San Francisco Wine Tours News for 12/27/2007



Murphys a great place for tastings - Modesto Bee

Modesto Bee

Murphys a great place for tastings
Modesto Bee, CA - 21 hours ago
All of them offer a very personable approach to wine tasting. Modesto native Matt Hatcher offers a wide range of wines and is always experimenting with new .
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Rice vinegar or rice wine? (The Times-News)
Q. When do I use rice vinegar and when do I use rice wine in cooking? A. You've hit on a common topic of confusion for occasional cooks of Asian food. Part of the problem is that rice vinegar is often called rice wine vinegar...

Margaret River celebrates Australian wine, food culture (New Kerala)
Margaret River (Australia), Dec 26 : Ask Margaret River locals for advice on where to go during a visit to what is one of Australia's prime wine-growing regions and the reply is the same: "Take a bottle of wine."..

The Economics of Wine Prices
David Leonhardt says that we're living in a "golden age of inexpensive wine," and I'd agree, although I might take issue with anybody who describes Yellow Tail as "terrific". I'd also agree with Leonhardt's main point, which is that ...

Midweek Happy Hour: Mulled Red Wine
Add wine, zest, and sugar. Cover partially and simmer, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low once sugar has dissolved, and simmer one hour. Do not boil. 2. Strain wine. Return to saucepan, discarding spices. ...

Lawmaker seeks lower prices for wine and beer (Denver Post)
A state lawmaker wants to reduce the tax on liquor, wine and heavy beer for small breweries and distilleries. Sen. Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich, D-Price, is sponsoring a bill that would significantly reduce the markup on alcoholic drinks...

The wine list (The News & Observer)
Each week, a wine seller offers recommendations in three price ranges: less than $10, $10-$20, and more than $20. This week's suggestions, all produced with organically grown grapes, come from Chandra Poston, a manager with Lowes Foods...

Everybody Loves a Little Muckraking
Those fascinated with wine and the wine industry have much family fodder to regularly consider. If its not the Mondavis its the Firestones. Every turn of the calendar year leads to speculation anew about some family foible or fable ...

Tasting Note: Amarone della Valpolicella from Tedeschi Monte Olmi - Dallas Morning News

Tasting Note: Amarone della Valpolicella from Tedeschi Monte Olmi
Dallas Morning News, TX - Dec 26, 2007
This is an elegant, complex wine, worthy of a special dinner or gift. Nearly ruby in color, with cherry and raspberry aromas, this rich, warm wine delivers .
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Canines on the Vine, Other Oddities of Wine and Spirits in 2007 - Bloomberg

Canines on the Vine, Other Oddities of Wine and Spirits in 2007
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
Obviously it's too difficult to swirl and sniff while doing the cobra pose, so at all these sensual seminars it's yoga first, then wine tasting. .
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Drink More Wine!
In todays Food Section of the Post, Juliet Eilperin wrote an article about the explosion of wine bars in DC This was an interesting article, and it has stuck with me all day. Mainly because of this little tidbit: EURœAmericans drank an ...

The good French Champagnes will set you back good money - Cherry Hill Courier Post

The good French Champagnes will set you back good money
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 12 hours ago
For those willing to spend good money for a special someone, we asked our wine tasting group to compare five non-vintage Champagnes from France. .
Finger Lakes sparkling wines Elmira Star-Gazette
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Fun by the glass - Indianapolis Star

Fun by the glass
Indianapolis Star, United States - Dec 26, 2007
If you're planning a New Year's Eve celebration, you can let your guests find out for themselves by throwing a wine tasting as part of the evening's .
Secrets for hosting a good home party Indianapolis Star
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Vinography Images: Row of Lights
We hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying this holiday season with people you love and good wine in hand." -- Alder Yarrow and Michael Regnier INSTRUCTIONS: Download this image by right-clicking (Mac users, click and hold) on the ...

Wine Dictates The Menu
The wine precedes, and decides the food to follow. That sounds radical; but after all, he is working at Möet and Chandon's Chateau de Saran, the company's private centre for entertaining a select few. Visiting Mumbai and Delhi, ...

wine vs. water
Wine vs. Water To my friends who enjoy a glass of alcoholEUR¦ and those who dont. As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials, ...

