winter wine.

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We have a wine collection inside a wine fridge. The hinges broke after our last move and now the temp. is not always correct. My hubby wants to store the wine in the attic and get rid of the fridge. If this is stored in the winter (in Canada, cold cold) will it freeze and also will it still be any good???

It would have to get pretty cold for wine to freeze, but then again, it’s Canada and it does get very cold.
The collection does not have to freeze to ruin. It just has to get very cold over a long period of time. I would look for an area in the basement that will not be heated to an extremely high temp. Any where were you can keep the wine under 70 deg. Also keep it form any direct light. If you have no basement, find the coolest area of the home, keep the wine enclosed and you should do well.

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic
hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting

of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor the aluminum can had been invented yet, so while our early ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That’s how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is now known as the Conservative movement. Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQs and doing the sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men.

Most social workers, personal injury lawyers, journalists, dreamers in
Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the
designated hitter rule because it wasn’t fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get something for nothing.

Here ends today’s lesson in world history.

Seems to sum it up quite nicely.

I like passing out in front of my fireplace with a nice bottle of Cab.

For extra credit:
What is the best way to get wine stains out of carpet?

T.H.O.

Extra credit: Move the rug to cover it.

Dagie Brundert / Germany / 2006

A slow Berlin winter sunken in snow. This experimental film; shot though red filters changes the dull colours of a cold winter into a warmer red wine haze, as the narrator waits for winter to pass and the hyacinth to grow.

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Naples Winter Wine Festival 5 of 5

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Saw this song off of House. Fantastic!!!!! BTW If you like this song from House, then you chould check out my page where I will be putting up the other song from the same episode.

And here are the lyrics:

There are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon
Summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon
And she chose a yard to burn but the ground remembers her
Wooden spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms

There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days
Autumn blew the quilt right off the perfect bed she made
And she’s chosen to believe in the hymns her mother sings
Sunday pulls its children from their piles of fallen leaves

There are sailing ships that pass all our bodies in the grass
Springtime calls her children ’till she let’s them go at last
And she’s chosen where to be, though she’s lost her wedding ring
Somewhere near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds

There are things we can’t recall, blind as night that finds us all
Winter tucks her children in, her fragile china dolls
But my hands remember hers, rolling ’round the shaded ferns
Naked arms, her secrets still like songs I’d never learned

There are names across the sea, only now I do believe
Sometimes, with the windows closed, she’ll sit and think of me
But she’ll mend his tattered clothes and they’ll kiss as if they know
A baby sleeps in all our bones, so scared to be alone

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[[ Forgive me if I got the words wrong]]
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When theres clouds theres always rains
when theres tears theres always pain
So im leaving it all behind me again..
cause im flying south for winter..

I know I should just hold on…
I know I should just be strong..
I been strong for far too long!
Im flying south for winter..

See these hands, I used for wrong..
see these feet, they walked for so long..
I seen that place, I been there and gone…
now im flying south for winter….

Tell me why you tot me none..
Now just look at what I have done..
Take my wounds and make them gone..
im flying south for winter…

Ill find a place where I can rest
take these worrys off my chest..
Ive done all I can.. I tried my best..
now im flying south for winter..

turn this water in to wine..
drown my sorrows one last time..
cause tomorrow! the sun will shine!
im flyin south for winter..

One day you’ll wake.. and ill be gone..
From this place I been for so long..
and ill prey.. you here my song..
when your flying south for winter..

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I want a dry wedding, but I know that won’t go over great with 90% of our guests (which in a small wedding makes a big difference lol), so my groom and I thought about just offering a couple selections of wine, as well as a signature eggnog cocktail (a recipe we got from Martha Stewart).

Would this limited selection be better then a dry wedding, or would it be better just to offer no alcohol?

Would an eggnog cocktail be too “Christmasy” if the wedding was in February?
I should add some details: I am the only one in my family who does not like eggnog, and most of the guests are from my family. Since I don't really drink anyways, this shouldn't be a problem lol. I also don't want beer at my wedding.

I'd offer up a red & white wine, along with some champagne for the toast, and maybe the signature drink. I'm not personally a huge fan of eggnog, and there are a considerable number of people who are lactose intolerant (or even vegetarian/vegan) and that would preclude them.

At my wedding (December 30th), we just offered beer, two wines & champagne for toasts, as well as soda, water & juice (for the non-drinkers) and had a couple of bottles of apple cider on hand for them as well.

Best wishes whatever you decide!

ANother video edit i did for one of my favorite songs i took some old commercials and put em together

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