Instead, he was at a ski lodge outside of Anchorage, Alaska, sipping wine and pontificating at a conference of his editors.

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Or they can simply lounge on deck, sipping wine and enjoying the breeze, with no plans beyond a brief snorkeling excursion and a dinner of meze and fresh-caught fish.

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But sipping a wine made by a free-thinking, radical American winemaker is definitely appropriate.

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But the more important reason why this is a problem is that when the person sits down to drink the wine he purchased, he'll compare it with the Diet Pepsi he was just sipping, with the wine he drank last Saturday or with some other beverage he remembers.

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Later, as Becky made her way to the bar, flashing a warm smile was all it took for a tall, handsome guy sipping a glass of red wine to ask her which sport she was watching (we were in a sports bar, because that's where you go when you're looking for bountiful testosterone).

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