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No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn’t keep it bubbly

No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn’t keep it bubbly

At a recent tasting, I was presenting some sparkling wines from the Limoux region of France, a region that produced sparkling wines at least 100 years before wines from the Champagne region were well known.
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Ask Ellie: Questioning husband's sexuality may reflect wife's insecurity

Ask Ellie: Questioning husband's sexuality may reflect wife's insecurity

Perhaps the confused spouse should ask or figure out what gets, or has previously gotten, her husband passionate
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Ask Ellie: Mom should appreciate adult daughter as she is

Ask Ellie: Mom should appreciate adult daughter as she is

Worrying about a child's well-being is natural, but if they don't want your help, persisting at offering advice can be counter-productive.
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Ask Ellie: Relationship-focused resolutions can help turn life around

Ask Ellie: Relationship-focused resolutions can help turn life around

New Year’s resolutions can be a useful tool to help you improve your relationships
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Garden to Table: Biochar by the jar - a gift for friends naughty and nice

Garden to Table: Biochar by the jar - a gift for friends naughty and nice

An amendment to help build healthy, balanced, self-regulating edible ecosystems, and sequester carbon in soil
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Popular Vancouver brunch spot packing up and heading to the North Shore

Popular Vancouver brunch spot packing up and heading to the North Shore

For their 10th anniversary, the restaurant is moving into brand new digs across the water
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Ask Ellie: Use past experiences to avoid smarmy bottom-feeders

Ask Ellie: Use past experiences to avoid smarmy bottom-feeders

Unwanted advances at young age made young woman wary
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Ask Ellie: Selfishness at root of relatives' shunning of family

Ask Ellie: Selfishness at root of relatives' shunning of family

Man has paid his debt to society
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Ask Ellie: Husband 'embarrassed' by story of wife's Vegas trip at 19

Ask Ellie: Husband 'embarrassed' by story of wife's Vegas trip at 19

Never believe a stranger’s nasty comments about someone you love/trust
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Ask Ellie: With 40% divorce rate, leap of faith a factor in all marriages

Ask Ellie: With 40% divorce rate, leap of faith a factor in all marriages

What keeps people together besides romantic love, is shared core values
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