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...cultivation of the intellect indeed requires leisure. College years, devoted theoretically to intellectual pursuits, for the most part offer undergraduates time free from quotidian and worldly concerns to engage actively in the life of the mind. Yet the necessity of evaluations and deadlines imposes a sort of business mentality even on the languorous otium of college life. Thus arises the need for those welcome diversions of the weekend...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: In Vino Veritas | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...recent years, Harvard has enacted stringent measures to prevent underage drinking and the sort of dangerous excess that unfortunately has characterized collegiate antics of our generation. But, in banishing wine seminars and mandating BAT teams at House formals, the administration has only encouraged that any actual drinking be furtive and irresponsible. Today, conditioned by the Puritanism of university administrators and society’s moralists to see drinking as an evil—although permissible under certain circumstances—college students expectedly will treat it as such. Intoxication promises an easy high, a cover for actions that otherwise would...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: In Vino Veritas | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reykjavík's Best Cellar | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...matching potential will provide plenty of enjoyment. Its tropical-fruit, floral and walnut notes make it an excellent match for Asian cuisines, but go equally well with game and of course strong cheeses. And once you're smitten by Tokaj, the next experience to hanker after is Eszencia - a sort of super-Tokaj and the color of burnished gold. Because it is produced from naturally running juice (and not pressed juice) it is only available in minute quantities. It also ferments very slowly, due to an exceptionally high concentration of sugars. Presently very much a connoisseur's choice, Eszencia offers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sweet Sensation of Hungary's Tokaj | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sweet Sensation of Hungary's Tokaj | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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