San Francisco Wine Tours News for 08/20/2009



Cookie Madness » Half Batch Cherry Chocolate Red Wine Cookies
Today I just needed a few, so I cut the recipe in half and used some leftover Spanish wine from Costco. I hate pouring it out and you can sort of taste it in these cookies. This recipe is adapted from Ashley Berman who entered it into a ...

Greens land recycling gig at Art & Wine Festival (Mountain View Voice)
A few weeks from now, the Art & Wine Festival will take over Castro Street for a weekend, generating tens of thousands of used bottles, cups and cans. This year there will be an unprecedented effort to recycle those materials, led by local group Green Mountain View. by Daniel DeBolt..

Change in Location for the Eagle Food and Wine Festival Gala and Auction (Boise Weekly)
The event is no longer at the Stueckle Sky Center in Boise due to extenuating circumstances, but organizers found the next best thing and it is closer to home for Eagle residents. The Eagle Food and Wine Festival Gala and Auction on Friday, Aug. 21, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. is now being held in a vacant commercial building at 950 E. Riverside Dr. in Eagle. The new venue which is large enough to hold ...

Bigger Than Your Head » Whaddaya Want from a Bottle of Wine?
Nonetheless, we sat out on the screened porch about 5:30 with a bottle of white wine, invitingly sheathed in beaded condensation, and a bowl of our favorite little Tuscan crackers, LL to finish that morning's Times, and me to continue ...

Smores: an impossible food-wine pairing? | Dr Vino's wine blog
A spirited wine blog with independent picks for value vino, wine maps and commentary...

Cowichan wine and food fest nears (Peninsula News Review)
The Islands wine lovers and foodies are ready for the return of one of late summers most popular events, the Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival...

Red wine blending, soup and patĂ at Nederburg this winter (South African Wine News)
Beat the winter blues by joining the Nederburg team for an expert class in wine blending on Saturday, August 29, and round off the experience with a simple heart-warming meal of soup, bread and pâtà prepared from the freshest ingredients...

Food and wine as collateral for bank loans - Boing Boing
Italian banks may soon accept high-end prosciutto and wine as collateral for loans. The Italian agriculture minister is into the idea. Apparently, it's not as far-fetched as it sounds. From The Guardian: ...

The Wine Expert's Lawsuit - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com
A look at Michael Broadbent's lawsuit against the author of "The Billionaire's Vinegar.''..

Reason & Revelation: Wine 101
How do you buy wine? What should you do before you get to the store? Well, looking at the importers would be a great place to start. Wine comes into the U.S. from companies that import the wine--which means they are making decisions for ...

El Monte RV Promoting California's Wine Country | RV Business
To showcase the joys of touring California's lush wine country, El Monte RV is providing tourists with plenty of information about autumn California Wine...

Are You Drinking Over-Processed WIne? | Food Politics
Over the last 24 hours, I've been devouring Alice Feiring's excellent book The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization and am quickly discovering that the wine industry in many ways mirrors the food ...

Creative Wine Labels | Serious Eats
Photograph from Nine99 Design When I think of a wine label, I imagine an illustration of a French château with cursive lettering. Nothing wrong with that sort of label, of courseEUR”but it's not that interesting...

Mike Dunne's Wine of the Week pick: 08/19/09 (The Sacramento Bee)
White zinfandel, sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and other light and refreshing wines that invite quaffing in hot weather most likely will be the pours of choice in the wine garden when the California State Fair opens Friday...

Grape and Wine returning to its roots (St. Catharines Standard)
The Niagara Wine Festival is strengthening its community roots. After spending a few years pursuing a more cosmopolitan crowd from outside Niagara, festival organizers have turned their attention to making the marquee event a real homecoming in St.[.]..

Cinema serving wine, beer (The Healdsburg Tribune)
As a few movie-goers grabbed their popcorn and Jujubes for the Monday afternoon matinee at the Raven Film Center, others were headed to the over-21 section to catch a flick as well EUR” except they were ordering beer or wine with their snacks...

Wine glasses on the cheap (Lifewise on Canoe)
Wine snobs love to obsess over glassware...

Interview with Keith Lofton, Wine Manager at Hinton's Wine Store .
As I've mentioned several times before, I go to Hinton's wine store quite a bit. They have an excellent range of tastings all year long (except this month)...

Ban of wine with nude label is marketing boon in Alabama (GMA News)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. EUR Alabama's ban on a wine that features a nude nymph on the label became a business opportunity for a California vintner who is preparing a marketing campaign to capitalize on being "Banned in Bama."..

ABC initially rejects Wal-Mart's beer and wine permit application (Baxter Bulletin)
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division rejected a beer and wine permit application Wednesday for Wal-Mart in Mountain Home, but expect to hear the case again in an appeal...



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