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Professional winemakers and savvy consumers are catching on to the Clef du Vin, or "wine key"-a metal dipping stick that comes in pocket, bottle and glass sizes and which simulates the effects of the passage of time on wine. Immerse the end of the Clef du Vin into a glass of wine, and the wine's flavor will change as if it had been aged one, two or even 10 years longer-thereby enabling the taster to assess the cellaring potential of the wine in an instant, a capability that has made the Clef du Vin the hottest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...Developed in France by top sommelier Franck Thomas and enologist Laurent Zanon, the Clef du Vin's alloy (the combination is a trade secret) acts as a catalyst to speed up the oxidization process. The metals are precisely gauged so that dipping the tool into a glass of wine for one second will mimic the effect of a year's aging. Dipping it for two seconds simulates the effect of two year's cellaring, and so on. The key does not leach into the wine, and therefore is not harmful to drinkers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...their Studio 54, their swank ultralounge. And now, at an after-hours nightclub, the bass pumping, my eyes jolted open every few seconds by the shock of manufactured cleavage, they are offering me a beer. Not even a light beer. All I wanted was to see a nice Cirque du Soleil show, work my expense account at Le Cirque with my only famous friend, Robert Goulet, and crash at the new hotel at Mandalay Bay, where my standard room has two bathrooms and three flat-screen TVs. But New Vegas won't let me be. It needs to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strip Is Back! | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...House of Blues' new lounge has a Friday party for swingers. The hotel has a pool called the Moorea Beach Club where European-style bathing is encouraged. Some dealers at the Rio wear thong bikinis at night, and the Hard Rock has blackjack in the pool. The newest Cirque du Soleil show at New York-New York Hotel & Casino, called Zumanity, is a virtually naked gymnastics event in which men make out and the rest of the cast simulates acrobatic sex. "I had the vision of some couple seeing one of the acts and suing us after trying to replicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strip Is Back! | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...late-night pool-cabana scene, their Studio 54, their swank ultralounge. And now, at an after-hours nightclub, the bass pumping, my eyes jolted open every few seconds by the shock of manufactured cleavage, they are offering me a beer. All I wanted was to see a nice Cirque du Soleil show, work my expense account at Le Cirque with my only famous friend, Robert Goulet, and crash at the new hotel at Mandalay Bay, where my standard room has two bathrooms and three flat-screen TVs. But New Vegas won't let me be. It needs to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lovin' Las Vegas | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

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