San Francisco Wine Tours News for 11/06/2008



Tomato Wine
Fred Franzia likes to say he can make good wine from grapes grown just about anywhere. These two labels tend to show he could also make wine from just about anything. This tomato wine seems to decide the age-old question of whether a ...

Cynicism Wins In Oklahoma Wine Question
The new law allows wineries inside and outside Oklahoma to sell directly to Oklahoma restaurants and retailers without having to get the permission of a distributor and pay enormously overinflated fees for them to carry the box of wine ...

Iron Chef Wine
The latest branded wine takes its inspiration from the Food Network show Iron Chef. The first offering from Iron Chef Wines is four wines: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Merlot and Chianti. A rudimentary website offers more details on each ...

Sustainability to leave mark on wine
'The increase in the market share of alternative wine stoppers could lead to the loss Cape Town, South Africa: There is a unique opportunity in South Africa this week for the wine industry to engage with the conservation community and ...

Levendi Winery 2005 Sweetwater Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
We loved the wine, as did our Operatives. When we learned that Levendi was readying the release of their 2005, Agent Red was dispatched, with the specific mission of procuring a larger cache. For his misison, Agent Red also enlisted the ...

Wine dinner at Ristorante Lucano (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Ristorante Lucano is hosting a wine dinner Monday...

Beer, wine sales not likely this Sunday (The State)
Can people buy beer and wine on Sunday in Blythewood and unincorporated Richland County? Probably not. While the S.C. Department of Revenue normally could promise to turn a license around in a day, thats probably not feasible in this case, said Adrienne Fairwell, a spokeswoman. Voters in several local governments passed referendums Tuesday on Sunday beer and wine sales. Before the department ...

Wine event to help Ethel's Tree of Life (Portsmouth Herald)
ELIOT, Maine and#8212; Ethel's Tree of Life Inc. will hold its second annual wine tasting and auction at the Sheraton Harborside in Portsmouth on Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Sponsors, in addition to the Sheraton, are Kennebunk Savings Bank and Bob's Clam Hut...

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...

Wines Under $25: The Indispensable Wine Guide 2009
Helping banish the risk of choosing an undrinkable bottle of wine, the eleventh edition of The Indispensable Wine Guide by acclaimed wine writer Joëlle Thomson is published this month...

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

Wine, cheese, chocolate at holiday fundraiser (Daily Herald)
A chance to indulge in the three main food groups in the comfort food pyramid - wine, cheese and chocolate - awaits tonight, Nov. 6, at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville...

Wine Links Worth Checking Out
Bevlog - Attorney Richard Lehrman on the legalities of wine and spirits labels. Daddy Winebucks - Eric Cohen is just getting started but is worth a read. The Second Glass - Tyler Balliet has his finger on the pulse of wine in Boston. ...

Wine & Music Festival scheduled for this weekend, Nov. 7-8, at Dover Downs (Cape Gazette)
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino will hold its annual two-day Wine & Music Festival from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 and 3 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8...

Red states, failed merger, global wine - sipped and spit
The purchase of Napas Chateau Montelena by the Reybier group, hailed in July by Robert Parker as EURone of the biggest stories in my 30 years in the wine field,EUR has now been canceled. [PR newswire]. SPIT: global wine ...

Wine Museum in the Philippines? (Yehey!)
The Joseph brothers are at it again. this time around, an ambitious project called the Wine Museum. If anyone or any group is to pull this off, the Joseph brothers are definitely your best bets to do so...

Advertising and Wine Blogs
Prelude: I know most visitors to this site come here for wine reviews. Pardon me for a moment while I write an article addressed at the wine blogging and wine producer communities. I observed some interesting dynamics at the Wine ...

Shepard Fairey Art on Kenwood Artists Series Wine
Now Shepard Fairey has his own wine. Kenwood Vineyards has commission a piece from Shepard Fairey for the 30th Anniversary Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon. The choice is a bit of a departure from a series that has featured artists like ...

Bottle of red? White? Wine fest might help you (The Post-Standard)
The holidays are just around the corner, and that means it's time to think about wine...

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...



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