San Francisco Wine Tours News for 05/14/2009



Hail deals serious blow to Bordeaux wine harvest (South African Wine News)
Hail storms earlier this week destroyed vines in the Bordeaux area and put the commercial survival of some wine growers at risk...

jamie goode's wine blog: LIWF, final day: the future of wine .
Took part today in a panel on the future of wine writing, organized by Catherine Monahan of Clink Wines. The panel was pretty hardcore, with Mike Paul, Angela Mount, Chris Murphy, Robert Joseph and Richard Siddle. ...

Rob Galbraith DPI: Times features The Blind Wine Taster
Times features The Blind Wine Taster. Thursday, May 14, 2009 | by Mike Sturk. The New York Times features The Blind Wine Taster as part of its multimedia One in 8 Million series. Harry Reininger: The All Night Accountant is also well ...

California wine makers lobby Congress | McClatchy
WASHINGTON -- California winemakers this week are lobbying Congress in their own distinctive way, hoping to fend off farm spending cuts and potential tax increases. extra description...

France tops gold medal winners at wine challenge (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
France topped the list of gold medal winners at the 26th International Wine Challenge (IWC) unveiled at the London International Wine Fair this week...

The answer to the age old question: Which wine goes best? (KOMO Seattle)
When it comes to wine tasting, are you a novice or as knowledgeable as a sommelier? Wherever you fall on the scale, a new Web site could be for you, putting a cheat sheet right at your fingertips...

Make a wine discovery (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
If you set out to try a different kind of wine a day, you'd spend more than 27 years before tasting them all...

Wines of Hermanus and Overberg Region Wine Festival (South African Wine News)
The seventh Wines of Hermanus and Overberg Region Wine Festival with around 20 cellars participating, offers wine lovers the experience to taste around 100 of the wines being produced from Elgin to Elim. While celebrating a comparatively young wine region, this year's Festivals also commemorate 350 years of winemaking in South Africa...

Lifehacker - Turn an Old Wine Bottle into a Fancy Pouring Bottle .
Old wine bottles are good for more than just college dorm candle art. Add a little paint and one cheap spout, and you've got a better, more stylish way to pour oil or vinegar...

All new Wine Week broadens Stellenbosch Wine Festival footprint (South African Wine News)
As if showcasing more than 500 wines under one roof is not enough, this year the Stellenbosch Wine Festival literally goes the extra mile to extend its Winelands hospitality even further with its all new 'Wine Week', attracting fun-loving visitors to South Africa's oldest and foremost wine route between 24 and 31 July...

Gov. Bob Riley signs bill allowing stronger wine in Alabama (Birmingham News)
MONTGOMERY -- Gov. Bob Riley has signed legislation that allows stronger wine to be sold in Alabama....

I Love Red Wine EUR” There, I Said It EUR The Blogs at HowStuffWorks
Red wine is one of life's simple little pleasures for me and the wife. There's something about turning a bunch of grapes into a bottle of Pinot Noir or Cabnernet that just knocks me out. I have a couple of friends in the wine industry ...

Salt Restaurant and Bar launches star-studded dinner and wine diary (South African Wine News)
South Africa, Cape Town, April 2009; Cape Town's stylish Salt Restaurant & Bar with its dream location on the Atlantic Seaboard has launched an enviable dinner and wine diary for the upcoming winter season...

wine on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Wine goes with anything and everything! . Wine goes with anything and everything! To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. ...

Dinner Tonight: Red Wine Spaghetti with Broccoli | Serious Eats .
I've long been mildly interested in the idea of cooking pasta in red wine, having seen it a couple times in various recipes, but before now I'd never tried it. Mostly, it just seemed like a waste of wine....

wine on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
wine. . wine. wine by Prince of Petworth. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. ...

Prosser turns up the heat with Wine and Hot Jazz Bash (Tri-City Herald)
PROSSER -- The Prosser Wine and Hot Jazz Bash is May 15-17 at two downtown locations. Bands from t..

Wine Pavilions and the Greatest Show on Earth A.K.A. Outside Lands .
This festival is a testament to the article I released earlier on Wine Bytes about working your wine into other activities to save resources. The correlation might escape you at first but if I can figure out a way to make an excuse to ...

Baltimore City Paper: Feedbag: Wine Tastings
The best in news, views, arts and entertainment throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area...

Bordeaux wine harvest decimated by severe hail storms (Independent)
A fifth of this year's Bordeaux wine harvest has been destroyed by two severe hail bombardments in three days...



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