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Approximate number of bottles of Piper Heidsieck Champagne that will be served at the Academy Awards, including the Governors Ball, the official Oscars after-party. Accompanying the bubbles: 22 pounds of American farm raised caviar, 800 stone crab claws, 7,500 individual shrimp, 20 gallons of gelato, 30 pounds edible gold dust, 7000 mini chocolate Oscars, plus a reserve chardonnay and cabernet from Francis Ford Coppola Winery.

What country has a famous wine region where women are not allowed?

A. Portugal

B. Greece

C. Israel

D. Georgia

Mt. Athos—where no woman has ever set foot—is located on the easternmost of the three “fingers” that make up Greece’s stunning Halkidiki Peninsula. Greek Orthodox monks have made wine continually on Mt. Athos for more than one thousand years. Known in Greek as “Holy Mountain,” the wine region is home to twenty monasteries—there are no other residences—and some 1700 monks who live an ascetic, isolated life. Only men are allowed to reside there or visit. Indeed, in order to maintain its males-only policy once Greece was admitted to the European Union, Mt. Athos had to be given a special exemption from the EU regulation stipulating the free movement of people across borders.

And Christ Cried

Made primarily from the white grapes code di volpe and verdeca and the red grapes piedirosso and aglianico grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, Lacryma Christi—Tears of Christ—is one of Campania’s most recognized wines… Continue reading

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