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Scientists put a price on happiness

The study's participants were hooked up to brain scan machines and instructed to take a sip from five glasses of wine, which ranged from $5 to $90 a bottle. When they were told they were drinking a glass of wine from a $90 bottle, brain scans showed ...

Devil of a deal to Tasmania

Clair National Park for an overnight stay at the cozy Cradle Mountain Lodge , which has a restaurant with a walk-in wine cellar. You'll stay in a Pencil Pine Cabin, which features contemporary furnishings and a queen-size bed and offers views of the ...

Europe's ultra-luxurious escapes

Food, fashion, art history, adventure, and of course, wine." At I Casali di Monticchio in the region of Umbria, guests focus on their passion for all things culinary. The seven-room, two-cottage resort hosts an organic farm where every course is grown ...

Mmm, rodents! China feasts on rat infestation

Hakone Kowakien Yunessun has offered a variety of creative baths including some filled with wine and coffee. Last year it came up with one resembling curry. We can't wait for the chocolate-fondue jacuzzi, but we're guessing that's going to get a ...

Discount store takes self-service to new level

A 65-year-old woman who went into a Farmington, Maine supermarket to buy wine last week was turned away because she didn't have an ID with her . But Barbara Skapa of Mount Vernon says that won't happen again. "I'll be bringing my driver's license with ...