Came across a really good article in Forbes on the basics of how to taste wine. See here.
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Showing posts with label Forbes. Show all posts
Friday, February 6, 2009
How to Taste Wine
Came across a really good article in Forbes on the basics of how to taste wine. See here.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Jerry Flint/ Forbes article on Auto Bailout
Excellent article, link here, in Forbes.com from Jerry Flint, one of my favorite authors regarding the auto industry. Some good paragraphs excerpted here:
It is easy for politicians to make rules and just declare that cars and trucks must get 35 miles per gallon, or 40 or 50. Unfortunately, the people making such proclamations and legislation do not understand what is possible and what is not possible. Nor do they understand whether consumers will buy cars that deliver exceptional mileage but lack all the other attributes that people want in an automobile.
Politicians should also stop using words and phrases that are misguided and misleading. One example: "If we could land a man on the moon, we can build a car that is free of pollution and earth-warming emissions."
Yes, for several billion dollars, the industry could build one such perfect car. That is what Jack Kennedy, NASA, the guys with the Right Stuff and America did: Create the technology to land two men at a time on the moon. They did not build spaceships to take 16 million tourists to the moon each year.
(Later referring to politicians who overuse the words "gas guzzler"...)
Those two silly words mean any vehicle that someone holier-than-thou thinks burns too much fuel. If you need it to carry your four children, it is a gas-guzzler. If you need it to make it through the snowdrifts or rutted farm roads, it is a gas-guzzler. If you need it to tow your trailer with donated goods down to Goodwill, it is a gas-guzzler. Funny, Air Force One, the giant Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 747 at Obama's disposal, is not a guzzler. Nor is that new presidential limousine that probably weighs about as much as an armored truck.
It is easy for politicians to make rules and just declare that cars and trucks must get 35 miles per gallon, or 40 or 50. Unfortunately, the people making such proclamations and legislation do not understand what is possible and what is not possible. Nor do they understand whether consumers will buy cars that deliver exceptional mileage but lack all the other attributes that people want in an automobile.
Politicians should also stop using words and phrases that are misguided and misleading. One example: "If we could land a man on the moon, we can build a car that is free of pollution and earth-warming emissions."
Yes, for several billion dollars, the industry could build one such perfect car. That is what Jack Kennedy, NASA, the guys with the Right Stuff and America did: Create the technology to land two men at a time on the moon. They did not build spaceships to take 16 million tourists to the moon each year.
(Later referring to politicians who overuse the words "gas guzzler"...)
Those two silly words mean any vehicle that someone holier-than-thou thinks burns too much fuel. If you need it to carry your four children, it is a gas-guzzler. If you need it to make it through the snowdrifts or rutted farm roads, it is a gas-guzzler. If you need it to tow your trailer with donated goods down to Goodwill, it is a gas-guzzler. Funny, Air Force One, the giant Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 747 at Obama's disposal, is not a guzzler. Nor is that new presidential limousine that probably weighs about as much as an armored truck.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Up and coming food capitol?
Another interesting story on Forbes.com about up and coming foodie havens. Check out which small town they had listed as one of their finds! Link here to story.
Fredericksburg, Texas
About an hour north of San Antonio, Fredericksburg might not strike some as an emerging culinary destination. But the city, which is in the heart of Texas hill country, is home to a handful of creative restaurants. At August E's, the menu features a mushroom salad with warm baby oysters and a champagne and sherry mignonette. At the Fredericksburg Herb Farm, pork tenderloin is wrapped in bacon, dressed with a green apple glaze and served with a smoked cheddar-apple crisp.
--Chosen by Erik Wolf, president of the International Culinary and Tourism Association.
Fredericksburg, Texas
About an hour north of San Antonio, Fredericksburg might not strike some as an emerging culinary destination. But the city, which is in the heart of Texas hill country, is home to a handful of creative restaurants. At August E's, the menu features a mushroom salad with warm baby oysters and a champagne and sherry mignonette. At the Fredericksburg Herb Farm, pork tenderloin is wrapped in bacon, dressed with a green apple glaze and served with a smoked cheddar-apple crisp.
--Chosen by Erik Wolf, president of the International Culinary and Tourism Association.
Dude, where's my flying car?
Very interesting video article on Forbes' web site (incidentally, one of my all-time favorite web sites). See here:
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