San Francisco Wine Tours News for 03/23/2010



Using Atomic Bombs To Sniff Out Counterfeit Wine - mad science - io9
Never say that nuclear warfare is good for nothing. The dastardly criminal enterprise of counterfeiting fine wines took a major hit recently with the announcement of a new method for determining vintages that relies on atomic blasts...

STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG Blog Archive Wine blogs: an .
Nonetheless, Johnson's main indictment is that very few people read wine blogs compared to other kinds of blogs; EURthe top 100 wine blogs combined would be the 280th most popular blog in the country,EUR he argues. (Readers should be aware ...

South Africa's leading Wine Show gears up for a bumper edition (South African Wine News)
With less than two months to go before the start of South Africa's leading wine show, organisers of The Wine Show Jo'burg are set to continue their groundbreaking efforts...

High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction returns (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction returns..

Pairing wine with music (Telluride Daily Planet)
The Telluride Wine Festival has been throwing a celebration of wine, spirits and food in Telluride every summer for nearly 30 years, offering tastings, demonstrations, workshops and more to its connoisseur-heavy patronage...

French Wine | French Blog
Ever been to a restaurant and wanted to say the name of a fancy French wine on the menu? Just trying to impress your next date? French wine (le vin) provides a...

Liquorland Wine Show Launches Second Scholarship (Scoop.co.nz)
After contributing $80,000 to wine industry research projects over the last five years, the Liquorland International Wine Competition is set to run the Scholarship Programme again...

'Wine, Dine and Design' dazzling | Palm Beach Entertainment .
It was a whirlwind of wonderful wines EUR and great food - during the Wine, Dine and Design event held Saturday at STORE Self & Wine Storage in Palm Beach...

Wine-tasting event to benefit Lincolnland Hospice and Children's Advocacy Center (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
CHARLESTON EUR A spring wine tasting event scheduled March 24 will help Lincolnland Hospices Grant A Wish program and the Childrens Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois...

Knight Science Journalism Tracker Blog Archive California Ink .
But right now two of the more glamorous, iconic, and profitable crops in California EUR wine grapes (table grapes too, one presumes) plus oranges, lemons, and other citrus EUR face different pests with similar dire prospects. ...

Carbon-Dating Verifies Wine Vintages (Discovery Channel)
"Vintage fraud" -- changing the year on a wine label to jack up the cost -- may be more widespread than you think...

Boulder's Frasca named a James Beard award finalist for wine (Boulder Daily Camera)
Boulder's Frasca Food and Wine was named a finalist Monday for the James Beard Foundation's "outstanding wine service" award...

Lloyd Flatt's Wine Collection Reaps $1182000 at Sotheby's Auction .
The late eccentric wine collector Lloyd Flatt believed great wine was for drinking, not for investing. Based on Saturday's auction of his wine collection, it can be said that Mr. Flatt turned out to be a great wine investor, too...

High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction returns (Access Atlanta)
The High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction returns to the big top tents at Atlantic Station on Saturday, with events throughout the city beginning Thursday...

Man steals cask of wine on Australia Day (thewest.com.au)
A thief was captured by security cameras stealing a cask of wine from a Beldon liquor store on captured on Australia Day will help identify a man who ran out of a Beldon liquor store with a cask of wine...

How to Tell a Fine Old Wine: Look for That Hint of Radioactive C .
Crime & Punishment | Imagine dropping a few hundred dollars for a bottle of premium wine only to discover it tastes like plonk! For years, collectors of fine wines have gone to grea...

Orlando Sentinel EUR Frankly My Dear EUR Movie Review: Blood into Wine
We've all done it -- bought a bottle of wine based on the cool label, or based on knowing the vintner's OTHER work -- filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola and Roger...

Wine.com and Wines of Chile Raise Funds for Earthquake Victims .
Whenever I want to know something about wine, I have go to the same place. No, it isn't my local package store. It isn't my refrigerator, either. It's Wine.com, a one-stop online resource and store for wine and wine accessories. ...

Scientists use carbon-dating to check wine vintages: study (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ever paid top dollar for a bottle of wine that says on the label it's from a much-sought-after year, only to find that it tasted like cheap, non-vintage plonk?..

Direct wine shipments on deck for Md. Senate vote | Washington .
Maryland lawmakers are making last-ditch efforts to lift the state's ban on wine shipments before the 2010 General Assembly session ends next month. Bills that would end the ban remain tied up in committee, but Sen...



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