Archive for March, 2009

How good are they? Only the tape knows for sure

Friday, March 6th, 2009

The British Broadcasting Corp. is planning television coverage of the Alltech FEI European Championships in August at Windsor Castle.
For American riders who can’t travel to England this summer, the BBC images could be their best look at the competition before they face many of the same riders in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at [...]

Beware of the dog, and the “loon vine,” too

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

It’s not a buffalo, it’s a dog.
Buffalo Trace, which likes to produce bourbons with all sorts of different labels and bottle shapes, is adding another.
But it’s not bourbon. It’s white dog, the 125-proof distillate that is clear and strong before it mellows in oaken barrels. There’s another name for it that rhymes with “loon vine.”
Buffalo [...]