San Francisco Wine Tours News for 12/15/2007
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| Holiday readiness: A lesson in sparkling wine from around the . I was on the quest for a Christmas present for my dad when I came across this wonderful lesson on sparkling wines and cooking calamari from the Culinary Institute of America. Located in the Hudson Valley in Hyde Park, just outside of ... | ||
New liquor law will accommodate wine-tasting rooms - Everything La Grange
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All about organic wine First up are wines made from organically-grown grapes, that were grown with natural fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Next up is "true" organic wine, which is wine without sulfites, the preservative used in 99% of wines. ... | ||
Sipping through the next great wine region in California (International Herald Tribune) Paso Robles, with nearly 170 wineries, has become the newest prime destination for meandering wine tasters living out their "Sideways" fantasies in California... | ||
Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 (NW) This is a fairly good wine that will please fans of Napa Cabernet. It's not particularly refined or well-structured, but it has the big flavor and nice texture that has come to characterize Napa Cab. Serve this with a steak and this ... | ||
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... | ||
Icewine festivals chance to indulge - StarPhoenix
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New Zealand's largest-ever tasting to be in Dublin - Barkeeper.ie
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Sipping Through the Next Great Wine Region - New York Times
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Costa Mesa wine tasting leads to $10000 donation - Daily Pilot
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A working life - Guardian Unlimited
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EU in Emotive Debate Over Wine Reform (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The European Union hopes next week to overcome two years of division over how to save its wine industry, which has been hurt by overproduction and competition from New World wines... | ||
Napa Valley wine tour guide arrested for bank robbery spree (San Francisco Chronicle) A Napa Valley wine tour guide was arrested on suspicion of robbing at least 17 banks in California and Utah since July, authorities said. The FBI says Art Cheney, 64, was arrested by a California Highway Patrol near Marysville Wednesday just hours... | ||
Best Wine List Cafe Stella in Silver Lake by far has the BEST wine list (for the price) in Los Angeles. I'm sick and tired of going to restaurants and seeing the same wines over and over again. What I'm looking for is an experience - this is what ... | ||
Wine Events: Sample ports at Grand Tastings, and more - Dallas Morning News
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Wine Tasting - Asheville Citizen-Times
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Alcohol-free Wine Still Offers Health Benefits (The Morning News) LOS ANGELES -- Taking too much fun from the fun bank during the holiday revelry? Try three little words: alcohol-free wine... | ||
Select Wine By Region To Avoid Holiday Hangover (The Tampa Tribune) New research shows America's wine consumption is skyrocketing, giving European countries a run for their money... | ||
Ridge Geyserville 2005 Wine Review (NW) The wine paired nicely with the traditional Thanksgiving day dishes. It has a youthful taste and texture, with fresh fruit flavors, rich spices, and plush tannins. It's a blend of 77% Zinfandel, 17% Carignane, and 6% Petite Sirah that ... | ||
Drake: For some sweet holiday fun, host a cookie tasting party - Midland Daily News
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USB Wine: download wine via the net. Either this is a somewhat clever gag or the French have untapped the secrets of quantum space distortion, but the USB Wine dispenser plugs into your USB port and dispenses wine. It's available in three colors, inner-city tap, wine, ... | ||
Rare wine auctions titillate tipplers (AFP via Yahoo! News) Rare wine auctions, such as one taking place this weekend in Paris that is expected to rake in a record two million euros (2.8 million dollars), are becoming increasingly popular with wealthy international buyers, especially from China and Russia... | ||
Wine to flow freely at Da Lat flower festival (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge EUR More than 8.000 litres of free wine will be served at the Da Lat Flower Festival next week. The wine party, sponsored by four local beverage companies, will be on December 20... | ||
Port and Dessert Wines for the Holidays The holidays are the perfect time to indulge in Port and other dessert wines. You're already doing just about everything to excess -- Atkins dieters are carbo-loading; savers are spending; and casual drinkers are getting serious. ... | ||
Wine tasting vending machines I ran across this automated tasting bar in use at a Chicago wine shop. It provides tastes of up to 24 wines at any time, and the person wanting to try a wine simply uses a "smart card" to buy tastes. Tastes cost anywhere from 50 cents ... | ||
Store tasting gives chance to try out-of-budget wines - SouthCoastToday.com
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Bringing wine to a party or dinner? Learn which wine to choose (Orange County Register) It's a look wine shop clerks know well. That overwhelmed, glassy-eyed stare that afflicts people as they wade through aisle after aisle of wine in search of the right bottle to bring to a party... | ||
Napa Valley wine tour guide arrested for bank robbery spree (North County Times) NAPA, Calif. -- A Napa Valley wine tour guide was arrested on suspicion of robbing at least 17 banks in California and Utah since July, authorities said... | ||
Along the Eastern Connecticut Wine Trail The map of the Connecticut wine trail features a bakers dozen (plus a couple of extra Munchkins) of generally unknown wineries spread across the state in two loop EURtrailsEUR: East and West. We had hoped to tackle both trails over ... | ||
Beyond the Usual Suspects: Holiday Wine Choices from Small Producers Walk into any wine shop before Thanksgiving and the first thing you see are cheerful holiday displays with names were all familiar with: Mondavi, Kendall-Jackson, Yellow Tail, Woodbridge. These EURusual suspectEUR wines are produced by ... |

