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Wine fundraiser to help rescued animalsCome out and support rescued animals while enjoying Oregon wine and food at the annual Wine and Music at the Farm Fundraiser from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, 36831 Richardson Gap Road in Scio.
Topix.net viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009Thieves Target Green Businesses In Napa ValleyNapa Valley is in the grip of a green crime wave. Somebody is stealing solar panels by the dozens.
Topix.net viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009Winemakers fight for their product's reputationAfter dining out in the Okanagan with a visiting French winemaker, Liberty Wine Merchants general manager Robert Simpson indulged his guest by going for a late-night walk in a nearby vineyard.
Topix.net viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009Burgundy 2009: great, but not 2005After initial euphoria, Burgundy producers are predicting 2009 will be a great vintage, but not a classic like 2005.
Decanter.com viernes, 25 de septiembre de 200920th anniversary of SaffrediSaffredi, one of the first super Tuscans, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a vertical tasting conducted by owner, Elizabetta Geppetti of Fattoria Le Pupille and its renowned enologist Christian Le Sommer. Interview by Sarah Kemp
Decanter.com viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009The Wine Column : Pour a glass and toast all the qualityThis is my "State of Wine" address: The current condition of the world of wine is excellent.
Topix.net viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009New biodynamic book shows best days for tasting wineAnyone saving those extra-special bottles for Christmas and the New Year might want to consult a new biodynamic tasting calendar ? and hold off on the corkscrew.
Decanter.com viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009Napa Valley and Sonoma MerlotMerlot has gone from a popular, soft, fruity, easy-to-
drink wine to an oakier style, which we found during The Chronicle's 2007 look at Napa Merlots from the 2003 and 2004 vintage. Merlot, though fairly easy to ripen, has a greater tendency toward green...
SF Gate viernes, 25 de septiembre de 20092007 a very fine year for ChablisSometimes you need a comfort wine. I realized that a few years back when I was apartment-hopping through New York, feeling rootless and unsettled, stuck in a closet-size apartment on the Upper West Side. My wine collection was scattered to the four corners. I...
SF Gate viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009Vigneron lets nature be the winemakerWhile often reinterpreted as "winegrower" in America, the French have a term for someone who is intimately hands-on in both tending vines and making wine: vigneron. Such self-reliance is rare on these shores. Hank Beckmeyer, 47, is one of a handful daring...
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