02.09.11
Back in the inequity-averse economy of grade school, everybody got a Valentine; among adults, free-market forces apply. Some of us, complaining that Valentine’s Day has few observable benefits outside of filling restaurants with two-tops, bumping cocoa futures and subsidizing the toxic greeting card and floral industries, are glad to pass on it. But for most, the cost for playing the grump is simply too high. Apropos of the season, a panel of confirmed bachelors sampled five of the North Bay’s better sparkling
