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Wine Sampling Limousine Trip to Maryland


Are you and your wine enthusiast friends looking for some place to go to satisfy your wine ?cravings?? Are you also having problems as to who will be the designated driver after you have gone through the tasting of wines in the wineries? Is no one among you willing to sacrifice and not drink a drop of wine so that all of you will get home safely? If that is the case, there is no need for you or your friends to continue bickering about picking one person from your group to be the designated driver. The moment you book a limousine for your trip, the position of a driver is filled.

After you and your wine-drinking friends have booked the limousine, the best place to go to fulfill your wine ?cravings? would be Maryland. In Maryland, there are more than 180 different varieties of wine to choose from, and there?s bound to be something that?s perfect for you and your friends, and their skilled winemakers provide wine drinkers wonderful world-class wines. Meet the winemakers of the wineries in Maryland and see for yourselves how your favorite wine is made from grape to the bottle.

Begin your wine tasting excursion by asking your limousine driver to take you to Boordy Vineyards, said to be Maryland?s oldest family run winery. Boordy Vineyards was established in 1945 and owned by the R.B. Deford family. They also have escorted tours on the winemaking process and will take you to stroll through the vineyards to experience the beauty of a Maryland winery. If you like, you may even purchase their wines and who knows, you may even be given a discount for your purchase!

After you and your limousine friends have lingered long enough at Boordy Vineyards, it is time for you to move on to another winery. Tell your limousine driver to bring you to Cygnus Wine Cellars, located on 3130 Long Lane, Manchester, Maryland. Cygnus Wine Cellars became a licensed and bonded winery in 1996 and they are a small family winery.

For some fresh fruit flavor wines, ask your limousine driver to take you to Deep Creek Cellars. Located at 177 Frazee Ridge Road, Friendsville, it is a pioneering winery, vineyard, and farm market in the mountains of extreme western Maryland, near Deep Creek Lake. Their wines are inspired by the country wines of Europe and are distinctive and polished expressions of the grape, with a focus on fresh fruit flavors, with the subtle use of oak aging.

One thing that you can be sure of is that when you and your friends finally call it a day, your limousine driver is ever ready to bring you home. And hopefully, this trip has been one that you and your friends have totally enjoyed.

UsCoachwaysLimousine is a leading US-based limousine service provider with an impressive list of limousine service clients. Check out http://www.uscoachwayslimousine.com for more info.



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Business Wine Gifts


Many of the large corporate companies have started the practice of giving wine bottles as well as different kinds of wine accessories as gifts not only to their clients, but also to their employees. These gifts can be given on various occasions such as employee recognition, success in a particular field, birthdays or holidays. These wine related gifts are also sometimes used for promotional purposes.

The gifts may include wine bottles, wine baskets and different kinds of wine accessories ranging from the smaller items such as corkscrews, wine stoppers to large items such as wine totes and wine glasses. What gifts are preferred by the companies is generally dictated by what the occasion demands as well as the specific budget, but generally companies opt for smaller and compact items such as wine stoppers for gifting. For important occasions or for high profile delegates, the most popular gift is generally a pair of beautifully wrapped wine bottle.

For holiday season, wine gift baskets are quite an ideal gift for a company's associates, clients and employees. These customized wine gift baskets include wine bottles and wine accessories such as wine glasses, corkscrews and wine stoppers. Some wine baskets also include items such as caviar, cheese and chocolates.

When ordering gifts in large numbers, customers more often than not opt to have their company's name and logo printed on the gift item or the wine bottle's label. They even specify the kind of wrapping and packaging to be done for the gifts. This helps the company a great deal in promoting its services. Also, many of the wine and accessory shops dealing with corporate companies provide facilities to deliver the gifts. So, all you need to do is simply order online from the comfort of your home.

Business Gifts provides detailed information on Business Gifts, Promotional Business Gifts, Corporate Business Gifts, Business Gift Baskets and more. Business Gifts is affiliated with Personalized Wedding Gifts.



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Wine Bottle Mood Light


Make these lovely mood lights for your bar or dining room; make them for gifts; or make them to sell. I sell mine for $30.

Materials:

Empty wine bottle and cork

Square cardboard jewelry box (to form base for lamp)

String of battery pack Christmas lights + batteries

Plastic grape cluster

Raffia

Black spray paint

Multi-purpose strong glue like Household Goop or E-6000

Directions:

The base will be made from the cardboard jewelry box. Normally the top fits over the bottom of the box and forms an overhang. To create a smooth profile for your base, measure and cut off a strip from two of the top?s sides so that the top fits snuggly inside the base.

The bottom of the jewelry box becomes the top of your lamp?s base. Position the battery pack in the corner you have just cut two strips from. The side of the battery pack with the on/off switch will be flush with the edge of the lamp base so that the light can be easily turned on and off.

Trace the outline of the battery pack onto the other part of the box and cut the opening. Refer to the picture above. In front is the cut box ready for assembly. In back is an assembled lamp base with the on/off switch accessible through the opening.

Spray the outsides of the two box parts with matte black paint. Allow to dry. Glue the battery pack in place and let dry. Then snap the lamp base together.

Glue the wine bottle on top of the base. Snake the light string into the neck of the bottle. Try to get the lights to spread out as evenly as possible. It helps to turn the lights on when you do this.

Take several strips of raffia and tie them around the top of the grape cluster. Then tie the raffia and grapes tightly around the neck of the bottle (making sure to go under the light string). Tie raffia in a bow and arrange the raffia strands. Trim the ends to desired lengths.

Leave a little slack on the wire to make changing batteries easier. Insert cork.

[Photos available at http://www.theartfulcrafter.com/mood-light.html]

By: Eileen Bergen. For more craft ideas, visit The Artful Crafter's Craft Plans and Patterns Pages



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