We discuss the political and legal environment surrounding Internet wine sales, and consider the arguments in the debate over direct shipment bans on wine by investigating the wine market in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Using a sample of wines identified by Wine and Spirits magazine’s annual restaurant poll, we find that 15 percent of wines available online were not availabl...

Secondary fermentation of sweet wine was prevented by the Delle stabilization procedure. For this procedure, advantage is taken of the inhibitory effects of high concentrations of sugar as well as of alcohol. Thus, relatively small amounts of wine spirits were added to fermenting musts to obtain stability, as compared to the conventional procedure in which larger amounts of alcohol are added an...

Background: Birthmarks are common reasons for parents’ concern.Some of them may need further investigation to find out theunderlying systemic disorders or their potential for malignanttransformation. The purpose of this study was to determine thefrequency of vascular and pigmented birthmarks in infants fromthe Northeast of Iran.Method: This descriptive study was conducted on 1000 healthyinfants...

Defoliation is a commonly used viticultural technique to balance the ratio between grapevine vegetation and fruit. Defoliation is conducted around the fruit zone to reduce the leaf photosynthetic area, and to increase sunlight exposure of grape bunches. Apical leaf removal is not commonly practiced, and therefore its influence on canopy structure and resultant wine aroma is not well-studied. Th...

Wine quality can be significantly affected by tannin and polysaccharide composition, which can in turn be influenced by grape maturity and winemaking practices. This study explored the impact of three commercial wine additives, a maceration enzyme, an enotannin, and a mannoprotein, on the composition and sensory properties of red wine, in particular, in mimicking the mouthfeel associated with w...

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare complex vascular with limb hypertrophy. KTS diagnosed if at least two of the three features capillary malformation, venous and soft tissue and/or bone overgrowth are present. Of these, malformation (i.e., port-wine stain) most commonly observed feature but may be absent in atypical KTS. We herein report case unilateral

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The conventional pulsed-dye laser (wavelength 585 nm, pulse duration 0.5 milliseconds) is seen as the standard treatment for port wine stains (PWS). Using the pulsed-dye laser at wavelengths of 590, 595, and 600 nm and at varying pulse durations of 1.5-40 milliseconds is one of the newest developments in the field, the therapeutic value of which has been examined in on...