Fynbos

Many South African wines have an aroma or flavor that South Africans call fynbos (FEIGN boss). The name means “fine leaved plants” in Afrikaans and describes a distinctive heathland of restios, heather, irises, daisies, orchids, and other plant species. Fynbos is found only on the southern coastal tip of Africa.

Each Thanksgiving holiday, the President of the United States spares the life of a turkey. Which President informally began the tradition of pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving?

A. Alexander Hamilton

B. Harry S. Truman

C. John F. Kennedy

D. George Washington

The tradition began with President John F. Kennedy, even though President Truman is often thought to have been the creator of the tradition after crates of live turkeys were sent to the White House in protest of “poultry free Thursdays” (which, in 1947 post World War II, the government encouraged). Alexander Hamilton, currently off-the-charts in popularity thanks to the Broadway musical Hamilton (tickets are $1000 each by the way), was not a president. And George Washington probably dined on too many turkeys to be in a position of pardoning them.

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Number of acres of vines planted in Pritchard Hill’s famed Stagecoach Vineyard, the largest contiguous vineyard in the Napa Valley. Earlier this year, this rocky hillside vineyard, planted mostly with cabernet sauvignon, was purchased in its entirety… Continue reading

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