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...supermarket shelves. Can any other South American wine-producing country achieve that level of international acceptance, and if so, which one? The answer may be Uruguay. The reason is that the country has a niche virtually all to itself, and that's Tannat?an obscure grape originally grown in southwestern France, and brought to Uruguay in 1870. If you're a winemaker, having a little-known but delicious varietal up your sleeve is no bad thing, given the constant pressure to satisfy consumers' ever more fickle palates...
...wine-producing country achieve that level of international acceptance, and if so, which one? The answer may[an error occurred while processing this directive] be Uruguay. The reason is that the country has a niche virtually all to itself, and that's Tannat - an obscure grape originally grown in southwestern France, and brought to Uruguay in 1870. If you're a winemaker, having a little-known but delicious varietal up your sleeve is no bad thing, given the constant pressure to satisfy consumers' ever more fickle palates. Historically, Tannat has not been held in great esteem. Its extremely high tannin...
...exemplifies this better than Osteen, who ran his father's television-production department until John died in 1999. "Joel has learned from his dad, but he has toned it back and tapped into basic, everyday folks' ways of talking," says Ben Phillips, a theology professor at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. That language is reflected in Your Best Life Now, an extraordinarily accessible exhortation to this-world empowerment through God. "To live your best life now," it opens, to see "your business taking off. See your marriage restored. See your family prospering. See your dreams come to pass ..." you must...
...goodness is biblical, as is the idea that he means us to enjoy the material world. But while Prosperity claims to be celebrating that goodness, the critics see it as treating God as a celestial ATM. "God becomes a means to an end, not the end in himself," says Southwestern Baptist's Phillips. Others are more upset about what it de-emphasizes. "[Prosperity] wants the positive but not the negative," says another Southern Baptist, Alan Branch of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. "Problem is, we live on this side of Eden. We're fallen." That is, Prosperity...
With their gorgeous traditional naxi clay roofs and stone courtyards, the 55 villas at the Banyan Tree resort, banyantree.com, have become the ne plus ultra of accommodation in mountainous Lijiang, a historic southwestern Chinese town and designated World Heritage Site. Red lacquered woods and heated private plunge pools are among the highlights of these expansive, 350-sq-m houses, pictured above, and all have unobstructed views of Himalayan peaks and grazing buffalo. If that doesn't satiate your appetite for exotic luxury, then you can get a second helping at the Banyan Tree Ringha, a sister property four hours' drive...