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Irregular reflections of a wine lover – #64

On November 2, 2012 · 3 Comments

Rising from the grave, my once weekly mumbo-jumbo newsletter has returned. Mostly about wine, or wine related stuff, I still allow myself to here express my thoughts in a more relaxed (some would probably say unconsidered) way. Comments are more than welcome, wanted actually!

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Just turned 40. On my birthday, Francisco [...]

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2007 Modus: Guess I’ll never learn…

On April 19, 2011 · 8 Comments

I’ve done this now for 16-17 years. Tasting wine. I have many to thank along the way for guidance and recommendations on what to buy – and what to avoid. The last three or four years however, I’ve started to walk my own way out of plain curiosity and because it is more rewarding; at [...]

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Roberto Cipresso; squaring the circle

On February 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

Mathematician or not; you’ve probably still heard about it. Quadratura del cerchio, squaring the circle.

One of the classic challenges for the Euclidean geometry is the constructing of a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge. Proven in 1882 by [...]

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