Red Rock Country wine-tasting tours - ILoveSedona.com

ILoveSedona.com

Red Rock Country wine-tasting tours
ILoveSedona.com, AZ - Dec 22, 2007
by Emily Reeves If youre looking for tasteful winter fun in the area, Sedona Adventure Outfitters & Guides is offering two wine tasting excursions that are .
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UP AND DOWN THE WINE ROADS - St. Helena Star

UP AND DOWN THE WINE ROADS
St. Helena Star, CA - 7 hours ago
SEPTEMBER: Robert Parker, the Sultan of Wine Gurus, held his fourth annual Wine tasting at the CIA, a fund-raiser to benefit the Department of Radiation and .
Raymond marks three decades, five generations of winemaking in the . St. Helena Star
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Eggplant, Caesar and Pudding
However it disappeared soon enough. Free wine and young ones (all legal drinking age) have a way of emptying bottles. The Damilano was tight, with focused fruit flavors. In spite of the 2002 vintage the wine was still 14%. ...

Little Bites - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Little Bites
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 4 hours ago
The next wine tasting at Enrico's Ristorante in Shadyside will be held on Jan. 8 and will feature wines from the Piedmont region of Italy. .
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Wine List (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Events around the city. upcoming JavaMonkey -- An evening featuring less expensive alternatives to traditional champagne. Thurs., Dec. 27. 7-9 p.m. $15. 425 Church St., Decatur. 404-378-5002. ONGOING Atkins Park Tavern, Cumming -- "Wine down" Wednesdays. Food and wine served on Wednesdays. 5820 S. Vickery St., Cumming. 678-513-2333. www.atkinspark.com. Di Paolo -- All bottles of wine ...

Table Talk: Wine bar open in Federal Hill; Full Moon renovations begin (Baltimore Sun)
At last. Junior's Wine Bar (1117 S. Charles St., 410-727-1212) in Federal Hill has finally opened where Vespa used to be. It's Vespa on steroids - double the size and double the seating, with room for 114 customers if you count the bar stools...

Increasing popularity of Cava adds fizz to festive sales of sparkling wine (Independent)
In many British homes this Christmas, the Spanish sparkling wine cava has usurped its more illustrious and expensive rival champagne as the preferred tipple for a festive occasion...

Chateau Haut-Brion - A Legendary Wine
Chateau Haut-Brion from the Pessac Appelation in the Bordeaux region of France has to be one of the finest wines in the world. I'd never tasted it until I worked in Bordeaux in 2003. An Awesome wine with purity and class. Gotta love it. ...

Fleeting wine trends keep things interesting (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
To many consumers, one bottle of wine looks pretty much like another, and vintages don't really matter...

Paulo Laureano Aragonês-Trincadeira Alentejo Vale da Torre Bin 717 .
This has supple, well-defined flavors of dark cherry, boysenberry, plum pudding and spice. The long, lush finish is impressive for its freshness and definition. Drink now through 2010. 15000 cases made...

Aussie wine loses its personality (Nyngan Observer)
THE extraordinary personality consumers in the United Kingdom once associated with Australian wine has somewhat gone missing, and the single largest overseas buyer of Australian wine would like it back...

Family wants to add retail area to its wine tasting site - Statesman Journal

Family wants to add retail area to its wine tasting site
Statesman Journal, OR - 19 hours ago
"We want to know what retail would go with a wine tasting room." Berger said any proposal would fit into the West Salem Neighborhood Plan, which calls for a .
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Wine Events: Champagne dinner at Olenjack's Grille in Arlington - Dallas Morning News

Wine Events: Champagne dinner at Olenjack's Grille in Arlington
Dallas Morning News, TX - Dec 26, 2007
ALL THAT SPARKLES: Learn to enjoy sparkling wine at a tasting from 6 to 8 pm Thursday; free. WineStyles in Rowlett, 8301 Lakeview Parkway (State Highway 66) .
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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...



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