San Francisco Wine Tours News for 05/08/2009



A glass of wine with your samosa? | GlobalPost
India's new cutting edge fashion: Women drinking wine...

'Pirate' Niagara wine beats worlds best (Toronto Star)
Thirty-three years ago, the wine world was shocked when some audacious California wines beat out their highbrow French counterparts in a taste test called the Judgment of Paris...

Eater: The Blind Wine Chick
Eater : The New York City Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Blog...

Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers pitches new wine (Oakland Tribune)
Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers is pitching a new game these days EUR” wine. The former Oakland A's pitcher and friends have started a unique wine plan EUR” to make and distribute different blends of wines named after baseball legends...

Third O-Vino wine tasting to benefit Opportunity Village (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The third annual O-Vino, a benefit wine tasting for Opportunity Village, is scheduled for 4 to 8 p.m. May 16 in the organization's Magical Forest, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. Tickets are $50 in advance or $75 at the door. Tickets are available at all Lee's Discount Liquor stores; for more information, call 259-3741 or visit www.opportunityvillage.org. ...

Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers pitches new wine (Inside Bay Area)
Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers is pitching a new game these days EUR” wine. The former Oakland A's pitcher and friends have started a unique wine plan EUR” to make and distribute different blends of wines named after baseball legends. If the idea succeeds, there will be bottles of Cooperstown Cuvee wines with the names and faces of baseball greats including Rich "Goose" Gossage, Brooks Robinson ...

Trendy Wine Bar, Newark Airport - PSFK.com
As I waited in Newark Airport for our plane to Europe earlier this week, I noticed a new bar opened up. Vino Volo has a very different feel than the regular...

Mother's Day Wine Gift Baskets
With Mother's Day coming up this Sunday, a wine gift basket (buy direct) is an easy and elegant gift. There are many different wine-themed gift baskets to choose from to suit virtually any taste, style and budget preference. ...

Fears of budget changes tax the wine industry (Sydney Morning Herald)
THE wine industry, whose profits have eroded because of oversupply, is lobbying the Federal Government not to tax wine in the same way it taxes beer and spirits - on alcohol content...

jamie goode's wine blog: Random thoughts on comparing different .
I'm not going to say you are wrong if you prefer the Chilean wines, but I think you are mistaken if you consider them to be the qualitative peers of high-end fine wines from Europe's leading regions. There is a level of wine ...

Wine's impact measured - farming - national | Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand farming and rural news on Stuff.co.nz...

TerraCycle Gets Crafty With Discarded Wine Products : Crafting a .
Now they are expanding their selection of products made from waste to include rain barrels and composters made from discarded wooden wine barrels and cork boards made from used wine bottle corks. They've also expanded into making office ...

The Future of Wine: Urban Vineyards? - Vinography: A Wine Blog
The Future of Wine: Urban Vineyards?. In an age of backlash against big-business agriculture and of increasing value placed on local, sustainable living, the phenomenon known as urban farming flourishes. From tiny planters on the ...

Leave wine alone, industry urges (The Age)
The wine industry, losing profits because of oversupply and the global financial crisis, is lobbying the Federal Government to prevent wine being taxed according to alcohol content...

Wine Buyers Hit Washington State (Beverage World)
PROSSER, Wash.EUR”Wine exports from Pacific Northwest wineries barely represent a sliver of the global market, but wine marketers in the region are working to improve their standing around the world...

Legislature OKs sale of stronger wine in Alabama (NBC 15 Mobile)
The Alabama Legislature passed a bill that would allow stronger wine to be sold in Alabama...

Decanter World Wine Awards is now the biggest wine competition in the world (Decanter.com)
The Decanter World Wine Awards broke 10,000 entries this year, cementing its position as the world's biggest wine competition...

Close Concerns Weblog: One in 8 million - the blind wine taster
Check out this story in the NY Times today (Friday May 8) - for its "one in 8 million" series, the NY Times profiles Alexandra Elman, who lost her site due to diabetes in 1995. She got her dog in 1997. It's a wonderful story, ...

San Francisco - SFoodie - Wine, Beer, & Booze Events, May 8-16
(250 Taraval at Funston): tasting of ten wines under $10, $10. Sunday, 5/10: 3:00 p.m., The Jug Shop (1590 Pacific at Polk): Australian wine tasting and book signing with author Matt Skinner, $10 (happy Mother's Day, moms, ...

Niagara wine beats French, Californians (CNews)
Taking many a palate by surprise, a Niagara wine has clinched top honours in a taste test sponsored by a Quebec wine magazine...



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