San Francisco Wine Tours News for 11/10/2008

To Decant a Young Wine
Turning down Wine Creek Road this morning, I remembered an interesting conversation I had with a customer a few days back. The gentleman and his wife wanted to know if I recommended decanting the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, if I thought it ...

Wine tasting at Brandywine to raise money for Red Cross (SaukValley.com)
DIXON - A wine-tasting event Friday to benefit the American Red Cross Lincolnland Branch in Rock Falls will feature hors d'oeuvres, a wine pull and raffles...

I Don't Understand San Francisco Wine Week
Here we are living in one of the greatest wine and food cities of the world. We're spoiled rotten when it comes to our wine and food. We expect, and regularly receive great local ingredients in our food, an incredible selection of wines ...

Greensboro wine bar may be saved (The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
A possible last-minute deal could mean The Press Wine Cafe doesnt close after all...

Quickie Guide to Wine part five: Sommelier Jousting
So youre in restaurant and youve ordered all this wonderful food, but looked at the wine list and got stuck. You look up and you feel the stress of a table full of expectant faces giving you that EUR˜well, what do we drink look?. ...

Gift Guide 2008 - Bottle Talk
The Latin phrase "In Vino Veritas" - in wine there is truth - could easily inspire a second maxim: "in wine gifting, there is always gratitude." When it comes to giving, a well-selected bottle of wine is always welcome and - as ...

Celebrate the Holidays and Toast the New Year with a Michigan .
sparkling wine Whether you call it champagne, bubbly or just plain fizz, sparkling wine is just the thing for holiday celebrations. Serve it to guests, give it to friends, or take it as a thoughtful gift to someone elses party EUR¦ wines ...

Fresh & Easy Introduces Five New Wines Under $9 and a 10% Off Wine Promotion (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market today introduced five new wine blends all under $9 and a promotional discount of 10% on six or more bottles of wine.* Along with this promotion, the company launched a $1.99 canvas wine bag to stylishly carry these new quality wines at budget prices...

The Carbon Footprint of Wine (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK - While sipping a glass of wine one evening, wine enthusiast Tyler Colman began to think about the impact that particular wine, which happened to come from South America in a particularly heavy glass bottle, had on the environment...

WOOLIES WINE FESTIVAL DEBUT
Positioned next to the town of Wellington and owned by Woolworths co-founders, The Sonnenberg Family, the farm is one of the most picturesque settings I have ever come across on the Cape Wine Route. My God, it was glorious! ...

EUR˜Wine industry adapted well to climate change (SABC News)
German Physics Professor, Ruprect Jaenicke, says the wine industry has adapted well to climate change globally. Jaenicke was speaking at the Great Wine Capital Global Network in Cape Town...

Wine Seller! Lesley Stahl's Daughter Channels Her Grandfather's .
Lathams new company is a luxury line of wine-themed clothing that she formed with her husband, 30-year-old Andrew Major. "[My grandfather] did leather, we sort of do silk, but I think were carrying on the textile theme,EUR said Ms. ...

New Zealand Wine New Release Tasting
At the recent Wine Bloggers Conference, we had the pleasure of attending the self-paced New Zealand Wine New Release Tasting hosted by the New Zealand Winegrowers. With all of the wine that had already been poured for us that day and ...

Not so bubbly at Majestic Wine (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Profit plunged by 25% at wine warehouse chain Majestic Wine during the first half as the threat of recession stopped companies splashing out on expensive champagne...

Majestic Wine Profit Falls 23% on Higher Distribution Expenses (Bloomberg)
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Majestic Wine Plc , owner of the U.K.'s largest chain of wine warehouses, said first-half profit fell 23 percent on higher distribution and finance costs...

The Social Aspects of Wine
Wine has been a staple in social gatherings since ancient times. It was a favorite among Roman emperors, Greek scholars, and other civilizations. It is the alcoholic drink of choice by people from all walks of life up until contemporary ...

DEADLY CONCOCTION IN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ATTACK ON WINE BUSINESSMAN'S HOUSE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- It was a deadly concoction when a wine businessman became the target of a molotov cocktail attack at his double-storey house in Permas Jaya early today...

South Africa: Cheap Wine 'Replacing Papsak' (AllAfrica.com)
The banning of the sale of papsakke, cheap low quality wine in foil bags, was welcomed in 2007 by wine associations but now a similar cheap wine is being sold in bottles with people buying as much as five litres a day...

Wine Newsletters That Caught My Eye This Week
There is so much ferment going on in the wine world and in the world in general. Now that the elections are over, I find myself reading through some old and new blogs and wine newsletters with renewed vigor. One that I find fascinating ...

Majestic Wine Forecasts `Challenging' Christmas as Sales Weaken (Bloomberg)
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Majestic Wine Plc , owner of the U.K.'s largest chain of wine warehouses, said Christmas sales will be ``challenging'' after a drop in same-store revenue more than doubled at the start of its second half...

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