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...micro-oxygenation - the slow release of small amounts of oxygen into the wine during fermentation, giving it a rounded quality (the same thing happens when wine is decanted or left to breathe). The other is speeding up the removal of grape pips during the fermentation process. Tannat grapes tend to have more pips than others - the characteristic that accounts for the high tannin content. The less exposure the fermenting juices have to the pips, the softer the end product. The end result is a wine that is marvelously complex, beautifully structured and rich with the flavors of spice and chocolate...
...prospective recipients, on their own or with help from hospice social workers, to complete an application detailing a preferred dream and an alternative. The applicant must meet the group's qualifications. It won't, for instance, grant wishes to people with chronic ailments who aren't terminally ill. Dreamers tend to come from low-income families that have little money for extras after illness has depleted whatever savings they had. When approved, a case gets assigned to one of 75 volunteer "dream captains," who organize the project and coax companies into donating products and services. Foundation staff members purchase services...
...editorial board’s goal that staff editorials tend to consistently reflect a particular point of view. On occasion, however, the “Staff” may decide to reverse its position on a particular issue, usually because new evidence or a new argument has arisen. Decisions to reverse a standing position, however, are not arrived at lightly...
Sometimes, the editorial board actively solicits particular pieces for the page; other times, we publish pieces that are submitted to us unsolicited. In either case, signed pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. In fact, we tend to give our writers, especially our columnists and editorial cartoonists, a substantial amount of free reign in choosing their topics; we value clarity and originality of an argument over the particular content of the argument itself...
...speak at the Kennedy School Forum. “I plan to make myself as available as I can be,” Whitman said. Visiting fellows usually address a wide variety of topics, in contrast to the resident fellows, who reside at Harvard for the entire semester and tend to focus on one topic, according to Burns. ”We pack a huge number of events into those days,” Burns said. “We try to match them up with a diverse set of student groups so that they can talk candidly about...