San Francisco Wine Tours News for 07/01/2009



Wine & Spirits Daily: Women Continue to Prefer Wine and Spirits to .
Like last year's Gallup Poll, beer beat out wine and spirits as Americans' preferred beverage. Four in 10 drinkers say they prefer beer, compared with 34% naming wine and 21% spirits. Recall that beer has been the top-ranking alcoholic ...

wine - woolgathering
wine. By Elizabeth Perry on June 30, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 Comments · day1645.jpg. Began the month with roses, ending with wine. I've been on vacation for two days, and it feels good to put my feet up. ...

China, crisis mix with Crus at Bordeaux wine fair (BusinessWorld Online)
BORDEAUX EUR” Caught napping by a consumer crisis after a series of record years, the French wine trade is lusting after the potentially huge markets of China and India as an outlet for Old World wine sales...

Cebu Wine Report 2009 (Manila Bulletin)
As a fast growing citadel and tourism center with a huge expatriate community, Cebus wine scene has become a new haven for aficionados and collectors. Moreover, some of their very good imports hardly ever reach other key cities in Luzon or Mindanao...

Wine of the Week (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
JACK BERNINGER   Wine: Lake Anna Chardonnay Barrel Select 2007   Winery: Lake Anna Winery, 5621 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania (http://www.lawinery.com)  Composition: 100 percent Chardonnay   Description: In a state in which Chardonnay is a quality wine, this one stands out. Floral aromas are followed by toasty almond with just a touch of creaminess. Perfect for summer deck sipping and for ...

Bottles as bricks, jugs, sprawl, Holy wine - sipped and spit | Dr .
A spirited wine blog with independent picks for value vino, wine maps and commentary...

Wine and Food Trends: The Complexities of Pairing - PSFK.com
Barcelona has a lot of very good restaurants. Two of the best are Moo and Comerç 24. The two are similar in many respects, but where they diverge is in...

Commissioners approve wine license for Wild Water West (The Argus Leader)
Minnehaha County commissioners Tuesday approved a new wine license for the Wild Water West Waterpark west of Sioux Falls. The waterpark has had a malt-beverage license, with which it has sold mainly beer at its swim-up bar called the Island Cantina, and its walk-up bar at the Tiki Hut. The wine license will allow it to sell wine coolers and other wine-related items, park officials say...

Food and wine events (San Jose Mercury News)
Food and wine events in the Bay Area..

South Africa is fertile wine area (The Springfield News-Leader)
It is said that the birthplace of modern man was South Africa. Our prehistoric ancestors must not have been very interested in wine, because if they were, they would never have left...

Tastings: Weekly wine, beer and spirits reviews (The State)
The Crusher Petite Sirah, 2008, California, $13 This line of wines is made by Don Sebastiani and his sons, who also make Hey Mambo, Smoking Loon and Pepperwood Grove EUR” all of which are exceptional values for the money EUR” and this wine lives up to the mark...

Wine advice what is a really great tasting wine without a strong .
Hello , I'm looking for a really good wine,Taste is really an issue for me I don't like alcohol because of the strong taste even lighter stuff such as...

Asians say cheers to Sotheby's wine auctions (BusinessWorld Online)
HONG KONG EUR” Asian vintage lovers helped boost auction house Sotheby's wine sales so far this year to $19.2 million, far exceeding estimates and defying the downturn...

TUAW First Look: Cellar puts your wine collection in your pocket
Beverage choice should be simple: coffee or tea to rev up, wine or beer to spin down (App Store links). Of course, when it comes to drink choices, there's definitely an app for that: from the makers of espresso-instructions app Barista, ...

Wine list keeps pours unpredictable (The Indianapolis Star)
Some restaurants change their wine lists once or twice a year to match the changing seasons and latest trends. Deano Wilson, the energetic owner of Deano's Vino in Fountain Square, jumbles his list almost every week. For example, in a recent swap, Wilson dropped 13 wines from one week's list of 40 bottles and replaced them with 14 new ones for the next week...

WINE REVIEWS: Marlborough sauvignon blancs (Otago Daily Times)
Marlborough sauvignon blanc was once a wine that "shocked, thrilled and entertained the world with its brash, unexpected flavours" according to British writer Oz Clarke. While the flavours may no longer be unexpected they can still sometimes shock and thrill...

'New York Jew' Wine - Slashfood
Enough, apparently, that he hasn't had to footnote the scene-setting stories printed on the back of each bottle of New York Jew, which recount Scheffer's youthful adventures swiping wine from the table while his family argued about the ...

The Beantown Bloggery: 50% Off Bottles of Wine @ STIX
I was out for drinks on Monday at Minibar to celebrate a friend visiting from out of town, and I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw the wine list. The prices didn't look too bad until I looked at the heading and realized that ...

Perez Hilton: Ewan Ages Like Fine Wine
Since 2004, Hollywood's most hated website has been delivering the juiciest celebrity gossip. The blog is The go-to source for daily happenings in Hollywood. Written by the internet's most notorious gossip columnist, Perez Hilton (Mario ...

Can wine tasting led to tooth erosion? : Healthbolt - Health News .
Another, more extreme idea, is for them not to brush their teeth on the mornings of a wine tasting session. Sounds gross, but the idea is that by not brushing, the plaque on the teeth will protect the enamel. ...



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