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While England's Society for Psychical Research drew a membership of like-minded individuals in the late 19th Century, the SPR \"never coalesced into a firm and continuous scientific movement in which data, theory, and method could all dovetail and support one another.\" Journal of Parapsychology In the mid-1930s Rhine recognized the need for a forum where researchers could publish their work, exchange ideas and share research, the successes as well as the challenges and problems. The Summer Program at FRNM/Institute of Parapsychology Rhine's recognition of the importance of community in the field included concern for its future.

AMERICAN WINE NO LONGER EXCLUSIVELY means \"made in California.\" True, more dian 90% of American favorites are produced there: the likes of Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinoc Noir, Syrah, Zinfandel, Sauvignon Bianc, Riesling and others--all made from the European wine grape species Vitis vinifera. But that's no longer the whole story. Today, wine is made in all 50 states. Even in regions...

No one has provided as comprehensive a look at some 200 years of the world's pre-eminent red, Bordeaux, as well as other wine classics. His enthusiasm, wit and generosity of spirit make the book a pleasure to browse and a must for the reference shelf of anyone who wants to understand what the \"great\" wines are and the qualities that make them so. The lively Mr. [Michael Broadbent], who shows no signs of slowing down, has done wine lovers an enormous favor with what has clearly been -- and still is -- a labor of love. He urges us to take our own notes on the wines we taste but adds, with a sly smile, no doubt, \"Better than a notebook is a glass in hand!\"

\"My handwriting got me my first wine job,\" he said with a laugh. Trained as an architect, Mr. [Michael Broadbent] had grown a little bored at age 25 and was casting about for something that interested him. His mother -- \"she was always quite a force in my life\" -- was a fan of Andre Simon, the leading wine expert and author of the first half of the 20th century, and noticed an ad in the London Times. One of London's top wine merchants, T.A. Layton, was looking for a wine trainee, and Mr. Broadbent, to his surprise, got the job. Several years later, Mr. Layton revealed that what had intrigued him most was Mr. Broadbent's distinctive Italianate draftsmanship. Hired in 1952, he started at the bottom: sweeping the cellars, sorting crates and barrels, making deliveries in the company van. After 11 years working for various London wine companies, he was hired by Christie's to head the wine department. That enviable position has taken him to every part of the globe, evaluating wines and the contents of stellar collections from Hong Kong to Chicago, from Los Angeles to Munich.

Michael Broadbent, arguably the world's foremost wine taster, but certainly its most venerable and experienced, reckons he has tasted some 85,000 wines in his career, most of them as head of the wine department at Christie's in London.

OVER THE YEARS, FOOD AND WINE experts have discovered that certain wines really work more harmoniously with the flavors of a certain dish than do others. Our new American cuisine, with its panoply of flavor influences (Asian, Provencal, regional U.S.), can make choosing wine to go with food a little...

Lately I seem to find myself bringing out special wines I had tucked away, saving them for just the right moment. I've missed a few good ones that way, drat it, wines stored quietly in the dark recesses of my cellar that reached their peak of flavor and glided past it before I got around to pulling them...

IT'S HANDY, PRACTICAL AND FUN--YOUR own stash of well-chosen wines, and no more last-minute dashes to the wine shop (where you'd probably pay way more than you'd rather). Instead, just head to your cache for a nice Merlot or Shiraz.

FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES France was the undisputed producer of the world's top red: Bordeaux, made from the cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc grapes, and the top white, made from chardonnay grape in Burgundy. However much winegrowers elsewhere aspired to produce comparable...