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As the orange wine category slowly becomes more mainstream, it’s not surprising that someone would try to create a premium offering, and when Patrick Schmidt MW tasted just such a product, he was impressed. Orange Wine Master: Gerard Bertrand’s Villa Soleil receives top score at Orange Wine Masters 2024 Yes, the sparkling amber wine, costing over £100 (almost £200 in fact), is now available to buy and is the first truly premium orange wine bottled in a weighty, impressive bottle befitting a New World “icon”. But is it “fine”? I think it is, in the sense of a wine with…

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Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president following her pivotal debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, calling Harris a “steadfast and talented leader.””I will be voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President in 2024,” Swift wrote on Instagram to her more than 283 million followers. “I am voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes we deserve and I believe she needs a warrior to defend them. I think she is a solid and talented leader and I believe this country can accomplish so much more if…

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As I mentioned last week, I hate picking Week 1 NFL games.But to my surprise, I had a good week.I’m off to a strong start to the 2024 NFL season, going 8-6-2 against the spread and 10-6 straight up. The unpredictability of the first week is the challenge. The next part is figuring out how realistic Week 1 is.I hope I’ve done a good job of spotting the fakes here, as I want to maintain a win rate above 50% in two weeks.The first week wasn’t so bad.Let’s hope week 2 is even better. Thursday, 8:15pm ET (Prime Video)Josh Allen…

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As I mentioned last week, I hate picking Week 1 NFL games.But to my surprise, I had a good week.I’m off to a strong start to the 2024 NFL season, going 8-6-2 against the spread and 10-6 straight up. The unpredictability of the first week is the challenge. The next part is figuring out how realistic Week 1 is.I hope I’ve done a good job of spotting the fakes here, as I want to maintain a win rate above 50% in two weeks.The first week wasn’t so bad.Let’s hope week 2 is even better. Thursday, 8:15pm ET (Prime Video)Josh Allen…

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver presents the Larry O’Brien Trophy to Boston Celtics majority owner Wyck Grousbeck at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on June 17, 2024. (Photo by ELSA/Getty Images)NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver couldn’t help but mention the NFL’s success, or rather the illusion, that every team enters a season with a chance to thrive if things go well.”This isn’t necessarily artificial equality,” Silver said at a Manhattan news conference Tuesday afternoon after the NBA Board of Governors meeting. “We’re swinging the ante every season saying we want to make sure every team has an equal opportunity.…

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Philadelphia CNN  —  Kamala Harris baited Donald Trump for nearly all of the 1 hour and 45 minutes of their first and potentially only debate on Tuesday night – and Trump took every bit of it. The vice president had prepared extensively for their debate, and peppered nearly every answer with a comment designed to enrage the former president. She told Trump that world leaders were laughing at him, and military leaders called him a “disgrace.” She called Trump “weak” and “wrong.” She said Trump was fired by 81 million voters – the number that voted for President Joe Biden…

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The Big Golf Race, the UK’s biggest golf fundraiser, inspiring players to go the extra mile and raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK, has benefited from a partnership with award-winning podcast, The Chipping Forecast, with thousands of listeners across the UK signing up and contributing to the groundbreaking charity work. Over the course of 12 weeks, more than half a million listeners (604,177) listened to acclaimed presenter and top commentator Andrew Cotter encourage golfers up and down the country to sign up to take part in the big golf race. Hosted alongside Cotter will be DP World Tour player…

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Yale’s club sports teams have begun hosting tryouts for freshmen and returning students. Rachel Mack September 11, 2024 3:03 AM Courtesy of Yale Club Running Club sports and tryouts have just begun for the 2024-25 school year, with eager freshmen and seniors returning. The variety of sports available means multiple levels of competition for students to rejoin or try for the first time. Yale Offers Students can participate in 38 sports across 48 club teams, ranging from mainstream sports like basketball and swimming to niche sports like martial arts and indoor climbing. Most tryouts are held during the first few…

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Loyalsock’s Gavin Grieco (18) tries to clear the ball on a corner kick during the first half of the game against Central Columbia at Loyalsock. Dave Kennedy/Sun-GazetteLoyalsock knew it was going to be a tough battle coming into their home game against unbeaten Central Columbia on Tuesday night, and unfortunately for the Lancers, it didn’t take long for the Blue Jays to score, and the Blue Jays took the momentum from there.Central Columbia scored two goals within the first 12 minutes of Tuesday’s game to win 8-0 and remain unbeaten, while the Lancers fell to .500 at 3-3. Four different…

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday.This was the first debate between the two candidates and took place less than two months before Election Day, but it was actually the second presidential debate of this election cycle.President Joe Biden withdrew from the race after a disastrous performance in a June debate and threw his support behind Ms Harris, who is seeking to win the Democratic nomination and become the first woman president of the United States.Trump, who survived an assassination attempt eight days…

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