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1. D'usse Cognac VSOP Review

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   D'usse Cognac VSOP is the lastest offering from Bacardi's Chateau de Cognac, the Cognac house that produces Baron Otard.  This is not your ordinary bottle of Cognac.  It's producers have gone for a completely different look on the bottle.  It's a bit gothic, a bit midieval with a double cross on a squat bottle with ...Read More

2. Campari Poached Pears with Raspberry Sauce

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   Recently arrived from the folks at Campari, a perfect end to any holiday party. Created by chef Nancy Verde Barr. Ingredients 2 cups cranberry-raspberry juice drink 1 ¼ cups sugar 1/2 cup Campari 3 3xl-inch strips orange peel (orange part only) 6 Bosc pears (each about 7 ounces) 1 lemon, cut in half 1 10-ounce package frozen ...Read More

3. Win A Trip to the Glastonbury Music Festival

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   The makers of my beloved Newcastle Brown Ale want to send you to the Glastonbury Music Festival in England! Why? Because, who doesn’t like a rock show in a small English town with a mystical past? Glastonbury is said to be the burial place of King Aurthur. The whole area’ known as the “Isle of Avalon”, is over ...Read More

4. Suck & Blow

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   The perfect Valentine's treat! The Suck & Blow is a fun new way for people to share jello shots. Invented by Doug Hamer of South Carolina, the S&B, as it is known, is a jello shot encased in a six inch tube. What results is unabated, sexy fun. Two drinkers suck and blow to get the ...Read More

5. Tru (True) Blood: Not Just For Vampires Anymore

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   I love, love, love True Blood. I have read all of the books, watched the TV shows and even attended True Blood fan events through the Paley Center (for all of you True Blood fans out there, Vampire Eric and Werewolf Alcide look as good in person). Imagine my delight when we received a couple ...Read More