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It’s difficult to grasp how difficult wine tasting can be until you begin to practice it.

As we prepare to leave the old year behind and greet the New Year, I would like to propose the following health-related resolutions:

I had to call on my friend, Dave The Destroyer, the other day. In spite of up-to-date antivirus protection for my computer, a Trojan horse slipped through.

Here is a Christmas carol medley written especially for readers here in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The Press Banner invited local residents to share their letters to Santa. Here is a sampling.

• Finn Whittaker Lonsdale was born to Megan and Patrick Lonsdale of Ben Lomond at 11:13 a.m. Sept. 4, 2009, at home. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces.

Storing wine correctly is important, even for those who never keep a bottle of wine in the house for more than a week or two. A variety of dos and don’ts will ensure that your wine stays good until you’re ready to drink it.

The San Lorenzo River opened to steelhead fishing Dec. 1 with low flows and very little interest from anglers. The flows are less than 50 cubic feet per second, but with more storms on the horizon, new fish will enter the river soon.

Frozen flakes of rich, yellow ginkgo leaves at the base of my trees wasn’t what I had in mind when I wrote last week’s column. I watched them land with a soft thud on the frosty ground this morning.