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Friday, November 25th, 2005
Can’t pick one wine for the holidays? Then choose them all!
“With so many different wine preferences at any holiday table, the idea of picking wine can be a daunting experience. But if you keep the wine fun and easy it will be one less thing to worry about as you baste, bake, mash, and whisk.
One of the easiest ways to handle the wine for the […]
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Thursday, November 24th, 2005
Which wine for what food?
“There are no hard and fast rules about which wine we should drink with what food, but centuries of experience have resulted in a few tried-and-tested guidelines.
According to an age-old code, sherry is drunk before a meal as an aperitif to stimulate the tastebuds for the food to follow - especially the dry or off-dry […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Italy wine exports to US on the rise!
I found from NoBullGrape that Just Drinks reports about rise in Italian Wine Exports to the US:
Wine exports from Italy to the US rose considerably in the first eight months of this year, according to recent figures. Italian farmers’ union Coldiretti said yesterday (27 October) that exports to the country were up by 16.2% year-on-year […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
The Responsibility of the Wine Blogger
Tom Wark of Fermentation(previously Fermentations) has a writeup about his experience with blogging vs trademarks.
This is his post :
The Responsibility of the Wine Blogger
May be you have to look at it of you have the idea of starting a wine blog. For that matter any blog…
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
Wine Appreciation Event - From the Vine to the Table, New Jersey
Date: Dec 09, 2005 (Fri)
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
Email: Jackiegreene87 at hotmail.com
Cost: $15 Women for Winesense members,
$30 non-members and companions
Venue: Make Wine With Us
926-930 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
The New Jersey Chapter of Women for WineSense presents their first wine event at Make Wine With Us in Jersey City. This national non-profit wine group is dedicated to […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
Women in Wine dinner, Berkeley, CA
Women in Wine Dinner; November 29, 2005 in Berkeley, CA.
Katrina Fetzer of biodynamic innovator, Ceago Winegarden will be discussing her experiences in the wine industry while pouring Ceago wines at a dinner to be held on Tuesday November 29th at the acclaimed Venus Restaurant.
Call (510) 540-5950 for reservations.
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
India gets a taste for wine
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Get ready for Bangalore Nouveau. Best known for its teas and spices, India now aims to place its wines on supermarket shelves in Europe and the United States.
Rising incomes and easier regulations mean a chicken tikka is now more likely to be washed down with a glass of local red, prompting a rush of local entrepreneurs and foreign firms to tap both the domestic market and global interest in New World wines.
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
Wine Lovers VIP Tour of Long Island Wine Country on Valentines Day!
Date: Feb 11, 2006 (Sat)
Phone: 866 946-3268
Time: 8:30 am depart SOHO/8:45am Grand Central Sta
Email: cdavies at nidea.com [at=@]
Cost: $119 per person
Place: Long Island Wine Country, North Fork, 11935
Calling all “Wine Lovers!”
Join the editor’s of Long Island Wine Country. COM for our highly popular “Wine Lovers” tour. Celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend on your own “Sideways” adventure, […]
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Low Cost Wines for the Budget-Minded
The Morning News’s Claire Miccio has written a great article called ”Tight Wines” in which she reviews ten cheap wines. She recommends seven red wines, four whites, and rosé, all under ten bucks a bottle. Of , a $6.99 red wine, she says, “If only one of the wines on here ever makes it home […]
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
The $16,500 Wine Tasting, $16.5k a ticket!
How much would you pay to taste some rare wines? Decanter reports that 35 dedicated oenophiles paid $16,500 each to taste a variety of wines with an average bottle price of $2000 and some costing as much as $15,000 a bottle. The Top 100+ Wines of the Century was a three-day wine and food event […]
