Bench Grafts: Pinotblogger wine links

January 25th, 2008 → 10:38 am @ Josh Hermsmeyer


Ahem.

ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

Now that that’s out of the way, on to the links.

  • Yeast and sugar may be the answer to cheap power in Africa. Our mighty wine soldiers have so many fun uses.

    According to the inventor, Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, this multi-chambered hamster wheel yeast spinner has the potential to “generate power for cell phones, $100 laptops, and other things in Africa. People can leave this thing to charge their phones/$100 laptops overnight.”

    The good doctor is looking for investors, so click through if you are feeling philanthropic.

  • New website Rules of Thumb has a wine section. My favorite rule of thumb: “A winery’s standards start to slip if it produces more than 50,000 cases of wine per year,” by Chalone founder and COO Dick Graff. Link.

  • 8 Straight Benefits of Red Wine over at Dumb Little Man. The French government may want to remind their citizens that ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH, but according to lots of other research moderate consumption has many healthful benefits. Which I’m sure you already knew. But did you know this? Red wine correlates with reduced risk of death from nearly all causes. Good times.

  • Last but certainly not least, Jeff at Indiscriminate Ideas tried out the pinotblogger steak recipe and declared it a “phenomenal way to cook a steak and one that you need to try soon.”

Right on. Thanks Jeff! If you’d like to rock the pinotblogger steak tonight, the instructions are here.

Have a fantastic weekend.