There was as always much, much more this week at Forbes Leadership, to keep you both enlightened and amused and warm your spirit as the days grow shorter and darker and colder.

FORBES: Leadership Highlights of the Week: Unusual Role Models - Forbes

Need to keep the amuse-bouches warm while you prepare the main course?

FORBES: Cutting-Edge Kitchen Gear

Stay in your car and keep warm by running the engine as much as you can.

BBC: UK snow and ice continue to disrupt travel

What you'll find is the peaceful quiet of freshly fallen snow, a cosy and historic home in which to keep warm, and snow sports aplenty to keep you entertained.

BBC: Daily deal: Two nights in West Dover, Vermont

Soap, warm water and a dry cloth are all you need, once a day, to keep glasses optimally clean and functional.

WSJ: How to Clean Your Glasses Properly

Couple this with the grape's prima donna temperature demands-warm though not-too-warm days to ripen up, but with cool nights to keep acidity from respiring out-and you begin to see why making great Pinot Gris takes a special calling.

FORBES: Pinot Gris makes the Pinot family proud.

Couple this with the grape's prima donna temperature demands--warm though not-too-warm days to ripen up, but with cool nights to keep acidity from respiring out--and you begin to see why making great Pinot Gris takes a special calling.

FORBES: Pinot Gris makes the Pinot family proud.