A week or so ago, when I was fiddling around with the latest meme, Why do I blog?, one of my fellow hiking bloggers, a decent chap named Rick McCharles, fired back his own query. Rick’s was a good question.

So why then, if I have wine, do I hike? In response, I must present a common mindset […]

Every day is Earth Day, so don’t forget the basics. Here are five simple things you can do to save energy — and money — right now.
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From Science Daily: Red wine is being widely touted for its health benefits, but not all red wines are the same according to researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.
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Tired of seeing his Brunello di Montalcino counterfeited, a Tuscan producer strikes back with a little help from technology.
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The Cost of Waiting
Too large to ignore: species may need more protected areas to survive climate change. From Conservation International.
(tags: science nature species global warming conservation earth protection survival)

A Natural History Magazine book review of The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of our Electrified World
Benjamin Franklin, for all his scientific acumen, never dreamed that […]

To hustle up the slopes of Mission Peak is to forsake much. To simply put one’s foot in front of the other is mission enough.
Last night was exciting, almost intoxicating. I got together about 7 p.m. with 17 other outdoorsy folks and proceeded to climb the daunting and darkening slopes of a Bay Area beacon.
On […]

After much arduous and exhaustive research, fellow blogger Dorian at Budget Vino describes a simple process to keep an open bottle of red wine stay fresh for nearly a week.
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Sales of red wine surge on reports of health benefits at Wine Industry Report
The Nielsen Company finds that red wine sales grew 40% faster than total table wine sales between November 2006 and March 2007.
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Giants crush A’s in wine pairing
Though Napa Valley is just 50 miles away from the best […]

I just heard from Meghan Smith at Sonoma County Vintners, an association of over 145 Sonoma County winemakers. Meghan alerted me to this year’s Sonoma County Showcase Weekend of Wine & Food, an annual event that benefits the Redwood Empire Food Bank, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Petaluma, and Windsor, and the […]

San Francisco startup SustainLane has created a Yelp-like Web 2.0 web directory to spur user-generated reviews of green products and services that tap the growing interest in sustainable living.
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