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150 Years Ago
Thingummy found: A thingummy is the after-part of a fashionable lady’s outfit, and which Charley Cavanaugh calls a “lady’s back-action.” It is constructed of brown merino, lined with black, has a gathered du-flipper overhanging the upper portion and is surmounted by a bow of the former material. Its caliber is exactly twenty-six inches from hook to eye.
140 Years Ago
All sorts: The ladies of the Episcopal Church will hold their strawberry festival at the Opera House.
Mr. Yerington objects to the city having the waters of the creek flowing past Treadway’s, diverted for city purposes, if such a thing is attempted.
Building bridges with wine
“It’s actually a wine concept that was built to connect people,” he said. ..
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The Gorgeous Wines of Alsace
One of France’s finest wine-growing regions, and one of its least understood, is the northern district of Alsace, a hilly region bordering Germany with a populace that’s as comfortable speaking German as it is French.
Moreover, the grape varieties of Alsace (almost all of them white) are also found in Germany, with riesling, gewurztraminer, and pinot gris at the top of the list, and pinot blanc, muscat, and sylvaner right behind.
Germany occupied Alsace for nearly 90 years over several decades and wars, but the two wine cultures have different wine styles. Germany generally prefers to balance its naturally high acids with residual sugar, halting fermentations before all the sugars have been converted. Alsace prefers more of the dry approach. But both areas also make stylish off-dry wines.
With the introduction of the Fifth Annual Georges Duboeuf Nouveau Art Label competition, the winery is once again seeking new artwork for over one million bottles of their Beaujolais Nouveau.
This is a very personal project for me. In 2011, I had received my first sample of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau. Two years later in 2013, I had a
phone conversation with George’s son Franck Duboeuf. I was so star struck, I could hardly speak. Me, who used to photograph people like Tina Turner, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, etc., and never blinked.. seemed like everyone but the Beatles and Rolling Stones. With Franck, I felt tongue-tied, but got through it.