Future Wine

Future Wine

(First published in print in Stoneboat 5.1 – Fall 2014) Climate change will challenge traditional wine making, while new areas of the world will be able to grow competitive vintages, even North Korea.  Here are some new wines we can expect to please our palates...
Vikings Discover Florida?

Vikings Discover Florida?

Did the Vikings discover Florida?  Imagine that Njord had blown a few L’Anse Aux Meadows-bound Longships off course way south, say, to the mouth of the St. Johns River.  The Vikings would have had a 400 year head start on the Spanish, and greeted them with open...