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Ever notice that there's no ingredients list on a wine bottle?

That's because wine is just made from grapes right?
WRONG.

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Before I got into making wine, I'd never even thought about what goes into the bottle, but the deeper I go into the wine industry, the shadier it seems.

Wine hides behind a sheen of romance, pleasure and class, when in actuality, it has a lot in common with other industries.
So what else goes into wine?

There are additives for color, aroma, mouthfeel, acidity, clarity, cold stability and heat stability.
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A high trust society is already hardwired for efficiency and and social distancing. Chilled soda pops, vegetables with change, even live fish. All pre-outbreak photos. #LowTimePreference
Here a gyoza store in Gunma, opening a chain of unmanned stores, selling everything you need for a dinner. This isn't limited to new businesses either: this company has been in operation since 1940. tamapon.com/2020/04/07/yuk…
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When you are a rural samurai in need of a proper entrance gate for your house and gardens, but you can not afford to build one cooler than your
neighbor's thatched one: grow it by planting Yew Pines (Podocarpus macrophyllus). With minimal care they will live for many centuries.
Growing your own architecture is the ultimate in #LowTimePreference #Biophilia #Topiary
Another popular form of living gate in central and northern Japan is the "Monkaburi", usually a Japanese Black Pine (黒松). You can grow them from scratch or buy from specialist gardeners.
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