wine

A New York Times… Read the rest article published May 13th, 2011, states the following: “OREGON is hiking country. It’s also wine country, with vineyards that are increasingly destinations for oenophiles. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the combination of hiking and wine tasting has a name: wiking.”
Three days later–in response to

Besides beer, I think it’s safe to argue (I’m not using any statistics here, so don’t quote me) that wine is one of the top choices of alcoholic beverage across the world.
Perhaps you’re sipping some champagne—which, as we all know, is just carbonated wine—and you’re feeling classy. Or maybe… Read the rest

The world’s oldest winery–complete with a wine press, a large storage vat and drinking vessels–has been discovered in a cave in Armenia, proving that wine has been a part of human life for thousands of years.
The very first signs of winemaking and drinking were discovered in 2007, when, according… Read the rest

I actually did this once when I was living in Kyrgyzstan. Only instead of a shoe I used a hard-cover copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Thank you Voldemort.
[Via: Boing Boing]… Read the rest