San Francisco Wine Tours News for 05/11/2008



Zephyr Adventures offers tours for wine enthusiasts (Salem Statesman Journal)
It may be too late if you haven't made plans for Eola Hills' Tuscany trip in a couple of weeks but there's a travel company that caters to the outdoor and wine enthusiast, Zephyr Adventures...

A corking scandal in the wine world (New York Daily News)
Perhaps the best analysis of "The Billionaire's Vinegar" comes from one of Will Smith's partners in optioning the film rights. As he said: "For me, the movie is the unraveling of a mystery that comes down to a guy who punked the wine world."..

Second spring wine festival draws 5,000 to Norfolk (The Virginian-Pilot)
Attendance went up at Norfolkandrsquo;s second spring wine festival. The annual ATandamp;T Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival on Saturday drew about 5,000 people, according to a count by Norfolk Festevents, the wine festival organizer. That compared to 3,500 to 4,000 people who went ...

The Finger Lakes does "Sweet" at Riverside Wine Competition
-Finger Lakes Wineries did very well last week among over 2600 wines from around the world judged at the 2008 Riverside International Wine Competition with White Springs Winery (Seneca Lake) winning a Prestigious Sweepstakes Award (Best ...

the wine chronicles episode 4: diy wine tasting at 626 reserve
626 Reserve has a sort of EURdo-it-yourselfEUR wine tasting. While they do not offer wine flights, you can come in for happy hour Monday through Friday from 4pm-7pm and all wines by the glass (and beers) are $2 off, including the 2.5 oz ...

Beaux Vin
Vintage after vintage winemaker Michael Etzel shows the courage of his convictions and produces dramatically distinctive wines with a personality all their own. Some dismiss the success of Beaux Frères as mostly due to the fame of ...

Eric Solomon - European Cellars Tasting
May 14, 2008 (Wed): What an opportunity when Eric Solomon's representative makes a stop at our 1300 50th Street location in West Des Moines on Wednesday, May 14th from 5 to 7 pm Join MT Gavigan, Midwest Representative for European Wine ...

A Report from the Gang of Pour
My favorite story came from Jurgen Wagner, who explained how the region of Montsant was essentially kept from dying out when a group of rabbis from Barcelona come to the local cooperative and asked them to create a Kosher wine for the ...

Drinking Red Wine Is Good For Your Heart, Lungs, Kidneys.
Red wine benefits include cancer prevention. The anti-aging property function which keeps your arteries healthy and aids in boosting the immune system. Red wine benefits has been shown to help prevent heart disease. ...

Eagle Sees Future in Wine (KIVI Boise)
The wine industry in Canyon County is booming,and now an Ada County winery wants to let people know good wine isn't just across county lines...

In hard times, Argentine wine excels (South Bend Tribune)
After years of drinking more wine, and more expensive wine every year, Americans are reacting to the economic downturn by drinking at least as much, but cheaper wine, shop owners say...

Wine market losing its sparkle (News Interactive)
THE world's love affair with Australian wine may be over, with export figures showing an unexpected slump in sales, prompting the biggest shake-up to the export industry in more than a decade...

Lalande-de-Pomerol AC
Even though merlot is the dominant grape in Lalande-de-Pomerol wines, they also include cabernet franc , cabernet sauvignon and malbec . These wines are usually not as big and full-bodied (see body) as the better Pomerol wines, ...

Virginia wineries and wines
Many of these smaller family operations got their start selling grapes to larger corporate wineries, then gradually began making their own private label wines. Very tired vinters doubled as tasting room staff -- often adding as much ...

the wine chronicles episode 3: learning to be less of a wine retard
As all new wine enthusiasts know describing the taste and aroma of a wine can be very elusive. The experts say EURjust go with what you likeEUR or EURtheres no right or wrong way to describe a wine.EUR I think they say that just to make the ...

Daniel Vineyards hosts EURWine Makers Open House (The Register-Herald)
For only the second time in 18 years, Dr. C. Richard Daniel hosted a two-day EURWine Makers Open HouseEUR over the weekend at Daniel Vineyards in Crab Orchard...

Tastes like bread and wine to me
This is what happens: bread and wine are brought to the alter, a priest-who must have testicles-says a few words and raises his arms a few times. The congregation chants. The bread and wine are lifted up and the priest speaks words. ...

Denison Arts and Wine Renaissance returns to its starting point (Sherman Herald Democrat)
By Jessica Richardson Herald Democrat DENISON EUR The inaugural Denison Arts and Wine Renaissance was held 12 years ago at the historic Katy Depot in downtown Denison...

Brand Matters: The Whining About Wine Is Intoxicating (South African Wine News)
Much is being made of "The Wine Trials", to be published this month by Fearless Critic Media , along with recent studies about consumer psychology that says we consumers are nothing but rubes and idiots when it comes to packaging and ads...

Ask Tim: French wine for a French birthday girl | UK-based wine courses (Guardian Unlimited)
Tim Atkin answers your wine questions..



Archives Main Index