111.   Alas, so many Italian white wines are watery and forgettable.

112.   All four wines were dead.

113.   All the sparrows eventually got home safely, and six weeks later, on a crisp October day, the wine was ready for the ecumenical folks of Minneapolis.

114.   Alsatian wines are doing well, and Austrian wines are suddenly everywhere.

115.   All the while the wine is aging in casks and later bottled.

116.   Bulgarian wine is often excellent.

117.   Brecher and Gaiter say wine is a crossroad, a place where couples can meet each day, a place where conversation can linger.

118.   But almost without exception, the top wines at auctions are also very expensive when new.

119.   But beer is filling, and with the amount of food most of us are expected to ingest on Thanksgiving, wine is a wiser and more festive choice.

120.   But if one port house decides that its wines are not up to par, it will make no vintage wine that year.