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Harvest!!!

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Vandangeurs at work “Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land.” Leviticus 26:5 There’s something super-scriptural about harvest time. Be it the harvesting of apples, cherries or grapes, the time signifies the reaping of what has been sown. The joy of a fruitful harvest is however never guaranteed. Hence wine producers pray steadfastly for perfect climate conditions for their particular grapes, which in turn, make different types of wine. Apples ripe for picking   The Moselle region of Luxembourg is famous for the harvesting of grapes (Vintage) during the months of September–October annually. Vineyard growers or owners and vandangeur (French word for grape pickers) gear up for the hard work of cutting, separating dead leaves, weeds and bugs from the grapes and transporting them to the production factories of famous wine houses in

Oh, that smell§§§

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Produce Candles As people become more conscious of the impact human leave on the earth we live on, we begin to desire sustainable lifestyle. Many want to eat healthier, buy less, waste less or even bath less to conserve water! As we move along those paradigms, we find that these choices are not only more expensive but they also require a lot of time and commitment. Sustainable lifestyle choices involve choosing products that are made with natural ingredients; most times these products are handmade and many are made to have positive social impacts. Hence they are often more pricey. Candles are one of such products. Most candles are made with paraffin wax. Paraffin when burned releases carcinogens fumes similar to Benzene (vehicle fuel) and Toluene. Burn a Paraffin candle in a room long enough and the ceiling and walls around that room will eventually turn charcoal black. Many brands tend to use more renewable resources in wax making such as Soy and Beeswax. Produce Candl

Should we pay more for similar quality?

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Poll on Ice Crémant de Luxembourg If home-grown grapes are being used to produce sparkling wine in several European countries through a specified method, why does Champagne cost more? Some factors that have been attributed to this significantly higher cost of champagne are the harsher growing climate of grapes in the Champagne region of Northern France. This makes for more laborious cultivation hence higher prices. Expertise and established valuable brand identity have also been quoted as factors relating to the high price on Champagne. Despite these challenges, all of the hype and associated bourgeois, the Champagne region and its wine houses are adapting their business models to a new generation of consumer behaviour! As other sparkling wine producers in Europe begin to expand on the varieties of grapes types they grow, the possibilities to introduce new splendid alternatives increase. On the wine growing region of Luxembourg, the Moselle region, producers have added such