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Is wine living

YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART: Grapes get their "heart" on the farm. And then the wine "grows" in the bottle. Have a glass and drink to life.

America (Country Appellation)

Is Wine Living?

...And what does that say about us humans?

by Courtney Cochran
May 6, 2009



DropCap tHE most touching moments in the Academy Award-winning vinous romp Sideways come when characters like Virginia Madsen’s Maya or Paul Giamatti’s Miles wax poetic on wine. And my favorite of these speeches is easily the most inspired of them all: Madsen’s impassioned declaration – amidst the splendor of Santa Barbara wine country - that “wine is alive.”

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