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Wine not always what it seems to beA question came up during this past weekend's Meet the Winemakers seminars at the Niagara
wine festival that struck a chord.
Topix.net Sunday, September 27, 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 Sunday, September 27, 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 Sunday, September 27, 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...
SF Gate Sunday, September 27, 2009Wente spearheads winery expansion in East BayWente Family Estates is expanding in Livermore with a new distribution and administrative center, and some other vintners have just uncorked new operations in the East Bay
wine region.
Topix.net Sunday, September 27, 2009Use that last drop of wine for the start of a great mealTips on using leftover wine as a flavor enhancer in
recipes. By VICTORIA BRETT The Associated Press If the dregs of a nearly empty bottle of wine have been kicking around your kitchen a little too long, chances are it will be better appreciated in a dish rather than a glass.
Topix.net Sunday, September 27, 2009Resorts make perfect pairing with Napa wine countryNAPA VALLEY, Calif. - Many years ago, long before I had the privilege of personally experiencing the magical sensory journey that accompanies a trip to California's Napa Valley, my father told me, 'It will be your nose that first tells you: 'You've arrived in Napa.'' My dad was right.
Topix.net Sunday, September 27, 2009The Wine Society - Brief Notes from a TastingAs Heather said as she strolled off to John Lewis to return a broken-handled colander; its all very middle class. With the rows of red Burgundy and Cheateaux bottled Claret plus a rather decent £39 Chassagne-Montrachet it indeed appeared as a rather traditional, staid, middle-class aimed wine offering. While I imagine a fare number of the Wine Society's customers are more than content with the copious listings of Chateau this and that (as the large number of own-label Bordeaux bottelings and the highlighting of a £99 'Everyday Bordeaux' case at this tasting demonstrates) I have to admit to being stunned by a number of really non-traditional wines (and a couple of excellent more modern styled old-school offerings); all new to the Wine Society list and each unique and gorgeous in their individuality. Review0.3
wine tasting Note: Sadie Family Sequillo, 2007, South Africa. Stockist: Wine Society Price: £15.50 [More: Adegga / Snooth] A magical blend of principally Chenin Blanc with
Spittoonbiz Sunday, September 27, 2009Stylish wine cellarsIt's the last thing you'd expect to find in a home as sleek and sharp-edged as this.
Topix.net Sunday, September 27, 2009Australian company wins innovation awardAustralian company ZORK has won the 2009 Amcor Gold Innovation Award for its sparkling wine closure. Presented by the Packaging Council of Australia in Melbourne on Friday night, the award recognises outstanding achievements in packaging innovation across the full range of materials, structures, components and developments.
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