San Francisco Wine Tours News for 08/15/2009



2.98 pounds 'lively and lightly spritzy' wine wins over connoisseurs
LONDON - A wine bottle costing less than 3 pounds has pipped 300 other contenders to become the cheapest ever to win a medal in an international contest...

Leu Wine
EURTradition with a new face: Godfather at the naming of the trademark wines of the winery Korell (three grapes in Gault-Millau) was the arms animal of the more than 500-year-old wine dynasty of the Nahe - Leu. The old, harmonious poetic ...

Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant celebrates local ingredients (The St. Helena Star)
Saturday update The Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant at The Culinary Institute of Americas California campus offers the opportunity to experience a menu filled with hand-picked ingredients...

Wine May Shield Breast Cancer Patients From Radiation Si .
14 (HealthDay News) -- A glass of wine a day cut the ris.Skin reactions are a common side effect of cancer radiation therapy a.So researchers at Catholic University and the National Research Counc.,Wine,May,Shield,Breast,Cancer ...

Toast of Ohio Wine Festival today (The Sandusky Register)
Wine connoisseurs and food enthusiasts will soon gather at the Sandusky Bay Pavilion in downtown Sandusky for the Toast of Ohio Wine Festival, a joint fundraising event for the Merry-Go-Round Museum and the Maritime Museum of Sandusky...

Wine May Shield Breast Cancer Patients From Radiation Side Effects (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
FRIDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A glass of wine a day cut the risk of treatment-linked skin toxicity by two-thirds in women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, Italian researchers report...

Stomp and Sample at the Iowa State Fair Wine Experience (Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner)
New to the Iowa State Fair in 2009, Grandfathers Barn will be hosting its very own Wine Experience. Fairgoers will have the opportunity to stomp grapes, sample wine and learn more about Iowas wine and grape industry. The Iowa State Fair is Aug. 13-23...

Wine not give them a break? - Capitol Confidential - New York .
It seems that the minimum size of Pregnancy Warning signs for wine ice cream was 8.5 x 11 inches. But that was difficult to fit on freezers and other spots where the boozy ice cream was sold. So Paterson approved a law allowing a ...

Felix Salmon Blog Archive The NYT's refreshing wine club | Blogs |
The New York Times needs all the revenue sources it can get right now, so it's licensed its brand to the Global Wine Company and created the New York Times Wine Club. This is a good thing, and not only because it brings money into the ...

Wine grape harvest begins under economic cloud (AP via Yahoo! News)
The chilly economic climate is casting a shadow over this year's wine harvest, with some predicting expensive grapes will be a tough sell in a market that has developed a parsimonious palate...

Corvidae Wine Company 2007 The Keeper Cabernet Franc Two to try (Salem Statesman Journal)
Radiant aromas of red currant and cherry fruit, green bell pepper, black pepper and smoke continue on to the palate and even linger through to the finish. You can purchase this wine for $16.50 at Santiam Wine Co...

Newspaper wine clubs - are they any good? NYT jumps in | Dr Vino's .
A spirited wine blog with independent picks for value vino, wine maps and commentary...

New EURDoggie bag wine bill goes into effect (The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)
DES MOINES EUR EURTo goEUR has a new look in Iowa restaurants this summer. On July 1, a new piece of legislation went into effect that allows restaurant patrons to take partially consumed bottles of wine EURto go.EUR..

State to withhold some tax revenue on beer, wine (News 14 Carolina)
THOMASVILLE, N.C. âEUR The state will be withholding a large percentage of beer and wine taxes from municipalities this fiscal year. The funding is being used to help balance the budget in a tight economy. But local officials say they're still trying to figure out the impact...

Craftzine.com blog : How-To: Recycled Wine Bottle Torch
This recycled wine bottle torch is so simple and elegant, and yet made entirely from stuff you can get at the hardware store. (Thanks, Katie Wilson!)...

Wine lounge planned for old Alan's space (The St. Helena Star)
The founder of the monthly Cheers! St. Helena events is moving downtown. Todd White has applied for a use permit to open Vinu, a 60-seat wine lounge and restaurant, at 1371 Main St., the space previously occupied by Alans Studio on Main...

The New York Times launches a wine club - Tasting Room .
In short, the Times has created a partnership with Global Wine Company, which will operate the wine club because of its access to boutique wineries around the world. According to a Times' statement, the club will offer two packages ...

Lock Up That $25,000 Wine: Big Spender (TheStreet.com)
A wine as rare and valuable as the Chateau Mouton Rothschild should be harder to access than a six pack of Bud Light...

Introducing the Vinography Wine Club - Vinography: A Wine Blog
Introducing the Vinography Wine Club. This blogging business stinks. You can't make any money at it. Advertising revenues are plummeting, readership is down, and those readers that are left only want to read heartwarming stories of ...

Make: Online : How-To: Recycled wine bottle torch
This recycled wine bottle torch makes for a funky backyard picnic light, and you can get all the extra parts at the hardware store. (Thanks, Katie Wilson!)...



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