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Amount per hour (in U.S. dollars) that Margrit Biever, the first female tour guide in the Napa Valley, was paid at Charles Krug Winery in the 1950s. Worried that she didn’t know enough about wine when she got the job, Biever took wine classes at the University of California, Davis. In 1980, she married Robert Mondavi whose family owned Charles Krug Winery. Margrit Biever passed away in 2016.

Avocado Toast, the snack that for years now, has been a popular favorite in cafes around the U.S., is originally from what country?

A. Mexico

B. Cuba

C. Australia

D. South Africa

Avocado toast was first served by Australian restaurateur Bill Granger 26 years ago in a corner breakfast café in Sydney. Since its inception, the dish has become a global phenomenon, characteristic of the rising popularity of Australian-style breakfasts and brunches among millennials. Granger may have been the first Australian to put avocado toast on a menu, but he was no means the first Australian to put the two things together. Sir W.W. Cairns, the Governor of Queensland from 1875-1877, told colleagues he was very fond of the fruit for breakfast, and he used to eat it “spread on bread, with pepper and salt to give it some zest.” The British publication The Colonies and India, released an agricultural dispatch in 1891 which included one of the earliest written accounts of bread with avocado (avocadoes at the time were called “alligator pears,”) from Australia’s Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

Vin de Texas

Although it surprises many people, Texas is the 5thleading state in the U.S. in wine production. The state boasts more than 350 wineries and has some 4,000 acres of vineyards. In landmass, Texas is bigger… Continue reading

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