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Merlot Made From Hamptons Vineyard for $100 Beats Vintage Saint-Emilion After making wine since 1992 surrounded
by the mansions of the Hamptons, Roman Roth got the ingredients
for the ideal vintage last summer: steady sunshine and little
rain.
It's Steamy in the City and the Dim Sum's Seductively Cool: Richard Vines Dim sum is turning into the all-day
breakfast of Chinese cuisine, a meal taken out of its cultural
context and repackaged for popular consumption at any time.
Hewlett-Packard Mini-Note Notebook Beats Asus, Intel Models: Grace Aquino Sometimes paying more is worth it.
That's the case with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new 2133 Mini-Note
laptop, a sleeker, sturdier and more powerful ultra-portable
notebook than Asustek Computer Inc.'s Eee PC and Intel Corp.'s
Classmate PC.
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BMW's M3 Coupe Stokes Racetrack Fantasies While You Run Errands Talk about love affairs gone bad. A
number of guys I know -- and they were all guys -- were
infatuated with BMW's previous-generation M3, the more
passionate version of the already saucy 3 Series coupe. Of those
who got involved, one clumsy driver burned up a succession of
clutches; a second let it languish in the shop after several
fender-benders; and a third never got it over 85 miles per hour,
claiming he was ``still breaking in the engine.''
Big-Gulp-Size Yukon Hybrid SUV Tries to Be Green, Gets 20 Mpg How dare you lump this gargantuan
5,800-pound SUV in with all the other gargantuan SUVs obscuring
your view of the road! Can't you see it's a hybrid? It says so in
big block letters on the sides, in decals on the front and back
windows and, well, all over. Even with three rows of seating,
fitting eight, it's obviously not just another SUV.
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Hewlett-Packard Notebook Beats Asus, Intel Models: Grace Aquino Sometimes paying more is worth it.
That's the case with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new 2133 Mini-Note
laptop, a sleeker, sturdier and more powerful ultra-portable
notebook than Asustek Computer Inc.'s Eee PC and Intel Corp.'s
Classmate PC.
Seven Ways to Cut Your Electric Bill: Grace Aquino (Correct) As gas prices rise and global warming
becomes an increasing threat, conserving energy has never been
more important. These energy-saving products can help you cut
costs and decrease your impact on the environment. Every little
bit counts.
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It's Steamy in the City and the Dim Sum's Cool: Richard Vines Dim sum is turning into the all-day
breakfast of Chinese cuisine, a meal taken out of its cultural
context and repackaged for popular consumption at any time.
Manila's Bonifacio Sheds Military Past With Deluxe Restaurants Bonifacio Global City, a high-end
business and residential area in Manila, once served as an
American base and the Philippine Army headquarters. Nothing about
its dining scene suggests military austerity.
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FBI, Scotland Yard, Billionaire Pore Over Suspect Wine: Review It was the most expensive bottle of
wine ever sold, a 1787 Chateau Lafite supposedly owned by Thomas
Jefferson. After heated bidding, the Forbes family paid $156,000
for it at a 1985 Christie's auction in London. But was the wine
for real?
Petite Sirah (Not Syrah!) Gets Fan Club as Growers Get Serious You know a wine has an image problem
when it needs its own advocacy group. Which is why there is the
California-based PS I Love You Inc. The PS stands for petite
sirah, a grape whose principal problem is that wine lovers too
often confuse it with syrah, now increasingly called shiraz.
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Fleeing Beijing Smog to Hike Great Wall, Sample Mongolian Beef Escape from Beijing: That's the plan.
All week the capital has been beset by a thick scrim of
pollution, followed by rain, then more thick haze. I'm shocked
that I never see the sun for five straight days. So I hire a
driver and flee north.
Hate Flying? Take Scenic Boston Train, Roll Past Swans: Review Just minutes from New York, my Boston-
bound train climbs gently onto the majestic Hell Gate Bridge,
with the towers of Manhattan emerging between the cables of the
parallel Triborough Bridge. This vista alone could make you a
rail convert.
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