Levi Reiss

I Love German Wine - A Riesling Auslese From Mosel

You may well remember the days of cheap, cloying German Rieslings that turned many people away from Riesling and German whites in general. This is not such a wine. Even if you don't like sweet white wine I definitely think you should try this one or a sim... Read >

I Love Upscale Wines - A Tignanello Super Tuscan Red

After several years and more than one hundred fifty wine reviews this is our very first review of a nearly $100 wine. Before you say that you'll never spend so much money on a single bottle of wine, please note that $100 may get you four movie theatre tic... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Review Of $10 Wines - A Chardonnay From Victoria, Australia

You may know that Australia is a major wine producer and a major wine exporter. This is one of our first reviews of an inexpensive Australian wine. Today's wine comes from Victoria, the smallest mainland Australian state but the second largest wine produ... Read >

A Wine Lover's Nearly Weekly Review Of $15 Wine - An Israeli Red (Italian Grape)

Barbera is one of the most widely found red Italian grapes. Nut this Barbera wine comes from Israel where the Recanati family settled about one hundred years ago. You might guess from the name that they came from Italy. The winery has only been in busines... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Kosher Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon

Chile can be a fine country for Cabernet Sauvignon. This one comes from the Central Valley viticultural region, the oldest and most traditional wine producing area of Chile. That region is divided into four areas, including the Maule Valley, which is not ... Read >

Diet Programs And Meals - The Montignac Diet

The Montignac Diet was invented in the 1990s by Michel Montignac, a pharmaceutical industry executive. In addition to helping you lose weight, this diet has the goal of improving your pancreatic health but to do so you must follow it for at least two mont... Read >

Diet Programs And Meals - The Mono Diet

As you can tell from its name, the Mono Diet means eating only a single food. The most common varieties are the grape and the rice diet. The grape mono diet lasts for one to three weeks. The rice mono diet lasts between three to ten days. These diets clai... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Vino Novello Dated 2010

It's that time of year. Many businesses are finally going into the black. If you live in our part of the world, winter is almost knocking at the door. And the new wines have arrived. This once smashing marketing campaign started with the French back in th... Read >

Diet Programs And Meals - The Mincavi Diet

The Mincavi Diet was created in 1984 by Lyne Martineau. This diet was inspired by the Canadian Food Guide. It offers five weight loss programs, varying from 1400 to 2000 calories daily. On your initial visit to a Mincavi center you will be assigned a prog... Read >

A Wine Lover's Nearly Weekly Review Of $15 Wine - A 2010 Beaujolais Villages Nouveau

This article treats the famous French red wine that arrives just in time for Thanksgiving, Beaujolais Nouveau. This wine is released for sale right after the stroke of midnight on the third Thursday in November. Believe it or not they make and sell millio... Read >

Diet Programs And Meals- The Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean Diet stems from the dietary habits of people who live near the Mediterranean Sea. When following it, calculate your daily caloric needs and reduce this amount by 200 to 300 to determine your caloric intake, as explained shortly. You may ... Read >

A Wine Lover's Nearly Weekly Review Of $15 Wine - A Falanghina From Southern Italian

One of my very first Italian wine reviews was a really impressed Falanghina white from the region of Molise in central Italy. Now a few years later I'll be tasting this same grape from the neighboring region of Campania in southern Italy. The producer has... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Peloponnesian Greek Wine

This will be our third Greek wine review. The first was a sweet wine from the island of Samos. Then came a red from the island of Crete also made by today's producer. Now we continue with a white from the Peloponnesian peninsula. This particular wine come... Read >

I Love Australian Wine - A Southeastern Australia Pinot Noir

This is our second review of Australian wine in only a few weeks. You may realize that Australia is a major wine exporter in particular supplying the United States and the United Kingdom. While this wine was bottled in the Hunter Valley region of New Sout... Read >

Diet Plans And Menus - The Mayo Clinic Diet

The Mayo Clinic Diet was created at the world famous Mayo Clinic. Women following this diet eat a maximum of 1200-1600 calories a day depending on weight. Men eat a maximum of 1400-1800 calories a day. The Mayo Clinic diet defines its own nutritional pyra... Read >