Another male co-worker is now dealing with breast cancer. One of the great things about social networking is that you often get in contact with friends and classmates from a time when all was great, life was fun and we were all going to live forever. We probably all know some body that died of this disease and may also know survivors. MORE >>

liked the Ruche a great deal, yet you really must enjoy it with its native food and the I Trulli restaurant is a great seeing. Monferrato Rosso Il Re 2006. Chiara Ferraris. Did you know that wines from Italy are the most imported wines to the USA? Now certain Manhattanites (you now who you are!) mushrooms, pasta). Luca Ferraris. MORE >>

also admire Tom Brady a great deal for his leadership, ability to perform in clutch situations and his ability to raise the level of the players around him. am a bit late on this one, but we drank a bottle of one my favorite wines in the world, Cedric Bouchard’s 2006 Rose de Saignee Le Creux d’Enfer. His unedited replies follow below. MORE >>

And Ben said that he studiously avoids wines like these, that he can't deal with the alcohol and the big fruit. Here are the wines we tasted, with a few notes: Three of us picked the same wine as our favorite, the 2006 Delille Vin de Pays du Mont Caume Terre d' Omb re , $17, Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant. Aren't they? Some are, yes. MORE >>

The swift popularity of Amarone made its producers a great deal of money and set the tone for competition in terms of quality. Next was the Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC 2008 Repasso which saw 18 months in Sloavian Oak (delicious) and finally Amarone 2006, from hillside vineyards and matured for three years in Slovian Oak barrels. MORE >>