San Francisco Wine Tours News for 05/20/2009



dailygleaner.com - bWine/b price increase a cash grab, Tories say b./b
The Opposition is calling on the auditor general to investigate a controversial bwine/b price hike at NB Liquor, says Progressive Conservative Leader David Alward...

Cannes Film Festival 2009: Brad Pitt tells how five bottles of wine led to Quentin Tarantino role (Daily Telegraph)
Brad Pitt agreed to star in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds after a heavy night with the director which involved "five bottles of wine and some smoking apparatus" he told an audience at the Cannes Film Festival...

Lion cellars its wine business for later cheer (The Age)
Lion Nathan is likely to hold off selling its underperforming wine business until the market recovers and it can obtain an acceptable price for the assets...

Tampa Bay food, bwine/b and beer events | Daily Loaf
Tampa Creative Loafing Weekly Newspaper, shelter from the mainstream for news, event listings, dining, movies and music...

Lion's beer is strong but wine is flat (Sydney Morning Herald)
LION NATHAN is likely to delay selling its underperforming wine business for "a number of years" until the market recovers and it can achieve an acceptable price. Its chief executive, Rob Murray, said he had thought there was a "perfect storm" in the wine industry four years ago, but the storm got "more perfect every year"...

Brad Pitt amp; Angelina Jolie bWine/b and Dine in France at The Insider
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie bWine/b and Dine in France...

Global crisis blunts bwine/b sales - SouthAfrica.info
South African bwine/b sales are being hit by the global economic crisis, South Africa's bWine/b-of-the-Month Club says, but is optimistic that sales will pick up soon, and adds that the local industry has never looked better...

Yamhill bwine/b country: Send a tip for a chance to win - Travels b./b
Dana Olsen/The OregonianA tiny part of the harvest in Yamhill bwine/b country. Enter the "Send Terry on the road'' contest, for a chance to win a weekend getaway to central Oregon, by posting a comment with an Oregon travel tip on this Web ...

Rose rule change scandalises French wine-makers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Provence is up in arms against a pending rule change that would allow rose wine to be made by simply blending white wine with red...

Wine panel: Vintages from South America cozy up to grilled beef and chimichurri (Dallas Morning News)
This month, everything went south for the wine panel - South American, that is. We inaugurated grilling season with a charcoal-grilled flank steak with chimichurri sauce, an Argentine classic that's a natural fit for South American wines...

Iron and bWine/b release rare songs, cover New Order - Pop Candy b./b
One of the first things I did when I woke up this morning was watch Iron and bWine's/b perform a new song on last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This week the band released Around the Well, a collection...

Iron and Wine release rare songs, cover New Order (USA Today)
One of the first things I did when I woke up this morning was watch Iron and Wine's perform a new song on last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This week the band released Around the Well, a collection...

$1M WINE AUCTION IS DE-VINE (New York Post)
Bidders were seeing red -- but everyone was in fine spirits -- at an auction last night of thousands of bottles of California and Bordeaux wine. The frenzy erupted at Christie's in Rockefeller Center, where bidding brought in more than $1...

A CUP OF JO: bWine/b tip
I brought a bottle of white bwine/b, but it was warm by the time I arrived. Jen's clever solution? Wrap a wet paper towel around it and stick it in the freezer. Ten minutes later, it was perfectly chilled. Genius! ...

Wine and Food in the Far North Woods (FOX 26 Houston)
A celebration of wine and food will be attracting gourmets and connoisseurs to areas north of Houston...

Memorial Day Weekend BBQ: Wine Tips (KY3 Springfield)
Vino 100 helps us add wine to the traditional beer at the BBQ..

Wine dinners at Wish, 5300 Chop House (Miami Herald)
The American Institute of Wine & Food's South Florida chapter launches a summer Recessionista Wine Dinner series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wish at The Hotel, 801 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Chef Marco Ferraro's menu features braised beef short rib ravioli, pan-seared snapper and basil panna cotta, paired, respectively, with Frogs Leap zinfandel, Les Charmes chardonnay and Quady Essencia muscat. ...

CheapEats.ie » Blog Archive » bWine/b Tasting at Enowine
I was lucky enough to be able to attend a bWine/b Board event at the Enowine bwine/b bar in the IFSC on Saturday, thanks to a great giveaway at Sour Grapes. I brought my friend Clairey along. We were both suffering from what Clairey called ...

Tasty American bwine/b under $12: why so little of it? Industry b./b
A spirited bwine/b blog with independent picks for value vino, bwine/b maps and commentary...

bWine/b Shipping Measure Passes House - Politics News Story - WSMV b./b
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A proposal that would allow Tennessee consumers to have bwine/b shipped directly to their homes has passed the House. Tuesday, May 19, 2009...



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