San Francisco Wine Tours News for 12/12/2007



What's In a Name? The AVA Creation Process 2.0
The concept of an AVA, like that of any appellation, is founded in the idea that it represents a region whose environmental characteristics, and their influence on the wine produced in the area, are distinct from those around it. ...

WBW #40 - Petite Sirah
This is what I like about participating in Wine Blogging Wednesday, the online community tasting that Lenn organized over three years ago now. I am compelled to venture outside of my comfort zone, to buy wine I would never otherwise buy ...

CULINARY CALENDAR - Bradenton Herald

CULINARY CALENDAR
Bradenton Herald,  United States - 10 hours ago
There will be a wine tasting and gourmet raw food sampling and screening of Jenna Norwood's movie "Supercharge Me!" at 7 pm Proceeds benefit the Sarasota .
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Wine exports back on the rise (iafrica.com)
South African wine exports rose 16 percent during the nine months to November this year compared with the same time a year ago, data from an industry body SA Wine Industry Information & Systems showed...

Wine Guys pick: 2006 The Black Chook, Shiraz/Viognier (Juice)
Cost: $19 Find it: Ingersoll Wine and Spirits, 3500 Ingersoll Ave...

Wine sampling event Dec. 11 - Marco Island Sun-Times

Wine sampling event Dec. 11
Marco Island Sun-Times, FL - 21 hours ago
Wine tasting will be Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 7 to 8:30 pm at Marco Wine Sellers for $15/participant for the night. Pre-registration is required at Mackle Park .
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Wine Events: Sample ports at Grand Tastings, and more - Dallas Morning News

Wine Events: Sample ports at Grand Tastings, and more
Dallas Morning News, TX - 7 hours ago
RIEDEL GLASSES: George Riedel presents a wine-tasting using the Riedel Sommelier Montrachet, Burgundy Grand Cru, and Bordeaux Grand Cru stemware, .
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Tasting note: Baroncini Il Santo is a wine of hospitality - Dallas Morning News

Tasting note: Baroncini Il Santo is a wine of hospitality
Dallas Morning News, TX - 7 hours ago
We may call vin santo a dessert wine in the United States. But in Tuscany, it is simply the wine of hospitality, offered to guests anytime they show up, .
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Holiday business mixer on tap at new Park Place - Arizona Republic

Holiday business mixer on tap at new Park Place
Arizona Republic, AZ - Dec 11, 2007
The wine bar, owned and operated by West Valley native Jeanette Dubreil and her husband, Pierrick, will hold its "Andrea Bocelli wine-tasting event" Friday .
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Building a Facebook for Wine (Beverage World)
Michael Stajer bet big on his idea to start an eBay-style website for buying and selling wines in 1999. The Bay Area attorney sold his personal wine collection for $25,000 to finance the site, called WineCommune. At the time, he hoped to get venture or angel funding early on...

Wine Blogging Wednesday #40: Petite Sirah
Today is the 40th edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday. Started by Lenndevours, Wine Blogging Wednesday is a day when many wine bloggers all drink wines based on a shared theme. Then, each blogger posts a wine review and links them to the ...

Decemeber 12 - A Toast to Health
A big thanks to Cef of Zambrano's Wine Cellar in Fort Worth - what a wonderful night of great people and beautiful wines. We all sipped on Crios Torrontes, Crios Malbec, Tikal Patriota and Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon. ...

Food and wine events - San Jose Mercury News

Food and wine events
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 6 hours ago
Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting. Taste five high-end Champagne and sparkling wines, 2-4 pm Dec. 16. Wine Affairs, 1435 The Alameda, San Jose. $35. .
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WBW #40 Que Sirah Sirah
As the hostess of this month's Wine Blogging Wednesday, I decided it was high time I pulled out all the stops for a WBW. With that in mind, Matt and I decided to host a blind tasting of Petite Sirah in honor of WBW. ...

Manga comics ignite interest in wine (Decanter.com)
Japanese Manga comics are driving up interest in wine EUR particularly Bordeaux EUR across Asia...

