It feels odd today, but there was a time when science was considered an aristocratic pursuit. Tycho Brahe was a nexus of Danish noble lineage, Lavoisier was the intellectual face of the Ancien Régime, while Darwin was the happy beneficiary of decades of haute bourgeois accumulation. Even Newton, often taken as the plebeian of the […]
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July 31, 2026 (Newberg, OR) — Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon wine partnership between Jean-Nicolas Méo of Burgundy’s Méo-Camuzet and visionary music entrepreneur Jay Boberg, announces a new California distribution partnership with Springboard [...]
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July 31, 2026 — The Pacific Rim Wine Competition has announced that it will waive all wine entry fees for submissions received through December 31, reinforcing its commitment to supporting wineries. [...]
