San Francisco Wine Tours News for 04/24/2008



The New York Times Dining & Wine Section in 60 seconds: pudding .
Tuscan vintners get in a battle over labeling laws, grape origins, and possible wine contamination - is a brunello di Montalcino by any other name as pleasing? An Iraqi restaurant in midtown Manhattan is a gathering spot for Iraqi ...

2000 Lynch-Bages 1.5L $399.00
Wine Advocate 95 - An utterly profound Lynch-Bages, this wine continues to remind me of a hypothetical blend of the 1990 and 1989. Interestingly, when I asked Jean-Michel Cazes to rank his top four vintages of Lynch-Bag.read more ...

Wine tasting aids Humane Society (Billings Gazette)
CODY - If you love tasting a wide spectrum of wines and want to find the best hot hors d'oeuvres cheeses and chocolates to enjoy with your wine, check out the upcoming "Benefit for our Animal Friends" wine tasting party...

Wine's time to shine (The Wichita Eagle)
THE CENTERPIECE OF THE ANNUAL MIDWEST WINEFEST -- THE GRAND TASTING -- IS AN EVENING EVENT THIS YEAR The year's best excuse to drink wine in the name of "education" is coming up this weekend. The Midwest Winefest, an annual event that celebrates all things wine, has made one major change this year. The event's main attraction -- a grand tasting that features samples of wines from around ...

Finding Good South African Wine (South African Wine News)
South Africa is without question one of the most beautiful wine destinations imaginable and the various regions are vibrant and sharply focused on quality...

Vino 100 Bradenton Hosts Black Bag Club Wine Tasting
May 06, 2008 (Tue): Stop by VINO 100 Bradenton to taste the four wine selections that Black Bag Wine Club Members will enjoy for their May tasting. See first-hand the benefits of membership and taste some great wine at the same time! ...

Sculpterra: Where Wine and Sculpture Meet
Wine and art are like chocolate and strawberries -- a perfect combination. Who doesn't like the cultural expansion of art with the swirl, sniff, and sip of a fine wine. Under the mild skies of Paso Robles, California, Sculpterra Winery ...

Wine tastings provide a foot in the door for sellers (The Standard-Times)
I must confess that I only started attending wine tastings seriously since I began writing this column about a year ago...

1996 Ducru-Beaucaillou 1.5L $395.00
Wine Advocate 96 - I tasted the 1996 Ducru Beaucaillou on four separate occasions from bottle in January. The 1996 is long, with a deep mid-palate. It also reveals tannin in the finish. This wine is remarkable. It is mu.read more ...

Glaxo Says Wine May Fight Aging (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The British drug maker said it would acquire a biotechnology company that is pursuing the notion that a compound found in red wine might retard aging...

flor
[FLAWR] Although this is literally the Spanish word for "flower," in wine terminology flor refers to the off-white yeast that develops naturally on certain wines after they're fermented. Usually associated with sherry from the Spanish ...

Try-Before-You-Buy Wine
Wish you could try wines before you buy them? Sounds ridiculous, but a French company called WineSide is hoping to do just that. According to Springwise, WineSide will offer sweet and classic wines in patented, flat-bottomed glass tubes ...

Wines That Dont Hurt Your Wallet! - Episode #450
2006 Anselmo Mendes Andreza LoureiroOther Portuguese White Wine, play, review at cork'd. 2006 Evil Cabernet SauvignonAustralian Cabernet Sauvignon, play, review at cork'd. 2006 Castano MonastrellOther Spanish Red Wine, play ...

Wine saved my life, says Carrollton business owner (The Carrollton Leader)
When Carrollton resident and business owner George Cornelius had a heart attack back in 2001, his doctor recommended that he drink wine one or two times per day to prevent heart disease. After getting tired of paying $50 and more per bottle for wine, George decided to make his own wine...

The booming wine market (Independent)
The summer of 1811 was heaven sent for making legendary wine. The vineyards of Bordeaux were bathed in hot sunshine for week after week, followed by the sort of warm and dry autumn that winemakers pray for. Then, just as the grapes were being harvested, the night sky was illuminated by the trailing tale of Halley's Comet. Superstitious vintners took it is a sign of divine blessing and called it ...

St. Regis's Les Saveurs Trumps Work With Wine: Singapore Dining (Bloomberg.com)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- St. Regis Singapore is the city's first new hotel from a top business chain in 11 years, yet the flagship restaurant, Les Saveurs, is much more a place to discuss wine than work...

Wine Critics are Parasites, But That Doesn't Mean We Can Be Bought
One of the world's leading wine critics has just proclaimed that wine writers, journalists, and critics are all parasites. According to Decanter magazine, while being paid to hang out in a plush cliffside hotel in Ronda, Spain, ...

Airline-friendly Wine Travel Bags Now Available in Australia with Launch of Local BottleWise Distributor (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
BottleWise Australia, the local distributor for United States-based BottleWise(TM), today announced the Australian availability of BottleWise Duo(TM), the only multi-purpose bag on the market designed to keep wine bottles safe during air travel. Developed in response to world-wide air travel restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags, BottleWise Duo allows travellers to once again bring home that ...

Glaxo buys U.S. company studying wine compound that may fight aging (International Herald Tribune)
The British drug maker said it would buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. biotechnology company, that is pursuing the notion that a compound found in red wine might retard aging and let people live longer...

Meet Winemaker Carol Shelton - This Thursday
Apr 24, 2008 (Thu): This Thursday, April 24th, famed winemaker Carol Shelton will be pouring in our wine shop! Stop by and join our free tasting anytime from 5:00-9:00PM. Carol Shelton, winemaker and co-owner of Carol Shelton Wines, ...



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