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...Less than enthralling. I am not a captious man, but this wine’s heavy nose was so striking, the experience was almost enervating. The bouquet possesses an unsteady, if protean structure: alternating undertones of honey and pencil lead emanate. Though not excessively rustic per se, I sense a sour, dense, deep tannin with a persistent, yet subtle, inner, unpalatably concentrated fruitiness. It leaves an unpleasant emptiness. In a sense, the finish is a bit jejune...

Author: By Wine CONNOISSEUR par excellence and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Chianti Wars | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...This vintage, made up almost entirely of the Sangiovese, boasts a conspicuous ruby color. It is a naive, domestic Chianti, yet amusing in its presumptuousness. Its ample aromatic nose of red fruit produces strong, ripe expressions of cherry. It nestles softly in the mouth, with a warm Gem¸tlichkeit to it. The finish is pleasing and long. The gritty tannin from the acid pits in the grapes skillfully holds it together. Yet my tongue tells me that this inchoate wine would be best consumed in a year or two. While ’97 was positively the vintage...

Author: By Wine CONNOISSEUR par excellence and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Chianti Wars | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...used for gimpy dogs and horses--really work on humans. Analysis of eight trials involving 1,500 people confirmed that a daily dose of 1,500 mg of glucosamine or 1,200 mg of chondroitin relieves arthritis pain more effectively than a placebo, with chondroitin edging glucosamine by a nose. Don't get too frisky, though; longer and larger studies are still needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Apr. 3, 2000 | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...There's a place for rings...in your brow and nose: when your manager shows up for work wearing similar adornments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dress Down | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...dorm rooms everywhere, airs to an audience of 100,000 on a talk-radio website called eYada.com The site is different from the hundreds of AM and FM stations that now simultaneously stream their programming onto the Web. Schulz and Wirkus describe their show as "a thumbing of the nose at anyone who smells of authority." Like all Net radio, they don't answer to the FCC, and they toss the F word liberally in segments like "Penis Talk" and "This isn't phone sex, you dumb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet Radio: Live from Your Basement... | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

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