Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesWinning vintners announced - Rapid City Journal
Friday, February 29th, 2008Winning vintners announcedRapid City Journal, SD - 30 minutes agoBy Belle Fourche Bee/Post staff Friday, February 29, 2008 BELLE FOURCHE — Winners in the second Black Hills Wine Country winemaking competition were …
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Sumac Ridge president steps aside to establish wine academy - Vancouver Sun
Friday, February 29th, 2008Sumac Ridge president steps aside to establish wine academyVancouver Sun, Canada - 28 minutes agoHe also plans to establish the Okanagan Wine Academy and resume work on an on-and-off project, a cookbook entitled Wine Country Cooking, British Columbia. …
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A toast to I.E. wine classes
Friday, February 29th, 2008San Bernardino County Sun - The Inland Empire is home not only to California’s newest wine country (the Temecula Valley in Riverside County), but also the state’s oldest wine country (the Cucamonga Valley of San Bernardino County)
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Snowstorm rolling in after record-setting warmth
Friday, February 29th, 2008Rocky Mountain News - Crop staple areas such as the California wine country and Italy are finding it harder to grow grapes for wine. And most of the globally ‘hottest’ years on record have been within the past decade and a half.
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Napa Wine Country Can’t Escape Foreclosure Crisis
Friday, February 29th, 2008KPIX-TV5 - NAPA (AP) ― For many residents of Napa Valley, one of the most storied valleys in the world, life is still a bowl of grapes. But beyond the picturesque vineyards and stonewalled estates, times are shaky, the future unclear. Tourists sipping their …
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Barrel tasting
Friday, February 29th, 2008Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Wine lovers flocked Saturday to the Russian River Wine Road Barrel Tasting, one of the largest wine events of the year. Cars and tour buses, many of them from San Francisco, filled narrow Wine Country roads with traffic and packed into winery parking …
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Wine Country economy in sour times
Friday, February 29th, 2008Contra Costa Times - NAPA — For many residents of this, one of the most picturesque valleys in the world, life is still a bowl of grapes. But beyond the vineyards and stonewalled estates, times are shaky and the future is unclear. Tourists sipping their way up the 30 …
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Napa To Sonoma Wine Country Half-Marathon - NBC5i.com
Friday, February 29th, 2008Napa To Sonoma Wine Country Half-MarathonNBC5i.com, TX - Feb 29, 2008Help NBC 5 and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation change a life by participating in the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon in Summer 2008. …
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Even in Napa, foreclosure crisis hits home
Friday, February 29th, 2008MSNBC - But this celebrated wine country is proof that there are few places in the nation left unsmacked by the housing crisis. Beautiful Napa is experiencing foreclosures, plunging housing prices, unheard of drops in home sales and the nervous sense of …
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Roof Terrace Restaurant teams up with Sonoma County’s Selby Winery
Friday, February 29th, 2008HULIQ.com - Selby, the owner and the winemaker, is flying in from the California wine country to discuss with guests the tasting notes of each wine and explain how the distinct flavors complement the innovative combinations of Chef Hayes’ dishes.
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