When a special bottle of red is on the agenda, you can’t go wrong with this ripe, sinewy Tuscan from the Montepeloso estate. A blend of Montepulciano with Sangiovese, Marselan and a touch of Alicante Bouschet, “Eneo” has a voluptuous bouquet and tastes of cherries, earth and sweet spices. Complex and elegant, the 2008 will stand out at any dinner party, a beautiful example of Tuscan winemaking from Fabio Chiarelotto.Price: $37 to $50 Style: Rich and complex.What it goes with: Break it out for a

Rev. Lee Min-ah, first daughter of former Culture Minster Lee O-young, died on Thursday of stomach cancer. She was 53. After graduating from Ewha Womans University’s English Literature Department, Lee married former National Assembly member Kim Han-gil and moved to the United States. She graduated from law school there and served as the California state public prosecutor in Los Angeles. She lived a tumultuous life, as one of her sons died in 2007 and she was diagnosed with stomach cancer. She be

Boneless lean beef trimmings are shown before packaging. (AP)“Pink slime” just went from a simmer to a boil.The stomach-turning epithet for ammonia-treated ground beef filler has suddenly become a potent rallying cry by activists fighting to ban the product from U.S. supermarket shelves and sch

French treats served as multi-course set at new dessert barA sweet plate shared over coffee with friends, a treat saved for the end of the meal ― it seems we can never get enough of dessert. Perhaps, that is what has spawned a new breed of sweet shop. The dessert bar ― an establishment where confections can be enjoyed as a full course set (often called a tasting menu) ― emerged in Manhattan as early as 2003 and can also be found in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and, in Seoul. When Lee Hyu

Kim Jae-ho, incumbent chairman and publisher of Dong-A Ilbo, a vernacular daily, was reelected Thursday to head the Korean Association of Newspapers.Kim will serve as chairman of KAN until 2014.　“We need to have member companies united and more of their participation as the (business) environment of print media worsens,” Kim said after he was elected.“I’ll put efforts into leading the development of the country’s journalism and news industry,” he added. Established in 1957, KAN is an organizatio

GS Group chairman Huh Chang-soo on Thursday donated his shares in GS Engineering and Construction worth about 7 billion won ($6.2 million) to a charity foundation named after his father.The chairman has continued to donate shares in the builder to the J K Huh Foundation every year since its establishment in 2006.Including the 68,000 shares he contributed on Thursday, Huh has donated a total of 328,000 shares in GS E&C worth some 32 billion won to the foundation.The J K Huh Foundation has provide

Pororo Park KINTEX, a play-and-experience venue for children, will open on the ground floor of Exhibition Center II, at KINTEX in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, on March 16.Themed on the Korean television animation “Porong Porong Pororo,” Pororo Park offers performances, games and chance to play with the animation characters. Built on a 3,000-square-meter site, Pororo Park in KINTEX includes a theater for performances and 3-D animated films, a playground and Pororo character stores. It will also feat

Mr. K is 40 years of age, and recently experienced a digestive disturbance and felt pain at the epigastrium, or upper central region of the abdomen, after overeating. He also sometimes presented with such symptoms as vomiting or heart burn. He therefore visited a local clinic. Through an interview with Mr. K, the physician recognized the symptoms and performed an abdominal examination. This was followed by a gastric X-ray, where it was found that Mr. K had no serious problems such as an ulcer or