Heat is a wine killer. Temperatures over 70 degrees for a significant amount of time can permanently taint the flavor of wine. Above 80 degrees or so and you are literally starting to cook the wine. Wine heat damage tastes unpleasantly sour and jammyâ¦sort of like canned prunes.
US Economy. Definition: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a monthly measurement of U.S. prices for most household goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys the prices of 80,000 consumer items to create the index. It represents the prices of a cross-section of goods and services commonly bought by primarily urban households.
The All Items CPI for the U.S. is the broadest, most comprehensive index, and is often quoted as the source for the rate of inflation. The CPI for All Items less Food and Energy (also sometimes referred to as the core or  underlying. CPI) excludes volatile food and energy prices.