San Francisco Wine Tours News for 11/02/2008



The impossible pairing: Wine and Halloween candy
This year, in order to distract myself from the actual candy, I decided to put together a little Halloween candy and wine-pairing guide. This way I'll have something to sip while I hand out candy and wait for my kids to come home with ...

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...

The wait is over, BRIX Wine Cellars is now (Cypress Sun)
Brix Wine Cellars will be a new edition to the beautiful Vintage Park Shopping Center...

Lorraine Bracco Wine Bottling Signing and tasting November 22nd
Nov 22, 2008 (Sat): Stew Leonards Wines of Norwalk is hosting a bottle signing and wine sampling event with acclaimed actress, book author, and now wine entrepreneur Lorraine Bracco. Lorraine will be signing bottles from her signature ...

The art of wine (The New Zealand Herald)
Wine is art. It's culture. It's the essence of civilisation and the art of living," mused Californian wine mogul and art aficionado, the late Robert Mondavi in his autobiography...

Best Value Wines From Wine Companion - James Halliday Shares His .
James Halliday has written or co-authored over 60 books on wine since 1979, and has been a contributor to others (notably the Oxford Companion to Wine and Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wine). He has been kind enough to share with ...

Spirits lurk at Caledonia Wine Cottage (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Spirits from years past are said to roam the halls at the Caledonia Wine Cottage. - Brad Giessing / Daily Journal..

Yaffo: The Amazing Basement Boutique Winery + Ask the Winemaker!
We currently import and market two of their amazing wines, both of which have been smash hits with customers who like EURbigEUR fruit-forward full wines that walk right up to you and introduce themselves. And these wines are not bashful. ...

Red, Red Wine Radio
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Croatian Wine Dinner
Nov 06, 2008 (Thu): Caffe Venezia in Berkeley is hosting a multi-course dinner designed to pair with Croatian wines. Frank Dietrich of Blue Danube Wine will be on hand to help you explore this intriguing wine country. ...

Everybodys Sellling Wine
Try a hand-selected sampler of their favorite wines for only $6.99 per bottle; plus earn 2750 Mileage Plan Miles with your first shipment, free shipping, and a welcome gift. Plus, earn an extra five miles per dollar spent (or six miles ...

THE COMPANY OF WINE PEOPLE (South African Wine News)
Our role as a key player in the South African wine industry, both locally and abroad, has seen total sales reaching 2,4 million 9 litre cases in 2005. This has been possible with our core brands, Arniston Bay, Versus, Welmoed, Thandi and Kumkani, reaching across the market spectrum from popular premium to ultra-premium...

sori
[SOHR-ree] Piedmontese for a hill or slope that has the best exposure to the sun and therefore produces riper grapes and the best wines. Sori is often used with the vineyard names, like Sori San Lorenzo and Sori Vigna Riunda. ...

World's your oyster when your wine sells well (Stuff)
The corks have been popping at NZX-listed Delegat's Wine Estate with the news that the company's flagship Oyster Bay sauvignon blanc is now the biggest-selling white wine in Australia by both volume and value...

Advocates and Wolf Rock Wine Dinner (Summit Daily News)
Wolf Rock Brewing Co. and Hess Winery will be sponsoring the Second annual four-course wine dinner on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. to benefit the Advocates for Victims of Assault, Inc...

Food-wine fest toasts veterans (West University Examiner)
A food and wine tasting event both honors and benefits the Houston-area veterans community...

The French Protest Proposed Stricter Wine Rules
Big changes seems to be afoot for the wine industry in France. A suggested amendment to the public health bill 'article 24' would outlaw all 'free alcoholic drinks with the intention of promotion.' This would put an end to free wine ...

Einstein on Wine Event (KFYR-TV Bismarck)
Food and wine were on the menu today at the Gateway to Science 5th Annual Einstein on Wine Event. It was emceed by our own Country Morning Today anchors Chris Gallegos and Alison Adair. The evening featured a chef showdown competition and the audience got to pick their favorite dish...

Casa Vides Wine Tasting
A representative of a relatively new winery in Spain was coming to the Boston area and wanted to showcase some of their wines, which are not yet available in the US, to a small group of wine bloggers. It was an opportunity which I ...

Rare Portuguese wine gets a second chance (The Standard-Times)
CARCAVELOS, Portugal EUR A 15-minute car ride west of downtown Lisbon, on a sliver of farmland cloistered by tightly bunched apartment blocks, the grape harvest is just in. And it looks like a storied Portuguese wine will be rescued from...



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