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Wine Wednesdays With William: Attack Of The Clones
Call it a "family affair." All commercial wine-producing grapevines, regardless of their variety, are produced from cuttings that are genetically identical to their original “mother” vine. But just like identical twins, they don’t always behave the same way.
In organisms such as grapevines, every time a cell divides, there's the opportunity for spontaneous change to the genetic material, and many grape varieties with an ancient...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Your Next Glass Of Wine Could Come Out Of A Keg
The next time you tap a keg, it's entirely possible that wine'll flow out. It turns out that a small but growing portion of the wine harvest is finding its way into metal, not glass, containers. Free Flow Wines dominates the business of putting wine into kegs. The company has grown by 50 percent in each of the last six years, and it's just...
Barber, Raconteur, Horse Enthusiast: Woody Is Someone You Should Know
Hello. I'm Joe "Woody" Wood. Or just Woody to my friends. Pleased to meet you all. I'm the owner of Woody's Barbershop in Saratoga...
The Way I Was: Cornelia Guest, America’s Original ‘It’ Girl on Her Summers in Saratoga
Saratoga Springs holds a very special place in my heart; it always has.
Growing up, August meant Saratoga. My parents—Winston and C. Z.—and I, and...
To Sell Or Not To Sell, That Is The Question
Having watched local real estate patterns for over 11 years, I often have gut feelings about timing a sale. One of those is that...
How You Can Win the College Expense Game by Investing in Off-Campus Housing
It’s that bittersweet time that parents dream of and dread. Your child is heading off to college.
Excitement, anxiety and just plain old fear are...