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Swirl, smell, sip - MSNBC

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Prior to the winery tours the first lecture was Baldassare educating us on the Four S’s of wine tasting: see, swirl, smell and sip — a valuable way to experience and understand each wine from first to last taste. This practice would be essential …
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Divine Import - Time

Friday, October 31st, 2008

A sake vessel and cups at Sushi Samba on Park Avenue South in New York City. The shinto gods must be jealous. As sake brewers (toji) continue to close up shop and sales of their product slow in Japan, what has been known for millenniums as the drink …
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Jarvis Green Hosts 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Gala to Benefit Single … - openPR (press release)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

openPR (press release)

Jarvis Green Hosts 2nd Annual Wine Tasting Gala to Benefit Single …openPR (press release), Germany - 9 hours agoThe foundation promises the evening to be an unforgettable event, “filled with fine friends, fine hors d’ oeuvres and of course fine wine“. …

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Bordeaux’s brilliant 2005 gets better - Financial Times

Friday, October 31st, 2008

If I had to give two words of advice to lovers of French wine today, scouting in any price range, they would be “O” and “five”. The 2005 vintage seemed exceptional at the time virtually throughout France and especially in the classic regions …
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Wine tasting proves a good vintage - Danvers Herald

Friday, October 31st, 2008

More than 200 guests plus about 80 additional vendors, wine experts, food purveyors and volunteers helped make this year’s DEEP Wine Tasting more successful than a year ago, and co-chairmen Peter and Joan Kushnieruk couldn’t be happier. “We …
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Eats + Drinks Listings - Calgary Herald

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Eats + Drinks ListingsCalgary Herald,  Canada - 15 minutes agoWednesday, November 12, 7-9 pm Get a head start on your Christmas shopping or just treat yourself to some of the delights at Spirits of Edgemont’s FINE WINE …

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Restaurants, vintners pat themselves on the back - The Chronicle Herald

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Excellent wines reviewed this week are from left: Glen Carlo Grand Classique and Tortoise-Hill, Chateau Tour des Termes and Chateau Saint-Andre Corbin. (Peter Parsons / Staff) LOBSTER, chanterelles and award-winning wine are among the local food that …
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KuKuRuZa popcorn store opening in Seattle - Seattle Times

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Scheduled to open on Nov. 7, KuKuRuZa will make popcorn all day, with about 25 flavors available at a time. KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES George Marema, left, and Robert Hicks own the KuKuRuZa Gourmet Popcorn shop at 215 Pike Street in Seattle. It …
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Never gets old: Win in Cards with ageless Kurt Warner at QB - Boston Herald

Friday, October 31st, 2008

M uch like fine wine, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is getting better with age. Eight weeks into the 2008 campaign, the 37-year-old Warner leads the NFL in completion percentage (70.2) and ranks second in completions (184), attempts (262 …
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Proceeds will benefit single mothers burdened by the Hurricane Katrina - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

Proceeds will benefit single mothers burdened by the Hurricane KatrinaPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 1 hour agoThe foundation promises the evening to be an unforgettable event, “filled with fine friends, fine hors d’ oeuvres and of course fine wine“. dedicated to …

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