San Francisco Wine Tours News for 10/20/2008



Montepulciano
A red-wine grape widely cultivated throughout Italy, with the most concentrated plantings in the southeastern regions from the marches down to apulia . Some argue that Montepulciano orginated in the abruzzi region, with which it's still ...

Cloudy Bay Wine Dinner at JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai
Cloudy Bay Wine Dinner at JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai...

Taste Amador Wines
Oct 24, 2008 (Fri): We feature Amador County Wines from smaller, lesser known wineries and some that don't have a tasting room. At least 6 Amador County Wines are available for tasting for $5 (applied to wine purchase). ...

Wine collectors eye cellars for liquidity (Stuff)
Wine cellars have been taking a hit from the global credit crisis and it isn't because the owners of rare bottles are drinking more EUR it's because they have been selling to raise cash...

Santiago Wine Tasting - Concha y Toro
Started in 1883 by Don Melchor de Concha y Toro, this world famous winery has grown to become an ambassador for Chilean wine the world over. This is the Mondavi of Chile, and the massive operation is today the number one Chilean wine ...

Bottled wine exports on the rise (North Queensland Register)
The share of bottled exports increased by 5 percentage points to 76pc in the year ended September 2008, as the bulk wine share of the total export mix fell 4 percentage points to 23pc, according to Wine Australia...

PHOTOS: Wine festival volunteers thanked before they get down to work (Naples Daily News)
Bette Aymar always wanted to go to the Naples Winter Wine Festival, but she doesnt have EURthe big bucksEUR to do it. She decided to do the next best thing and volunteer to work at the festival...

Flying With Your Adirondack Winery Wine - How To Do it Right
After two bad wine travel experiences this summer, I finally got it right about ten days ago. Returning by plane from a business trip to the Windy City, I found myself unencumbered by either checked baggage or children. ...

Angleton Wine Tasting Event
If you missed the Sunday night fundraiser, come out and support Ed Angleton on Monday night, October 20. Ed is running for State House (dist 100), and really needs your help. Will you come support him? angleton-winetasting.jpg...

Wine Train into the West whets appetites (Rapid City Journal)
HILL CITY EUR In its fourth year of heading toward Tin Mill Hill and the wilderness of the Black Hills, the 1880 Wine Train into the West was completely sold out weeks in advance of its Saturday and Sunday excursions. With four wines to sample, a delicious lunch and a slow ride to Keystone and back, riders found it was worth the ticket...

Travel almanac: World's most wonderful wine destinations (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Top 10: World's most wonderful wine destinations 1. Bordeaux, France 2. Napa Valley, Calif. 3. Tuscany, Italy 4. Champagne-Ardenne, France 5. Barossa Valley, Australia 6. La Rioja, Spain 7. Sonoma Valley, Calif...

Wine now in cans for long train journeys
Now Japan Rail East is encouraging the breaking of another social taboo, public alcohol consumption, with the launch of EURPremium Can Wine,EUR designed for exclusive sale on shinkansen and limited express trains. Available in white or red, ...

Wine-tasting RSVPs due Monday (Palladium-Item)
Reservations are due Monday for a wine tasting and hors doeuvres event after Saturday's Richmond Symphony Orchestra concert...

Stuart Cellars Temecula Trio - $49.99
If youre looking for California wine from off the beaten Napa-Sonoma track, look WAY off the track. Some 500 miles toward Mexico, the Temecula Valley AVA has been producing little-known but much-loved wines for decades now EUR indeed, ...

Food, fun abound at La Viña wine fest (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LA UNION EUR Memories of a wet, harvest-limiting summer evaporated Saturday at the sun-and music-drenched La Viña Harvest Wine Festival, which concludes here today...

Orange wine strikes gold
A SAUVIGNON Blanc wine from Orange has been pipped for the overall championship trophy at the 2008 National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst. Brangayne of Orange exhibited the only gold medal winning Sauvignon Blanc in the largest ...

Orange wine strikes gold (Western Advocate)
A SAUVIGNON Blanc wine from Orange has been pipped for the overall championship trophy at the 2008 National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst. Brangayne of Orange exhibited the only gold medal winning Sauvignon Blanc in the largest class of the show beating 85 entries drawn from the premium cool climate wine growing regions of Australia...

Wine bar scene comes back to Sydney (The West Australian)
For a long time Sydney had been living in the shadow of the hip Melbourne social scene. But licensing laws passed in NSW in July made way for the re-introduction of the wine bar to Sydney-siders. Si..

Oldest wine region is off the beaten trail (Asbury Park Press)
By virtue of a wine-grape-growing tradition dating to the 1670s, New York's Hudson Valley bills itself as America's oldest wine-producing area...

Wine Freedom - Finally?
The state has prohibited out-of-state retailers from shipping wine straight to Michigan consumers - unless the retailers have a location in Michigan and are a part of a three-tier regulatory system. But a federal judge in Detroit ...



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