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Former Mayor of Detroit-turned-celebrated author Kwame Kilpatrick is in a celebratory mood this holiday season and wants to share with his fans and readers. Those who visit his official website and purchase a copy of his book, Surrendered: The Rise, Fall and Revelation of Kwame Kilpatrick, before the New Year will receive an autographed commemorative t-shirt of the author (pictured) free. Fans of [...]
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Just recently one of my favorite wine magazines arrived with a special section on Italian wines and winemakers. I was struck by one interesting fact: none of the people I was caught up by were young. Angelo Gaja is 71, still in charge of his wine world, but training the next generation to take over. Franco Biondi Santo is in his [...]
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Social media when done well can help any one, any thing, any place. Here is another great example! The tiny village of Obermutten in the Graubünden area of Switzerland has gotten itself a sizable online following—putting itself on the map for would-be visitors—through its pledge to print out every Facebook fan’s profile picture and post it on the [...]
December 07, 2011 | No Comments
Tonight is the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Once again CBS will be airing it at 10pm EST, but tonight’s event will not be your typical traditional media program. The broadcast’s digital team is pulling out their sexiest ideas to enhance your online experience. Before, during and after the televised exhibition are several ways to get more [...]
December 07, 2011 | No Comments
Some of you will remember a recent article about the disaster that wiped out nearly one third of the production of Australia’s Mollydooker most expensive wine. We tracked the story, how the loading equipment bringing wines to be shipped to the US crashed to the cement. We can be assured that the shattering of glass echoed around the [...]
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Dr. Joel M. Fisher is a renowned wine enthusiast, educator and columnist. He also leads Los Angeles’ biggest and most prestigious wine, brew and spirits festival LA WineFest. This week Dr. Fisher discusses summer wine events and August’s upcoming Rhone Ranger event: Summer is just beginning. We’ve survived Carmagedon (or Autodammerung if you heard that on KUSC), and wine events [...]
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