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- Ashamed of that cheap wine you're buying? Maybe that's because wine writers don't take either of you seriously. They should.
- According to independent research, Wine Spectator has 2,298,000 affluent readers who love wine. The number occasionally climbs a bit, but the message, which appears regularly on one of the venerable... read on»
- By Blair Campbell posted December 27, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Great local wine values and a retort from Bouchée's wine mastermind.
- Bouchée Wines point man Kerry Winslow doesn’t have a problem with Robert Parker. “We must admit both Parker and The Wine Spectator have done wonders for the wine industry,” he... read on»
- By Mark C. Anderson posted December 27, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Two-Buck Chuck shocked the world; then box wines turned the tables.
- Jaws gaped last summer when the judges of the revered California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition named Charles Shaw’s 2005 Chardonnay the best in the state. Known as Two-Buck Chuck... read on»
- By Blair Campbell posted December 27, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Five affordable bubblies for the big toast.
- There’s no substitute for Champagne, especially come Dec. 31. Unfortunately, it’s (frequently) flipping expensive. But before crying into a bottle of Cook’s, try one of these, which, being sparkling, will... read on»
- By Paul Wetterau posted December 27, 2007 12:00 AM
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- 101 Short Story Contest Winners
- More than 200 readers took the time to enter the Weekly’s contest for short sagas. The quality of many of the entries was high – choosing one winner was hard.... read on»
- By Various posted December 20, 2007 12:00 AM
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- 101 Short Story Contest Honorable Mentions
- Jill Hedgecock | Walnut Creek The seller had rolled his eyes when I’d asked if his charming Victorian cottage in Pacific Grove was haunted. Not a quick lifting up and... read on»
- By Various posted December 20, 2007 12:00 AM
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- 101 Short Stories From the Kids
- Maddie Jani, 7 | Prunedale Once upon a time, there lived a seahorse and a jellyfish. The seahorse’s name was Paul. The jellyfish’s name was Heartburn. They were best friends.... read on»
- By Various posted December 20, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Scientists and activists aim to save Elkhorn Slough from erosion and development before it's too late.
- The tide is high at Elkhorn Slough, as it usually is this time of year. Harbor seals and sea otters take refuge in the sheltered waters, sunning, feeding on crabs... read on»
- By Jessica Lyons posted December 13, 2007 12:00 AM
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- The allure of Elkhorn Slough is clear from the vantage of a kayak.
- In Monty Python’s Spamalot, there’s a song called “The Song That Goes Like This.” It’s too long, it changes key, and it parodies Broadway musical love songs. (Its opening lines:... read on»
- By Jessica Lyons posted December 13, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Professor dedicates himself to learning all he can about Elkhorn Slough.
- Rikk Kvitek knows nearly every inch of Elkhorn Slough. For the past 25 years, Kvitek, a CSUMB science and environmental policy professor, has been studying environmental changes in the slough... read on»
- By Jessica Lyons posted December 13, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?
- Ten years ago, the nations of the world gathered in Kyoto, Japan, to move to prevent dangerous interference with the planet’s climate. Many hoped meaningful steps would be taken to... read on»
- By Ed Smeloff posted December 06, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Why has so little been accomplished to halt global warming?
- I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations had gone on long past their scheduled evening close, and the convention-center management was frantic –... read on»
- By Bill McKibben posted December 06, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s green state and the mathematics of carbon.
- If you wiped California off the face of the planet, just made it disappear – left behind no car or SUV, politician, person or cow – you’d eliminate only about... read on»
- By Cosmo Garvin posted December 06, 2007 12:00 AM
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- What global warming could do to the world’s deserts.
- How will global warming affect the world’s deserts? Scientists in Nevada predict potentially heartbreaking outcomes. ... read on»
- By D. Brian Burghart posted December 06, 2007 12:00 AM
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- Hot Numbers
- 20: Inches in median worldwide sea level-rise by 2100 from ice melt caused by global climate change, as estimated by the 1995 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ... read on»
- By Staff posted December 06, 2007 12:00 AM
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