San Francisco Wine Tours News for 10/29/2008



Chicago Wine Auction To Be Held This Saturday
Chicago-based wine auction house Hart Davis Hart Wine Company has had some impressive sales lately (their sale of the Fox Cellar brought in an astounding $11160583 making it the fourth largest wine auction in history) and they aren't ...

Fosters delays wine review, says beer trading well (The West Australian)
Beverage company Fosters has delayed the planned completion of a review of its struggling wine assets by two and a half months months. The company also says its first quarter performance is in line..

2008 EUR 2009 Wine Tasting Series
Well truly enjoy wines from the Northern Rhone appellation Hermitage, South Africa, California and Australia. Known as Shiraz in Australia and South Africa, Syrah is some of the manliest wine youll find. ...

Foster's to Announce Outcome of Wine Unit Review in Early 2009 (Bloomberg)
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Foster's Group Ltd., the Australian brewer mulling the future of its wine unit, will complete a review of the business this year, with the outcome to be announced in early 2009...

Foster's Delays Release of Wine Unit Review to 2009 (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Foster's Group Ltd., Australia's biggest brewer, delayed the release of a review of its wine business until early 2009. The review is still expected to be completed this year with the results to be released no later than the announcement of first-half earnings in February, Chairman David Crawford told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Melbourne today...

Walk, Wine + Winners!
DSC05310. We had a little bit more wine from another open bottle we had leftover. DO NOT drink this wine!! It was not very good at all. DSC05320 DSC05321. I loved having wine with a weeknight dinner. It made it feel so special ...

Foster's delays wine assets review (Adelaide Now)
FOSTER'S Group has delayed the planned completion of a review of its struggling wine assets by two-and-a-half months...

USB (Port) Wine
Usb_frontlabelphoto. New packaging from 6 West Design:. The premise behind this design stemmed from the recent TTB/Cola regulatory changes, protecting Portugal's geographic indication which inhibits any winery who was not ...

How to Go Green: Wine, Old School Halloween Crafts and Tasty .
Toast to a sustainable future using our How to Go Green: Wine and Buy Green: Organic Cabernet Sauvignon guides. :: It's not too late! Get old school this Halloween with these three crafty ideas. :: Not so crazy over cauliflower? ...

Elite wine producers sip stateside (The News & Observer)
The royalty of Italian wine visited Miami this week, bringing some of that country's rarest and best wines. The group of 18 top producers -- called Il Grandi Marchi -- is led by Tuscan pioneer Piero Antinori...

EaterWire: Dine with Wine, Murray's Salumi, and a Call for More Salt
GREENWICH VILLAGEEUR” As a way to raise money for the Food Bank for New York City, a number of Greenwich Village restaurants including Elettaria, 8th Street Wine Cellar, and Cho Cho San, are offerings half priced wine on Monday with dinner ...

6th Circuit Finds Tennessee Wine Law Unconstitutional, Sends Back for Remedy (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The 6th Circuit has ruled that Tennessee's wine industry law contains unconstitutional discriminatory restrictions on winery license requirements, but sent the case back to the trial judge to fashion an appropriate remedy...

Cheeseburger in wine paradise (Akron Beacon Journal)
Normally you accompany your favorite bistro burger with an icy mug of draft beer. Let's say you've tracked down the perfect cheeseburger. Excellent, but still there's something missing: the perfect cheeseburger wine...

Have wine when you're winging it (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Chicken wings, no matter how they're prepared, are among the simplest but memorable pleasures of life. Be sure to mark the occasion with a glass of wine. Wine? Well, yes. Beer might be the traditional choice for wings, especially those sauced up in classic Buffalo style. With a little bit of experimentation, though, you can find just the right wine for whatever type of wings you are serving -- ...

A Wine Blogger's Guide to Wine
Earlier in the year he saw published, and has since gained a great deal of publicity for, "Wine Politics"EUR”EUR” a book about its title that I loved. On November 11th, Tyler will begin swimming in the deep end of the mainstream wine media ...

6th Circuit Finds Tennessee Wine Law Unconstitutional, Sends Back for Remedy (Law.com)
The 6th Circuit has ruled that Tennessee's wine industry law contains unconstitutional discriminatory restrictions on winery license requirements, but sent the case back to the trial judge to fashion an appropriate remedy. In addition, the court did uphold the state's prohibition on selling and shipping wine directly to Tennessee consumers, whether by in-state or out-of-state wine sellers. The ...

2007 York Creek Vineyards Touriga Nacional Rose, Sonoma County
One hundred twenty-five acres of vineyards are surrounded by another 575 acres of woods and orchards, hosting 24 varieties of native trees whose silhouettes make an appearance on the York Creek wine label. The property mirrors the ...

Tell us about your wine blog and the WBC - elevator pitch
Tell us about your blog (wine or not) in an elevator pitch in the comments here. There are so many new blogs, its always good to hear about the newest directions, particularly for wine! Hopefully we can all find some new blogs to check ...

WINE POACHED SOLE 1 lb. so. (Akron Beacon Journal)
WINE POACHED SOLE 1 lb. sole fillets 1 tbsp. olive oil 3 shallots, minced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup white wine 1/4 tsp. dried dill 1/8 tsp. each black pepper and salt 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped..

My Hedge Fund
These have been the house wine for the past 15 or so Christmas dinners. Initial cost was about $20 a bottle. Current appx. street value $150-300 a bottle. But if I sold the remaining cases, how could I tell how an Hermitage will taste ...



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