San Francisco Wine Tours News for 01/09/2010



Bookstore Serves Wine
Australian bibliophiles have been offered a chance to combine their love of literature with their fondness for a quiet drink, with a boutique bookchain in Sydney adding wine to its shelves...

A Mallorcan Wine Tasting with Some Interesting Grapes EUR Episode #797
Gary tastes three wines with Miquelangel Cerda i Capo, the winemaker and proprietor of Anima Negra Winery in Mallorca. Having ...

Wine and Brew Festival coming to Sisters (KTVZ Bend)
A Wine and Brew festival is coming to downtown Sisters this summer, a bid to help build another successful weekend event not tied to the always-packed rodeo or quilt show...

The Wine Explorer - NY Daily News
Get ready to discover wines you never knew existed, visit the restaurants and wine bars that make this discovery so easy and, most importantly, HAVE FUN!..

French try to 'disguise' wine as New Zealand produce (Daily Telegraph)
With a pedigree dating back thousands of years, the vineyards of France have long regarded themselves as the toast of the wine world...

Cupcakes Take The Cake: Chocolate raspberry wine cupcakes
Dark chocolate cupcake with raspberry infused wine buttercream and a raspberry drizzle are available by internet order only from A Cupcake Bar in Cary, North Carolina (photo via Flickr). Bookmark and Share. Posted by Rachel at 1/08/2010 ...

French 'Kiwi' wine prompts NZ growers' whine (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
A French winemaker's attempt to sell its "Kiwi Cuvee" wine in Australia has been tipped over...

More 2010 predictions: Merlot and Spanish wine in demand for under .
My previous blog post describing a wine retailer's prediction of plummeting wine prices got me curious: what are other experts saying will happen in 2010? I dropped by Tustin's Total Wine & More earlier this week to find out what buyers ...

Cotes du Rhone Wine Shopping Tips (Forbes)
If you look a little harder than the average wine shopper, there are great Cotes du Rhones to be found at bargain prices...

Wine: Flavour on a budget (Times Online)
So you want to drink wine every day in 2010, and good wine at that?..

Sotheby's Will Auction Off Bottles From Legendary Wine Collector .
The world will get a chance to buy some of legendary wine collector Lloyd Flatt's collection during a Sotheby's auction in March expected to pull in more than $600000. but price wasn't the point for Mr. Flatt, who died in January 2008 ...

Expect these wine trends for the new decade (San Francisco Chronicle)
There's not much doubt about what has defined wine culture over the past 10 years. Pinot Noir's debutante moment, the surge of sommeliers, the critter label. Riesling and pink Champagne and screwcaps. But the fact that you're quite likely reading this on a...

I Love French Wine and Food EUR An Alsace Pinot Blanc
I love French wine and food so much that I am doing a series on the typical and special wines and foods of France's eleven wine regions. This article explores the Alsace region of northeastern France and reviews a white Pinot Blanc wine ...

Corkheads: Wine trends for 2010, and beyond (Contra Costa Times)
Wondering what to look for in 2010? We're predicting impressive Chilean pinot noir, domestic malbec, and a new world of wine in a box...

Wine & Chocolate Festival to be held Feb. 13 (Lake County News)
LAKEPORT EUR The decadent and delicious Wine & Chocolate Festival, an annual fundraising event for the Lake Family Resource Center, will be held at Mt. Konocti Growers from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, where once again ultra-premium Lake County wines will be offered for tasting and sale...

Anthony Rose: 'With all eyes on China as a growing superpower, its domestic wine industry is likely to burgeon' (Independent)
In case you were abducted by aliens and have only just returned to planet earth, it may have escaped your attention that we are currently basking in a wine heaven of unprecedented variety. Thanks to warmer weather, better winemaking, greater care in the vineyard and the New World revolution of the past two decades, everyday wine has become more consistent and fine wine finer than ever before ...

Seven layer dip: impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog
After many years of searching for just the right wine for Mexican style dishes I discovered a wine from Southern Italy that is a perfect match for the spicy, tomatoey corniness that makes these foods a favorite. ...

Valley youth wrestling's Wine Country Classic set for Sunday at SVHS (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
Following the Sonoma Valley High School wrestling program's popular Valley of the Moon Classic, which starts today and concludes tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 9, the Wine Country Wrestling Club for Valley youths up to 14-years-old, will hold its annual Wine Country Classic this Sunday, Jan. 10...

Brad Haskel: Do Food and Wine Pairings Matter?
I will take any suspense out of the question. Yes food and wine pairings can make for an enlightening experience. Pairing the proper wine with the proper food can enhance the enjoyment of both...

The Oregon Wine Blog: Oregon Bounty - The Vintner's Kitchen Wine .
We're excited to bring you this review of The Oregon Wine Blog's Winter Pairing Dinner -- unique in that it not only chronicles the wine and food from our dinner, but also the cookbook utilized for 90% of the recipes: The Vintner's ...



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