Archive for March, 2004

Try Pinot Grigio

Monday, March 29th, 2004

It’s that time again. Summer is on the horizon, so dust your picnic baskets and pick up some Pinot Grigio. This article on the varietal from The SF Chronicle.
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How many calories are in my glass of wine?

Saturday, March 27th, 2004

How many calories are in wine? These and other interesting facts on wine are shown in this About.com article.
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Washington state wineries to brighten their image

Tuesday, March 16th, 2004

Washington, home to more than 275 wineries, is planning to start a national ad campaign to change it’s image. Hidden behind the cloud of California wine, these growers do not always get the credit they deserve.
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Take a vacation in wine country

Monday, March 8th, 2004

A vacation in Tuscany? But I wouldn’t really know where to go, much less where to stay. Wine Departures is bent on changing that. They are offering 10 all inclusive packages to locations varying from Napa to Paris. The packages include airfare, hotel accommodations, winery tours, and more. The only problem is, they seem to […]

Turley vs. Bryant

Monday, March 8th, 2004

The Soap Opera between Helen Turley and husband, and the Bryant Family Winery continues. Robert Parker took the stand in the form of a video message, testifying that he advised bryant to hire Philipe Melka as new winemaker for Bryant in October 2002. That was the same time that Bryant fired Turley from her winemaking […]

Was Buying Beringer Right for Fosters?

Sunday, March 7th, 2004

What’s going to happen to Beringer. The troubled end of Foster’s has the new C.E.O. wondering what the right move is with the hurting wine end of his business. Some where the costs of Beringer’s operations needs to be cut. The point is, when you buy a business for over 2 billion dollars, you had […]

Who is Andrea Immer?

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Andrea Immer, you may have seen her TV show on the Fine Living Channel, ar glanced at a book with her face on it at Barnes and Nobles, but there is a lot more to this girl than you may expect. Her riviting story is told by the Miami Herald.
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Heard of Walla Walla?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004

blah blah blah washington…
“WALLA WALLA’S BIG BANG / A remote wine region in both Washington and Oregon hits the charts with a bullet” from the SF Chronicle.
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Gender Bias by Waiters

Monday, March 1st, 2004

If you were a waiter serving a couple at an upscale restaurant, to whom would you hand the wine list?
Most times, the answer is the man. Even when a woman requests the wine list and orders the bottle, a male sitting at the same table will be offered the first taste, according to wine-industry experts.
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