San Francisco Wine Tours News for 12/03/2007

Hungarian wine on my mind
A few weeks ago I enjoyed sampling some Hungarian wines at a New York reception hosted by Perceptive Travel magazine. The folks at Monarchia Winery and Hungarian Tourism were kind enough to provide a collection of regional wines for ...

Uncork latest technology to expose wine fakes - Houston Chronicle

Uncork latest technology to expose wine fakes
Houston Chronicle, United States - Dec 1, 2007
By BENJAMIN WALLACE In November, I attended a wine tasting in Los Angeles held by a man named Bipin Desai, a theoretical physicist who is also one of the .

The ice wine cometh: And Leelanau Cellars' Winter White 'flies off the shelves' (Traverse City Business News)
Harvest 2007 is history but for a few acres being saved for ice wine. Both Chateau Chantal and Black Star Farms have saved grapes gambling that conditions will be right to make the super-sweet, super-expensive, timing-is-everything wine...

Wine (and beer) shine at The Press in Greensboro (BizJournals)
Even though The Press in Southside near downtown Greensboro is a self- described "Wine Cafe," it has an extensive beer list, perhaps the best in all the Triad...

More precious info on how to bring wine back from abroad
Deep into my experimentation on how to best bring back wine from abroad, I believe that I have made a breakthrough. In a recent return from Barcelona, I decided to try to check a crate of wine (again). This time, my methodology was as ...

Anarchist Wine
Authentic Wines and Winemakers, Peri-Urban Farmers, and Autonomous Gastronomy,EUR an alternative wine and food conference held late last month at the historic EURœcentro socialeEUR Leoncavallo in Milan. Themes included EURœself-certificationEUR and ...

Iron & Wine: So Busy And Yet So Unhurried, You Wait For Him
Although you heard precursors in Woman King and In the Reins, you werent expecting such a variety of activity from Iron & Wine, equal parts strung-out Sly Stone and celebrative Sufjan Stevens. But as before, the rhythmic and rhyming ...

Washington wine grape growers have record harvest (The Spokesman-Review)
CASHMERE, Wash. EUR” Washington states wine grape crop, second only to California nationwide, was a record 127,150 tons this year, an industry group reported...

Global Warming and Wine
Global Warming EUR what does this portend for wine growers, wine makers and consumers? What adaptive changes will need to be made in existing wine regions as global temperatures increase? Will wine growing need to be relocated in cooler ...

YumSugar Gift Guide: Wow the Wine Snobs
Everyone knows someone who is totally wacko about wine. They refuse to drink two buck chuck and know the difference between Barossas and Barolos. Wondering what to get in-the-know winos for the holidays? Don't give them wine EUR” it'll be ...

Tastings: A range of groups promote the fine art of wine tasting - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Tastings: A range of groups promote the fine art of wine tasting
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Nov 28, 2007
His "Wine Tasting" (Mitchell Beazely, revised 2003) is my favorite tasting tutorial book. His major opus, though, is "The Great Vintage Wine Book" (Knopf, .

Raising a Glass to (Almost) Organic Wine
Will you be drinking red, white or green?..

Wine Compound Spurs Diabetes Research (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Wine Compound Spurs Diabetes Research Category: Health News Created: 12/3/2007 Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2007..

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. Appoints Florence Pramberger as Senior Vice President of Human Resources (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DEERFIELD, Ill.----Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. [Fortune Brands, Inc. ], a global leader in premium spirits and wine, today announces the appointment of Florence Pramberger as senior vice president of human resources...

The Amateur Wine Tasting: Hurrah for Syrah, Shiraz with Pizzaz - Taste T.O.

Taste T.O.

The Amateur Wine Tasting: Hurrah for Syrah, Shiraz with Pizzaz
Taste T.O., Canada - Dec 1, 2007
My friends and I decided to have an amateur wine tasting. We arent experts and sometimes find it intimidating to be stuck with choosing which wine to order .

