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The whole wine world in one diagram [zoomable infographic]
Posted by staff / October 15, 2013Like wine? I do, but I sure don’t know as much about it as I should. Isn’t this a great illustration of all the wine types? Wendy MacNaughton sure has done a great job. For a zoomable infographic showing the full spectrum, see here: Brain Pickings. More stories about wine. Photo credit: Wendy MacNaughton
Read MoreMark Twain’s “Advice to Little Girls” as naughty as you’d expect
Posted by staff / April 7, 2013Just when you thought Mark Twain couldn’t get any cooler, Maria Popova of Brain Pickings digs up another gem that makes us fall in love with him all over again. In the summer of 2011, I chanced upon a lovely Italian edition of a little-known, playful short story young Mark Twain had written in 1865 at age …
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