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The Fittest Candy

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The Chairman’s Bottling

This may not seem exactly the perfect time to introduce it, but Korbel has released a special bottling of its brut champagne dedicated to Frank Sinatra.

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Rivers Run Through Him

Randall Grahm, the California winemaker formerly known as the Rho^ne Ranger (because of his experiments with southern French grape varieties), says he’s trying to reinvent Riesling as a Mediterranean grape and now wants to be known as the Rhine Ranger.

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Mr. Peabody Knows

More proof that “Rocky and Friends” was the most sophisticated TV show ever: In an episode recently re-shown, the canine super-genius Mr. Peabody introduces a segment where he and his human friend Sherman meet Lawrence of Arabia with these words: “Mahshi malfu^f, everyone.” Mahshi malfu^f is Arabic for stuffed cabbage.