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...yourselves. A new wave of wine marketing is upon us. Julie Brosterman found herself drenched in it as she strolled the aisles of a Rite Aid in Los Angeles. Surrounding her were towering displays of pink and white wines in bottles bearing such flowery names as Seduction and White Lie. Brosterman, creator of the website womenwine.com derisively dubs them the Virginia Slims of the wine trade...
...reads as if it were from a romance novel: "voluptuous, with sensual flavours and a velvet kiss." Says Ewing-Mulligan: "Seduction is so outrageous that it's almost acceptable," and it helps that the Wine Spectator gave the Bordeaux-style blend a respectable 89 rating. But there is White Lie Early Season Chardonnay--a de-alcoholized concoction selling for about $10 a bottle, aimed at women who are counting calories. In this case, it's what's inside the bottle that is "downright offensive," says Ewing-Mulligan, who in 1993 was the first U.S. woman to earn a Master...
...grapes were grown. Its ultimate flavor, though, will also reflect the burnishing influence of the years it lay in wait of a corkscrew. As more women discover that age-old truth about wine and waiting, it's a good bet that fewer will settle for the little White Lie of a cutesy label...
...TIME: My mother used to say: You're known by the company you keep. Another way of saying that is: If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Is that part of your problem...
...ground, however, it is often hard to read, particularly north and south of San Francisco where it strays offshore, runs through dense redwood forests and even disappears beneath houses and streets. In many populated areas, it's impossible to tell just where the active strands of the fault lie because so many features have been filled in or bulldozed away...