Football

Featured Wine Grape: Italian Arneis
CRISTINA ASCHERI ARNEIS, LANGHE, ITALY 2004 $15 So disappointed was I by the Colli Perugini I bought for my Forza Azzurri World Cup Final post that I almost immediately picked...
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August 18, 2006

Flying High
From the BBC Sports web site: “Crystal Palace … go top of the Championship table.” Anyone remember the days when the papers wouldn’t publish a League table until after at...
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August 9, 2006

Park Life
(This post goes out to WEQX, for playing Bloc Party’s ‘Miracle,’ Dandy Warhols’ ‘We Used To Be Friends,’ Devo’s cover of ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,’ and Fatboy Slim’s ‘That...
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July 19, 2006

France’s Aging Magician Conjures A Final Trick
How was the NY Times so prescient when it placed Zinédine Zidane on the front cover of its Sunday edition yesterday, with the above headline? Unless, of course, the editors...
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July 10, 2006

The Wine World Cup Final: Forza Azzurri!
In further preparation for the Wine World Cup Final, and following on from my previous Allez Les Bleus post on recent French wines I’ve tasted, here are reports on a...
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July 8, 2006

The Wine World Cup Final: It Should be a Grape Game
It’s occurred to me rather late in the day that a committed wine-drinking footballing blogger could have had a field day (pun fully intended) predicting this World Cup. Look at...
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July 6, 2006

Why Don’t You Say What You REALLY Think
“As the golden age of English football sat weeping in the centre circle at the end of Saturday’s quarter-final against Portugal, having again entered a penalty shoot-out with the confidence...
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July 5, 2006

Why England Won’t Win The World Cup
We’re just not good enough. ___________ See previous entries: Why England Won’t Win The World Cup, Why England WILL Win The World Cup, Why England Will Win the World Cup:...
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July 3, 2006