San Francisco Wine Tours News for 11/03/2008



Ohio Wine (WKBN 27 Youngstown)
Local Wine entrepreneurs now have a new virtual home on the web. Ohio Wine TV launched its website ohiowinetv.com yesterday and will give consumers the opportunity to experience Ohio's top wines and wineries virtually...

Malmsey
However, in 1986, Portugal entered the Common Market, whose regulations required that by 1993 any Madeira wine naming a grape variety on its label must contain at least 85 percent of that grape. This labeling requirement has caused an ...

Sake: Drinking, Serving, Storing and Enjoying
Regular readers know that I don't believe in the "rules" of food and wine pairing, which means I also don't believe in the rules of food and sake pairing. Sake is simply another option for those who enjoy drinking stuff that tastes ...

Ohio Wine (WYTV Youngstown)
Local Wine entrepreneurs now have a new virtual home on the web...

2008 Cool Creek Rhythms Food & Wine Festival (Toowoomba Chronicle)
2008 Cool Creek Rhythms Food & Wine Festival at Park Beach Reserve. 2008 Cool Creek Rhythms Food & Wine Festival at Park Beach Reserve. Sponsors and vendors please call (02) 6656 4695 or email FoodandWine2008@b-e-p.com.au for an information pack...

Wine of the Week: Fair Trade wine
Now Fair Trade has come to the wine world with the first nationwide introduction of Fair Trade Certified wine. So what does "Fair Trade" really mean? In the wine world, many family vineyards in developing countries have a tough time ...

An Evening of Loire Valley Wines from the Kermit Lynch portfolio .
Finally, I found a chance to try some biodynamically- produced French wines from the Kermit Lynch portfolio. I attended a tasting at 18 Reasons in San Francisco (www.18reasons.com) thanks to my friend P. who introduced me to this ...

Washington wine game teaches while having fun (Everett Herald)
WEST RICHLAND -- Seth and Dave Portteus for several years have watched wine tasters chew gum while swilling merlot and cleanse their palates with beer in their father's tasting room at the Portteus Vineyards & Winery in Zillah...

Do punny labels and good wine make a good blend? The case of Leitz
Although these terms express roughly the degree of sweetness, they only do so for the wine before fermentation (aka the weight of the must), so the level of residual sugar after fermentation may not be as sweet or dry as one might ...

Explore wine, grape industry possibilities at WNCC Fallon (Reno Gazette-Journal)
World-renowned wine maker and grape grower John Caldwell of Caldwell Vineyards will present a Nevada Wine & Grape Seminar on Friday, Nov. 7, at Western Nevada College Fallon campus. The luncheon seminar will be 10 a.m.--2 p.m. at Virgil Getto Hall, 160 Campus Way in Fallon. Cost is $25, or $20 if registered by November 4...

Cape Selected to host world experts in wine tourism (South African Wine News)
Some of the foremost role players in international wine destinations are set to meet in the Cape to discuss important new trends in wine and wine tourism, when the city of Cape Town and the Cape Winelands Municipality join in hosting the annual general meeting of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network in November...

Old Wine in Old Casks
Once upon a time, Italian wine importers tried desperately to sell their juice to America. They went to any length to sell wine. Once such effort was to make these decorative fired clay vessels shaped like donkeys and elephants and ...

Fall wine party embellishments
I love having parties not only for the social aspect but for the sheer fun of decorating the house with wine embellishments. Each year I find more and more wine themed props to deck the house out with. Last year I even went as far as ...

All That's Wrong With Global Wine Is in This Bottle: Review (Bloomberg)
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- On first sniff I thought the wine was a little corked. Yet after a few swirls, that was evidently not the problem. With the first sip of 2003 Andeluna Grand Reserve Pasionado ($40-$65), a Bordeaux blend made in Mendoza, Argentina, the problem revealed itself in an explosion of high-alcohol, grapey, oaky flavors that seemed to epitomize all that is wrong with what has been ...

Pezzi King Vineyards 2005 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Backgrounder: Our Operatives went crazy for the last wine we featured from Pezzi King, vaulting the winery into our Top Five hottest wineries off all time. Today, we send Agent Red back to procure their exceptional Pinot Noir. ...

Uganda: Bobi Wine to Become MP (AllAfrica.com)
IT is being whispered in the Democratic Party that musician Bobi Wine could get the party's backing for the Kampala Central seat in 2011...

Study Shows "Sideways" Impact On Wine Industry (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Conventional wisdom was right about the effect the movie "Sideways" had on wine consumption, according to a new economic study...

Bad wine?
A single glass of even the most contaminated wine isn't poisonous. But drinking just one glass of wine a day -- a common habit in Europe and the Americas -- might be very hazardous indeed, calculate biomolecular scientist Declan P. ...

COA promotes leisure farms and wine villages
The 46 booths sponsored by the COA are divided into three areas to introduce Taiwan's leisure farms, famous agricultural products, and wine villages. Since the Taiwan government began implementing its policy of a two-day weekend in 2001 ...

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



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