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...most Americans associate the country with retsina, a traditional, pine-resin-flavored wine. Now U.S. consumers are embracing a wider range of oinos. Sales of Greek brands were up 18% last year--and those going for the Olympics may hasten the trend. The wines are made from indigenous grapes unfamiliar to most Americans. Some to try: Moschofilero yields aromatic whites like Boutari's Moschofilero. Agiorgitiko is the grape in the herbaceous 14-18h Rose (the name refers to the number of hours the fresh grape juice remains in contact with the skins in fermentation). And the Xinomavro grape makes...
...Crimson’s Arts chair last year. Having gone through three years of college without really learning anything truly new—despite all the (unfinished) reading we do, college seems to be more an expansion of things you learn in high school than an exploration of really unfamiliar areas—the prospect of trying something in which I have neither natural disposition nor past training was exciting and nervewracking...
Competing in an elite international triathlon is difficult enough when it’s only three stages long. But add on a grueling test of endurance—and patience—in an unfamiliar airport and the event transcends mere sport, as rising Harvard junior Jenna Shoemaker recently learned...
...route to Palma de Majorca, Spain, for the World Intercollegiate Championships on July 3, at which she finished 21st—missed a connecting flight to the island from the mainland despite arriving at the terminal with time to spare, thanks to her airline’s unfamiliar ticketing and boarding procedure. Waiting at the wrong counter until just after her scheduled flight finished boarding, the Crimson freestyle swimmer was left to jockey for a standby seat, which, after two failed attempts—and seven hours—wasn’t materializing...
...crew this unfamiliar with losing will never grow accustomed to finishing any less than first. And while it would have been nice for Harvard’s first varsity eight and its seven seniors to walk away from their final race with a win, the Crimson won’t be beating itself up over a second-place finish...