San Francisco Wine Tours News for 06/20/2009

Wine and cheese fundraiser Monday (Door County Advocate)
Main Street Market will host its third annual HELPS Private Reserve: A Summer Faire of Wine, Cheese and Hors doeuvres event from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Horseshoe Bay Golf Club. Proceeds from the event will benefit HELP of Door County Inc., a local nonprofit serving those affected by domestic abuse...

Competition fierce as world's biggest wine fair opens (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vinexpo, the world?s biggest wine and spirits fair, opens Sunday as 40,000 professionals from around the globe gather to ply their beverages in markets made fiercely competitive by the economic crisis...

Felix Salmon » Blog Archive » Wine datapoint of the day | Blogs |
The US now imports more Argentine wine than French wine? Wow. I haven't been able to track down the figures EUR” trade.gov is down all weekend for EURœscheduled maintenanceEUR EUR” but this is a huge development, I think, especially since French ...

Caption this: Battle of Wine | Dr Vino's wine blog
A spirited wine blog with independent picks for value vino, wine maps and commentary...

Food, wine, auction part of benefit (Daily Pilot)
South Coast Plaza will host a new event to benefit a local food bank in June featuring wine selections from more than 30 of Santa Barbaras finest wineries...

Artisan & Vine : London's Best Wine Bar - from Spittoon.biz
Artisan & Vine : London's Best Wine Bar details from Spittoon...

Food & Wine Classic 2009 - Pictures from Aspen - Slashfood
Itching for pictures from the Food & Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen? What's Mario wearing? Did Ilan Hall rock the Pee-Wee Herman tux again? We'll be posting red carpet and candid images throughout the festival, so bookmark, ...

Failed land deal scuttles opening of Wine Emporium (The Buffalo News)
LOCKPORT--The Canalside Wine Emporium will not open this season, Mayor Michael W. Tucker said Friday...

Lobster, wine and a sound sleep follow break-in (AP via Yahoo! News)
Paul Bruneau will have to get used to jailhouse food after workers at a Maine restaurant discovered lobsters and wine missing EUR” and the suspect asleep on a bench...

Sons of Steve Garvey: San Francisco Wine Connoisseurs Hoist White Flag
Given its store in Hollywood, I've become familiar with K&L Wine Merchants, based out of Redwood City up north. They also publish a newsletter about hot wines each month for its club members. From the K&L Wine Merchants' Wine Club ...

Wine.Woot! takes early lead in BGCSV men's summer hoops (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
Four weeks into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley 25-years-old-and-over Wednesday Night Summer Men's Basketball League, Wine.Woot! sits alone atop the early standings after beating the Blue Moon Saloon last Wednesday evening at the Maxwell Farms Regional Park BGCSV court...

Gena's Wine Picks for the Grill - Slashfood
Cooking and entertaining outdoors pairs perfectly with nice summer wines. But the traditional Pinot Noir you drink with your sautÃed salmon doesn't complement grilled salmon quite as well. Grilling gives foods a rich, woodsy flavor, ...

Texas wine country a rising lone star (Chicago Tribune)
The Lone Star State is crushing grapes in emergent wine country NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- At Dry Comal Creek Vineyards and Winery, in this state's lovely and looping Hill Country, there's a recommendation for how to try the 2008 sauvignon blanc...

TuxArena: 3 Ways to Install Latest Wine in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty .
I decided to put up this guide which shows how to install the latest Wine release in Ubuntu 9.04 using 3 different methods. The default Jaunty repositories come with Wine 1.0.1, but the latest release is 1.1.24 and a new version is ...

Patrons can bring water to wine festival (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Because of hot weather forecast today, each visitor to the Central Virginia Wine Festival will be allowed to carry in two unopened bottles of water (maximum 20 ounces per bottle). The festival is sponsored by the Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association from noon to 6 p.m. at Innsbrooks Snag-a-job.com Pavilion. Bottled water and other nonalcoholic beverages will also be on sale ...

Israel News: Israeli Wine
I can attest that Israel has very presentable wines, especially dry red wines, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir among others. It has been producing great wines for many years, though Eastern European ones are often ...

Lobster, wine and sleep follow Maine break-in (AP via Yahoo! News)
A man suspected of breaking into a Maine restaurant will have to get used to jailhouse food after workers at the eatery discovered lobsters and wine missing EUR” and the suspect asleep on a bench...

Wine-away! : Blisstree - Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles
Make red wine stains vanish without bleach or harsh cleansers. The Wine Away kit conveniently slips into a purse or pocket, so you can take it with you to parties and tastings. Tin contains three mini spray bottles that instantly remove ...

Pourtal: A Tour of Santa Monica's Newest Wine Experience (LAist)
Santa Monican's don't have to drive to Culver City anymore to experience enomatic wine machines pouring fresh, unique wines. Say hello to - Pourtal . Pourtal opened a little over a month ago with little-to-no announcement saying, "Hi, we're here," but this PR move is paying off because everyone wants a piece of the Pour. The brain child of Stephen Abronson and acclaimed ...

Wine Bar Extraordinaire : Hoosier Wine Cellar | Indiana wines and .
It wasn't terribly long ago that we couldn't expect to find wine in a bar. Then along came wine bars, occasionally with snacks and tid bits. In the last few years, wine bars have floiurished, and many of them offer full service meals. ...

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