Training Your Palate

07Aug07

We need someone like Gary Vaynerchuk in the tea industry. Ideally someone who knows a thing or two about tea and wine. Someone like…oh, I don’t know…… Phyll? Enjoy this video! [via]

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Can Tea…

14Jul07

do this? [via: washingtonpost.com]

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Napa Weekend

29May07

Spent a lovely day in the Napa Valley this weekend with the family. Brilliant weather, and lots (lots) of wine and cheese. My favorite vineyard: Chateau Montelena, the place that took the French by surprise and started California’s wine revolution. At every vineyard we visited, I couldn’t help but think about the potential of Darjeeling […]

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Waiter, There’s An Ant In My Tea!

09May07

Why it just doesn’t pay to sell tea (or wine) made of ants. A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said Thursday. Wang Zhendong, from the northeastern province of Liaoning, fabricated a business purported to […]

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