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Huge wine warehouse planned in American Canyon for Biagi (North Bay Business Journal)
An Indiana-based commercial real estate developer wants to build a 650,000-square-foot wine warehouse in American Canyon for Napa-based Biagi Bros. Transportation and Warehousing...

How to Taste Wine
Look at the wine, especially around the edges. Tilting the glass a bit can make it easier to see the way the color changes from the center to the edges. Holding the glass in front of a white background, such as a napkin, tablecloth, ...

Rockingham opens new wine-tasting room - The Reidsville Review

Rockingham opens new wine-tasting room
The Reidsville Review, NC - Nov 30, 2007
Sitting on 100 acres of land just outside of Mayodan is Autumn Creek Vineyards' wine tasting room/ special events center. "It's a hidden treasure," said Bud .

A little sauce for a good cause - WWMT

A little sauce for a good cause
WWMT, MI - 9 hours ago
. while training them for a running event. Monday in Paw Paw there's a wine tasting to help raise money for the girls who can't afford the program.

With wine database, you're not alone - Boston Globe

With wine database, you're not alone
Boston Globe, United States - 14 hours ago
You can then plug the scanner into your PC or Mac at home, and check the ratings and tasting notes others have recorded at Intelliscanner.net. Wine .

Hunter Valley music concerts affecting wine sales - ABC Online

Hunter Valley music concerts affecting wine sales
ABC Online, Australia - 18 hours ago
CEO Andrew Montague says people attending the concerts often do not have time to do any wine tasting. "When we do have these large concerts, .

Students Pop the Cork at Wine Tasting (The Harvard Crimson)
As the snow blanketed the Yard last night, a small group of aspiring epicureans practiced seeing, swirling, sniffing, sipping, and savoring wines as part of Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) introductory wine-tasting course...

Wine: Winter sparklers for $20 or less - Hub

Wine: Winter sparklers for $20 or less
Hub, MI - 5 hours ago
Our wine-tasting group compared five bubblies costing between $6.99 and $20. Our $20 wine came in first in our balloting, but a $10 wine came in second, .

Students Pop the Cork at Wine Tasting - Harvard Crimson

Students Pop the Cork at Wine Tasting
Harvard Crimson, MA - 12 hours ago
HSA has offered a popular bartending course since 1972, and a course similar to yesterdays wine tasting was first conducted in 2004. .

The Wine's Organic, but How Does It Taste?
Salon.com ran a fascinating article over the weekend about organic wines, and how the USDA prohibition against using sulfites in those wines can lead to instability and unpredictable flavor changes during aging. Some wine-makers get ...

Howard Goldberg, the Wine Curmudgeon
From there, I expected Goldberg EUR” especially given the column's title "For East End, an Ideal Year" EUR” to move onto discussing the extremely high brix levels that were achieved or maybe some tasting notes based on 2007 wines he's tasted ...

Washington Wine Grape Harvest Breaks Another Record (Beverage World)
Washington's wine grape growers harvested more tons of cabernet, merlot, riesling and other wine grape varietals this year than ever before...

Tasting notes: How to select the best green wine - Grist Magazine

Tasting notes: How to select the best green wine
Grist Magazine, WA - 1 hour ago
Distance matters, but not as much as how the wine is shipped. Container ships are more fuel efficient than ground shipping, which in turn is more efficient .

Red Wine Helps Defend Against Food-Borne Diseases, according to MU Researchers (Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune)
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Red wine is known to have multiple health benefits. wine may also protect humans from common food-borne diseases...

With wine database, you're not alone (Boston Globe)
Collecting When shopping for wine, I merely go by price. I reckon a $20-plus Syrah is more likely to gladden the hearts of my dinner guests than a $5 red from Trader Joe's. I'm told there is more to being a connoisseur than using my formula, however. A new digital aid from IntelliScanner can help you reach that next level...

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