San Francisco Wine Tours News for 10/22/2008



Washingon's water-based wine indusry
By Taylor Eason Meeting the wine people of eastern Washington is like meeting that minor league pitcher with a 97 mph fastball. These grape growers have a refreshing love of the game without that superstar big-league wine country flash. ...

Turning a wine crush into something more serious (Seattle Times)
Chart a course in the wine business by focusing on the area you are most interested in and do a brief, intense immersion in the business. Either find a part-time paid job or volunteer and find out how you like it...

Drink of the week: Ed Hardy wine (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Drink of the week With his Ed Hardy line, designer/entrepreneur Christian Audigier has put San Francisco tattoo legend Don Ed Hardys tattoo designs on everything from shoes and shirts to energy drinks and motorcycles. His latest? Ed Hardy wine. It may not be your fathers wine bottle, but the cabernet, merlot, syrah, chardonnay and rosà are all made in the southeast of France by ...

Wine Time: Mari Josephs (Pensacola News Journal)
Wine is always changing, whether in the barrel, in the bottle or in the glass...

The Good Life: Here's help deciphering wine labels (The Sacramento Bee)
Last week, The Bee's Mike Dunne wrote about blended wines that combine different grape varieties. We also learned that even wines labeled as say, cabernet sauvignon, could still have other grapes mixed in. This 2006 wine from Chalone Vineyard is 69 percent syrah and 31 percent grenache...

On palates, high alcohol and the critics
My buddy Paul Gregutt is The Man when it comes to the wines of the Pacific Northwest. Hes not only Wine Enthusiasts regional editor up in that beautiful but damp part of the country, hes the wine columnist for The Seattle Times and ...

Hospital thanks benefactors at wine tasting event (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest recently hosted a wine tasting event at Coopers Hawk Winery and Restaurant in Tinley Park to thank past donors and encourage future philanthropic gifts...

Sparking wine is for any occasion (Sun-Sentinel)
One of the great pities of the wine world is that some how, some way, sparkling wines have gotten the reputation of being associated only with celebrations. Stuff and nonsense! The most probable reason is that in the past, sparkling wines were expensive and presenting them at an important event indicated the extreme in luxury...

Notes and Selections from the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting
There are good public wine tastings and there are bad public wine tastings. The difference between the good ones and the bad ones can be quite dramatic. The bad ones are in crappy locations, are poorly organized, offer no food, ...

Online wine sales to offer bargain for consumers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Consumers in just over half of the United States could soon be getting a better selection of wine at a cheaper price -- online...

Fun Down Under wines from Australia and New Zealand!
Oct 25, 2008 (Sat): Fun and tasty wines for the weekend. Wines from the down under have always been famous for producing some of the most flavorful and crowd pleasing wines. We will try some wines that will step outside of the box with ...

The Wine Director: Paul Grieco
If you are a fan of Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines, there can be no finer venue for these wines than South Africa. Now, I am not saying Bordeaux has lost any of its grandeur or Napa Valley has ceded the power quotient (at least as ...

Wine With Character (New York Times)
The manga series ?The Drops of the Gods? follows Shizuku Kanzaki as he learns about wine, allowing the reader to do the same...

Allegrini Wine Dinner At La Scala Restaurant (Thaipr.net)
The Sukhothai Bangkoks La Scala, known for its fine Italian cuisine, will host an Allegrini Wine Dinner on October 30th with Alessandro Vallecchi from the winery who will introduce a selection of All..

Kickn it at Kick Ranch: WBC Bloggers Unite
I am envious of those attending the first annual Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC) in Sonoma County, CA on October 24-26. Marc and I planned on attending, but due to other commitments, we are not able to make it this year. ...

American Politics with a Tuscan Twist
But seeing as we were (and are) on the wine trail in Italy, we thought wed query the locals to offer vinous equivalents to the candidates and some of the supporting cast. And as we were in Tuscany the logical progression made it seem ...

Tasting Report: Alsace Wine + American Cheese Event, October 20, 2008
Yesterday I consumed in two hours more Alsatian wines than Id had in my entire life up to that point. Youre probably a lot like me: Aside from the occasional bottle of Hugel or Trimbach, you rarely, if ever, encounter wine from the ...

Wine Tasting in Madera: Ficklin Vineyards and Quady Winery
Yet the temptations of Fresnos chowroads made me overstay my visit and I ran out of time for the wine trail. However, this last Sunday I made the supreme sacrifice of foregoing lunch at Hunan Restaurant and handmade paletas, ...

'Bottle Keep' Means No More Wine by the Glass
How many times have you passed on a glass of wine because the kind you wanted was only sold by the bottle? The Japanese have a good thing going called "bottle keep" that takes care of that problem by allowing customers to drink what ...

DATEBOOK 10/22/08: Sample the goodies at Los Angeles Wine Tasting's wine pairing evening (Los Angeles Times)
Wine, cheese and chocolate tasting in Beverly Hills FRIDAY..



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