Word: wined
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...down 18.6%, according to the Music Trades magazine, and school-music product sales fell 6.5%. Nonstring instruments, from trombones and tubas to flutes and pianos, tend not to attract investment dollars because they diminish in value with wear and tear and age. Well-maintained string instruments are distinct - like wine - in that they appreciate with age as wood mellows and tonal qualities mature...
...President's disastrous legacy is only too apparent in Gabon's two main cities, the capital Libreville and the economic center of Port-Gentil. Dealerships selling Land Rovers and Hummers (to negotiate all the giant potholes) thrive, while hypermarkets sell $400 bottles of wine and the city's restaurants and bars serve more champagne per capita than Paris. But the riches enjoyed by a few have made Libreville and Port-Gentil among the most expensive on earth. Despite its large size and seas teeming with fish, almost all food is imported from Europe, entrepreneurialism has all but evaporated...
...initially balked at the idea of learning how to properly taste and describe whiskey. How did you go from that to describing brands like High Wine Whiskey as "the rebel no one wants you to date." There's a certain amount of hesitation some people have to trying to understand what they're consuming, whether it's ice cream or whiskey. By personalizing it in a way that is atypical of how most reviewers describe whiskey, I think it's more approachable. So when I say Maker's Mark is like the genius who decided to become an auto mechanic...
...fact that as they get further away from the Prohibition era, and those ties to gangsters, they can use that now as a marketing tool. Part of that is this rebellious nature of whiskey - there are more tall tales of whiskey than you'll see in wine or beer combined, I'm willing to bet. They want to make it larger than life...
...husband and cherishing whatever time she can find with her two teenage children, who currently attend boarding school.“I think one of her favorite things to do is to sit across from each other at the table with a nice meal, enjoying a glass of wine, and rehashing the events of the world’s day and our day,” says her husband, noting that they are particularly fond of Mediterranean cuisine. Mendillo says she continues to find the day-to-day work of portfolio management exciting and energizing, and that she never ceases...