San Francisco Wine Tours News for 11/04/2008

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 ...

Wine Collector 300 scans, tracks bottle of wine
IntelliScanner has launched its Wine Collector 300, a scanner for creating wine databases. The portable device reads the barcodes on bottles of wine, and tracks information like names, wineries, countries, types, colors and regions, ...

Market Table Wine Pairings
Wine can be more than just something to drink with a meal EUR it can complete a dish. I like to pair a different wine for each part of the meal: the canapÃs and appetizer, the entrÃe and the dessert. By moving from wine to wine you create ...

Businessman imports wine from S. Africa (Cebu Daily News)
Cebu City, Philippines - A Cebu-based businessman has started importing wine directly from South Africa after successful trade negotiations with wine makers from the country...

Di Palos Is Set to Unveil Wine Shop This Weekend
The folks at Di Palos have just put up the window stenciling for their adjacent wine shop, which was slated to open mid-August, and they tell us it should be up and running this weekend. We peeked in and it looks gorgeous EUR” handsome ...

Drink Good Cheap Wine
Morgan Rich, director of wine at Del Posto, chooses three of his favorite special-occasion wines, then propose bargain alternatives...

Fritz Underground Winery 2005 Dry Creek Valley Syrah
It doesnt overpower you with fruit like many of its contemporaries and with good earthiness, spice and complexity it retains a touch of old-world flavors but it is still juicy. This wine is perfect by itself or paired with anything you ...

There are two distinct parties in the world of wine (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
There are two distinct parties in the world of wine. The Old World Party (wines made in Europe) and the New World Party (made in the "newer" wine producing regions of the world)...

Palm Desert: Food, Wine, Desert
Three's always the perfect amount of company when you're combining food, wine and art. Head to Palm Desert, California from November 6-9 for the Annual Art of Food & Wine Festival, which features celebrity chefs (Rick Tramanto, ...

Police: Man gave wine to trick-or-treaters (UPI)
GOTENE, Sweden, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Police in Gotene, Sweden, said they have arrested a man who allegedly tried to give alcohol to two trick-or-treaters then poured wine over them...

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

Wine Book Club tackles Wine Politics - and a Korean edition!
Bloggers around the world picked up a copy of my book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Mobsters, Environmentalists, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink, this month for the latest installment of Wine Book Club. ...

US wine market set for continued growth - research (Just Drinks)
In spite of the economic downturn, the prognosis for the US wine market remains healthy, according to a new report from Wine Intelligence. Wine sales continue to grow year on year, but with per capita consumption still at around 11 litres, there is still huge potential for building sales, particularly among less regular wine drinkers. Ben Cooper reports...

Anthony Westbury: Wine festival to help Food Bank for holidays (Fort Pierce Tribune)
"The Fete du Vin, which began four years ago, is a nice evening out for folks who love great food and wine. Our supporters tell us they really enjoy it," said Food Bank Executive Director Laura Alexander...

History of Wine Making
It remains to be unknown where wine originally came from. However, scholars point out that wine making started about as early as 5000 years ago. It is widely regarded as one of the earliest agricultural commodities and remains highly ...

Green Hills wine shop will move out of state (The Tennessean)
The (yn) wine shop at the Hill Center in Green Hills will close its doors EUR” the first tenant in the posh shopping center to shut down, but owner Ed Fryer said the decision had nothing to do with weak sales...

The Valley Wine Shack new on West Napa St. (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
When Windee Smith moved to Sonoma, she eventually decided that the commute to her businesses in San Francisco (a restaurant and wine store) were too much, so she sold them. Then she decided to use that experience to do something nice in her new hometown...

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

SA wine prices at record lows
The second to last point I find bloody ridiculous - our white blends are currently receiving critical acclaim from around the world and are showing more potential than our red wines - yet according to this we will be producing less of ...

Hill Center (yn) wine shop to close because owner wants to expand idea (The Tennessean)
The (yn) wine shop at the Hill Center in Green Hills will close its doors tomorrow...

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