keep wine full of flavor for up to two weeks...
...stereotype of the obsessive sportsman, let alone the boneheaded fast bowler. Raised on a sheep and wheat farm, a straight-A student through school in Narromine, in northwestern New South Wales, McGrath was set to become a carpenter until his talent for propelling a 5.5-ounce lump of cork, string and leather carried him to Sydney and beyond. As a cricketing tourist, he's shown an uncommon appreciation for the peculiar attractions of foreign lands; to his wife, Jane, he's the rock that's stood by her through her battle with breast cancer...
...BedZED - and the global conservation organization wwf are working with a developer to create a "one-planet living" ecotourism project south of Lisbon. Using 100% renewable energy and creating a transport network designed to virtually eliminate private cars, the Mata de Sesimbra development will combine a 4,800-hectare cork-forest restoration project with a 500-hectare tourism development. Based on their experiences with BedZED, BioRegional and wwf will be incorporating similar innovative ecological elements into the Portuguese project. They don't plan to stop at Europe's borders, however. Next stop: energy-hungry China...
...gone to considerable lengths to downplay the significance of the event, the summit agreement reverberated across Britain and Ireland like a distant explosion. The straightforward language of the accord raised as many fears as it did hopes. Said Professor John A. Murphy, a history teacher at University College, Cork: "There is no grand solution. You can only make incremental moves. This seems to be a courageous one. It's the first time a role for the south has been formally recognized [in Northern Ireland] since 1925. This has to be a dramatic development...