| Portland, Ore., is ready for its closeup |
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The secret's out. Long in the shadows of its bigger, glitzier Northwest sisters Seattle and Vancouver, Portland is ready to bask in some long overdue-attention. This friendly, environmentally focused city of nearly 600,000 is bathed by the mighty Columbia and Willamette (rhymes with 'dammit') rivers, capped by one gorgeous, ever-changing sky and ringed by snowcapped mountains. ... |
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| Swiss wine so good that the Swiss drink it all themselves |
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Wine tourism combines the enjoyment of views and vintages. Swiss scenery needs no introduction, but few people know Swiss wines.
It's not that they're not worth knowing - and that's the problem. The Swiss make such good wines that they drink nearly all they make. About one per cent is exported, therefore unless you're friends with one Swiss restaurateur, the only place you'll taste Swiss wine is Switzerland. ... |
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| A cheap red that puts depanneurs to shame |
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| If you look at the map of Spain, you'll see that Madrid, its capital city, lies pretty much at the geographic centre of the country. The city of Valdepenas, with its population of 27,000, is 75 kilometres due south of Madrid in the region of Castile-La Mancha, an enormous, hot, arid plateau. Valdepenas is very much one wine city. ... |
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