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...opening shots of "Vive Le Screwcap," Bonny Doon Vineyard's online video extolling the virtues of screwcapped wine, a faceless sommelier prepares for an evening at work, fastening his flashy cufflinks in a dimly lit boudoir. He reaches into a drawer full of corkscrews, scoops them up, and casts them into the trash. "Le cork est mort! (The cork is dead!)," the sommelier proclaims in a campy French accent. "Vive le screwcap...
...fond of his memory that they annually dress a short man in a big hat and parade him around to mark the anniversary of his death. Welcome to the island of Elba, off the west coast of Tuscany, and more specifically to Tenuta La Chiusa, a working vineyard where the warmonger once spent two nights during his nine-month Elban exile, before escaping to prepare for his last battle. Today, peace lovers can enjoy a relaxing farm holiday in one of the nine peasant cottages among the vines and olive groves. The decor is rustic - simple furniture...
Hometown: Martha’s Vineyard (yes, people live there year-round...
...After nine years, "I still don't." Born in Ethiopia to missionary parents, Andrews had begun college in Fullerton, Calif., when she met Brian, a Stanford grad and aerospace engineer from Los Angeles. Six months after they began dating, he awoke one day with a calling. Hired by Vineyard Church, he moved with his new wife to their current post in 2003. Bored and lonely, Andrews Googled "pastor's wife" and came upon dozens of websites--most created by older women partial to lace motifs and wheezy background hymns. "I was just not feeling the teddy bears and hearts," says...
...politics, the candidate striking the most optimistic note has the advantage, whether it's Franklin Roosevelt facing down fear, Ronald Reagan awakening to morning in America or Bill Clinton believing in a place called Hope. Giuliani is banking on this. Since leaving office, he has toiled diligently in the vineyard of positive thinking, delivering hundreds of motivational speeches - and earning millions in fees - to huge audiences of potential voters at conventions, commencements and all-day seminars like this...