San Francisco Wine Tours News for 04/24/2009



South Africa Emerges As Wine Power (NPR)
South Africa is challenging traditional wine producers Italy and France for a slice of the world market. Wine maven Callie Crossley, author of the Crushed Grape blog report, tells why South Africa is gaining popularity among wine connoisseurs...

My Wine Education: "Green Wines" for Earth Week: Alternative Packaging
For Earth week, Kevin and I decided to try two different wines in alternative packaging. One of these wines you'll appreciate, the other - not so much. We started with the Bouchard Beaujolais Nouveau 2008 from Boisset. We picked this...

Wine Auctions Ripe for Buyers
wine bottles One client is putting up a third of the take at the Christie's wine auction this weekend. A total of 613 lots are available, with one party accounting for than 200 of them. This seller is described only as a "wealthy New ...

Dash left high and dry for wine, beer sales at game (Winston-Salem Journal)
This home stand will be a dry one for the Winston-Salem Dash baseball team. The team has been unable to get a permit to sell beer or wine at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park, where it will play its home games for at least the first half of this season...

Stuck on that wine? Peel the label off! (The Malaysian Insider)
SINGAPORE, April 24 EUR” Loved that bottle of wine served over dinner but cant remember its name or vintage? Next time, peel off the label, right at the table. Label A-peel (www.label-a-peel), a product invented and made in Japan, is a transparent sticker that, when applied to bottle labels, takes them off without ripping. According to the products Asian, US and Australian distributors, some ...

Policy and practice at the Wine Advocate - Parker responds | Dr .
A spirited wine blog with independent picks for value vino, wine maps and commentary...

San Bernardino hosts wine festival (San Bernardino Sun)
SAN BERNARDINO - The 2009 vintage of the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition was uncorked Wednesday evening for winemakers and wine lovers from around California and the world...

Extreme Wine Tasting - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper
s Cass Vineyard & Winery and Thacher Winery, respectively, are visiting Planet Wine, NRG's wine shop next to the Evening Star Cafe in Del Ray, to show off some grape juice. They're accompanied by Al McCosh, the owner and manager of Nice ...

Westie wine brand celebrates 100,000 bottles sold! (Scoop.co.nz)
A recent function at the Babich winery, hosted by leading wine writer Michael Cooper, celebrated the success of the Te Henga The Westie brand with the launch of a recipe booklet inspired by local chefs...

The Stranger | Slog | Reading Tonight: $1 Glasses of Wine and the .
Hugo House is hosting Cheap Wine & Poetry, which is a poetry reading and an extended happy hour in which wine is $1 a glass. Today, poets Christa Bell, Matt Gano, Peter Pereira and Judith Roche will read. And at Elliott Bay Book Company ...

Sustainable Vineyards: TakePart Speaks With Mendocino Wine Company .
The Mendocino Wine Company produces organic and biodynamic wines in the heart of California, and the companies commitment to sustainability is evident from...

Scoop: Westie wine brand celebrates 100000 bottles sold!
A recent function at the Babich winery, hosted by leading wine writer Michael Cooper, celebrated the success of the Te Henga The Westie brand with the launch of a recipe booklet inspired by local chefs...

NSW wine drinkers buying more local (BigPond News)
NSW drinkers are increasingly turning to locally produced plonk, with new figures showing the state's wine industry is surging...

Wine May Protect Against Cancer
When it comes to cancer, a little wine may be a very good thing. But the news isn't as upbeat regarding barbecued steaks and green tea...

Stuck on that wine? Peel the label off (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Loved that bottle of wine served over dinner but can't remember its name or vintage? Next time, peel off the label, right at the table...

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Tasting Ferrari Sparkling Wine (Blogcritics.org)
This sparkling wine shares much in common with the sports car, especially given its luxury status in the worlds sparkling wine world. Think of a Ferrari and you think of a gorgeous sports car, right? A sleek, sexy icon of pleasure that personifies quality and luxury. So when I was first poured a glass of sparkling wine called Ferrari, I made the obvious assumption: the producers wanted to cash ...

Wine tasting a hit at Gold Key (Pike County Courier)
Wine sommelier and expert Larry Tripaldi is pictured on April 11, conversing with Barbara and Richard Smyth regarding wine selections at the Gold Key Lake wine pairing event. There were 26 Gold Key residents invited to an evening of wine tasting and wine education. Tripaldi provided eight selections of wine, a total of 48 bottles, from as far away as Germany, Argentina, Italy and of course ...

Wilder on Wine: Up and coming in the other down under: South African reds (Nashville City Paper)
My first exposure to South African wine was memorable, but not in a good way. I cant remember exactly which winery made it, but the offending wine was a cheaper pinotage, and it tasted awful EUR” combining the smells of hot Naugahyde and those old cloth-like Band-Aids (I kid you not) with briary fruit.   More..

Benito's Wine Reviews: Robert Oatley Wines Redux
In January, I wrote about two wines from Robert Oatley in Australia. Recently I got a chance to try two more of his wines, a Sauvignon Blanc and a Sangiovese rosÃ. As most readers should know by now, I never turn down a dry rosÃ, ...



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