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Wine Gifts are ideal for birthdays, christenings and anniversaries, or just to make someone's day less ordinary.

The Finger Lakes wine country is taking a tip from Napa Valley. Constellation Brands, the world's biggest wine company, said Friday it plans to build a wine and culinary institute next year on the shore of ...

Urban bistro. It's a familiar culinary idiom, but what does it mean? Maybe Paris.

Huneeus Vintners is a recently formed sales & marketing company, developed by the owners of Quintessa.

Paul Giamatti sings the praises of pinot noir and vilifies merlot in last year's critical darling, the wine-country romp that earned a screenplay Academy Award for director Alexander Payne and writing partner ...

The next evolution in the communications revolution is blogging, and the Internet's personal publishing format has caught on among wine lovers, too.

AE TOV Wine/Food Sem1 BH 4-7 Bret Hartman/bhartman@vaildaily.com Kate Sheldon makes a sour face to Steve Mairose after eating a piece of an apple with salt and lemon on it and taking a drink of a pinot noir ...

By GABE FRIEDMAN Register Staff Writer Robert Mondavi Winery's Huichica Hills vineyard stands at the southern end of Napa Valley, straddling the Sonoma County border in Carneros.

Given that I'm a value hawk and seem to devote a fair bit of my attention to overvalued/overhyped stocks, I generally deal more in whines than I do wines .

Dozens of feature-length films will make their debuts beginning today and continuing through April 17 at the Florida Film Festival.

CHARDONNAY from the Yarra Valley and Margaret River, semillon from the Hunter Valley, sparkling white from Tasmania and big fruity shiraz from McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley are figuring among standout ...

AARP DRIVER SAFETY COURSE for drivers 50 years of age and older will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19 and 20 at the Recreation Center in Exeter.

Meridith's, located on Leopard Road near Lancaster Avenue, is pleased to announce the award-winning eatery is now open for BYOB evening dining Tuesday through Sunday from 5 PM.

Sacramento, Calif., California wine grape growers continue to balance supply to better match demand as evidenced by acreage data in a preliminary acreage report released by the California Agricultural ...

If you donate, they will come. That's the belief of San Luis Obispo Vintners, which plans to ask South County and coastal governments, chambers of commerce and tourism associations for money to form a wine ...

Everyone loves Rick's. Manrique's Brasserie will host "A Night in Casablanca" at 6 p.m. April 15 and 16.

Sonoma County, April, 2005....Responding to what could be a catastrophic threat, Sonoma County Grape Growers Association board recently voted to endorse passage of the CDFA's Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged ...

The soaring dining room glows anew. It's all been newly upholstered and newly carpeted, the back wall newly decorated with a mural -- a schema of diverse bridges linked by the Golden Gate's overarching span.

Grow seedless grapes and fill your pantry with luscious jams, jellies, juices, raisins, wines and vinegars.

TREAL - Quebecers lionize their heroes, but also cherish their rogues, which might explain the applause that greeted former ad executive Jean Brault as he left the Gomery inquiry yesterday.

Liz Sagues FOR a nation of white-wine producers, the Germans are less patriotic than you might expect - they actually drink more red than white.

Pomerol - A respectful silence hangs pregnant in the air as a German, a South Korean, a Briton and an American sip and spit, sip and spit, in a small room in La Croix-de-Gay chateau in Pomerol.

I hate bitching about your tasting-room staff. I really do. Because I'd so much rather discuss how spectacular your wine is than tell readers about your indifferent or rude staff.

Discover this bold wine that is anything but petite. The Petite Sirah has found it's home in California.

New Zealand wine producers can expect tough competition from South American growers as they improve the quality of their wines, a visiting trade expert says.

In Baton Rouge, La., I grew up with a rich experience at Passover. My mother, Judith, Aunt Ruth and Aunt Sarah would all cook a most memorable dinner.

A memorial service for winemaker Alfred W. Baxter will be held April 17 at UC Berkeley.

Wine and food adventures in San Francisco and around the world. Wine Reviews Search Search this site: Calendar of postings April 2005 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Recent Entries * Vinitaly 2005: Verona, Italy.

Last week, the Ozarks Fruit Review began relating the interesting history of Missouri's fruit industry.

By KEVIN COURTNEY Register Staff Writer Three-and-a-half years after its birth, Copia is still very much a work in progress, struggling for economic and popular success, said Peggy Loar, its founding president ...

Diageo has established a new brand division to focus on marketing its luxury brand portfolio.

THE city of Nimes is steeped in history, tradition and culture and yet remains one of France's hidden gems.

The nationwide launch for Twin Fin wines in February featured yellow surfboard display racks with salmon-colored shelves designed and manufactured by a Graton company tapping the wine industry for record sales.

The Switch Beverage Co., Richmond, Va., has new distribution in New York through Oak Beverages, a wholesale distributor in the New York metro area.

I never understood how anyone could name a restaurant after Gandhi, who was famous for fasting, until I got inside Tantric and realized that many people wouldn't recognize from the name that it's an Indian ...