Centovini Drops Wine Retail, Turns Resto, Makes Condo Deal
Centovini, the Soho restaurant that was born a wine bar and adjacent wine store (a partnership between design store Moss and the owners of the wine bar/restaurant combo I Trulli), makes the papers twice today. ...

St. Johnsbury holiday open house features wine tasting - BurlingtonFreePress.com

St. Johnsbury holiday open house features wine tasting
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - Dec 10, 2007
The wine tasting is intended to introduce people to some new wines for everyday and holiday enjoyment. This years featured wines are completely organic and .
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Life at the Table
I was in a little Italian styled restaurant where we had convinced the owners to do a progressive wine list. Unfortunately they hired a manager still wet behind the ears, who thinks he knows better. EURThe people cant find the wines they ...

Great Wine Glasses Revealed
Tags: great, wine, glasses, revealed, ninasimonds, anntrieger, riedel, vinum, sommelier, schottzwiesel, hugo, catgreat, wine, glasses, revealed, ninasimonds, anntrieger, riedel, vinum, sommelier, schottzwiesel, hugo, cat ...

For a relaxing picnic, pair wine with fast food; enjoy (The Sentinel)
ALLENTOWN - It takes about 20 minutes or less to make a meal into a special occasion on a summer evening. Best of all, it requires no time in the kitchen. Just grab a bottle of chilled wine from the fridge or State Store, breeze through a fast food drive-through for dinner salads and find a picnic table that's in the shade...

PAWS 4th Annual Wine & Howl Tasting and Auction Fundraiser - Fairfield County Online

PAWS 4th Annual Wine & Howl Tasting and Auction Fundraiser
Fairfield County Online, CT - Dec 9, 2007
PAWS joins Merritt Wines of Norwalk to showcase a collection of wines in their 4th Annual "Wine" & Howl Wine Tasting Fundraiser, which brings together great .
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Rockwall council takes up Wal-Mart beer, wine sales (Dallas Morning News)
With retail beer and wine sales newly approved by voters, some Rockwall leaders want to make sure one of the city's largest sales tax generators doesn't miss out...

WBW #40: Petite Sirah
This months edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday, number 40 to be exact, is being hosted by Sonadora at Wannabewino. WBW was started in the summer of 2004 by Lenn Thompson of LennDevours. Each month, the event gives its participants ...

Sci-Tech Scene: Retail wine shop reminds customers, in store and . - Chicago Sun-Times

Sci-Tech Scene: Retail wine shop reminds customers, in store and .
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 18 hours ago
Don Sritong, founder of Just Grapes, a retail wine store and tasting bar at 560 W. Washington, has taken his love of wine online. Users can talk with wine .
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Holiday Picks: Wine gifts you never knew you needed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
From glasses and blending kits to cheat sheets on tasting and solutions for what to do with all those corks, the range of wine accessories in U.S. stores is both vast -- and bewildering...

SPOTLIGHT - Wine producers look to break mould in packaging (Just Drinks)
The wine world EUR whether consumers or producers EUR is often characterised as traditional and conservative. But environmental concerns, rising transport and raw material costs and the need to cater for different lifestyle demands have prompted wine companies to embrace new packaging concepts. Catherine Mars of Euromonitor International takes a look at recent innovations...

An open letter to Professor - The Times

The Times

An open letter to Professor
The Times, South Africa - 9 hours ago
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Holiday Picks: Wine gifts you never knew you needed Reuters UK
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A Menu For Hope 2007: Win Some Wine Prizes!!
How would you like to go a luxury wine vacation all the while knowing that you're enjoying Napa luxury because you helped to feed some hungry kids in Lesotho, Africa? That, my friends, is the beauty of the charity event called A Menu ...

EU: Ban on Sugar in Wine Negotiable (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The European Union's top agriculture official said Tuesday a planned blanket ban on adding sugar to wine -- a key part of planned reforms to the EU wine sector -- may be amended after strong opposition by many EU members...

What's in a wine term? Not much regulation (Seattle Times)
Think of the havoc that can be created when unregulated wine terms are tossed around. There are so many different words to choose from. Let's consider just two: nouveau...



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