Category: Wine News
Celebrating Argentina’s Path to Independence
On the 25th of this month, Argentina will celebrate 200 years since the Revolution of May opened the way to her Independence. As part of the celebration, Central Market will host some of our favorite winemakers in Texas stores, May 12-25, 2010, for “Passport to Argentina” a festival celebrating culture, food and wine.
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HR 5034: What if Wine Were Peaches …
All the people in other states still want your peaches. But they will not have the freedom to buy them. They will have no choice but to buy peaches from their own states, or whatever the peach distributors want to sell them. They will have no competition, so they can charge peach lovers as much as they want for their peaches.
Continue readingIf Passed, HR 5034 will Cheat Wine Consumers
While most consumers hurried to finish taxes by the April 15th deadline, something sinister was afoot in the United States House of Representatives. A move to take away your rights to buy wine directly from the winery. To limit your choices to whatever is sold in your local store.
Continue readingWine for your Walls: Leanne Laine Fine Art
That’s how I feel about wine, and Leanne’s paintings capture that feeling. I love so many of her paintings, but was immediately drawn to one in particular. We had recently returned from Russian River Valley Wine Road Barrel Tasting, where we had met up with a number of the other women bloggers for dinner.
Continue readingGive Birth to Your Own Little Sommelier
“We were in our wine cave doing a barrel tasting with a couple from Houston. The cave reminded us of that special place for prenatal development. We looked at our barrel wine extractor, and it made us think of a turkey baster — and Voilà, the idea was ‘born!’ so to speak!” said Rueben, spokeschicken for El Jefe Twisted.
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