France relaxes its old wine rules to fight off New World challenge: After long scorning the international appetite for “vulgar” wine, France joined the fray yesterday and allowed growers to make and market their product in the fruity fashion of the New World. Wood chips, added tannin and other “foreign” techniques will be tolerated in a new category of mid-quality wine that will be defined by grape variety rather than origin. [Times]
An age of transformation: America’s suburbs are ethnically and demographically mixed—sometimes more so than its cities. Many are less dormitories than economic powerhouses. Among the most changed is one of the most famous. [Economist]
Painted red and with bows ready – a tribe hidden from rest of the world: Amazon Indians from one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world have been photographed from the air, with a striking image showing them painted bright red and carrying bows and arrows. [Times]
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