Wine Cellar News
- Stay the night: The Randolph, Oxford Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 7:06PM Makeovers: they're all the rage. Take a grand old hotel and do something oh-so-aching-moderne with the décor that it eclipses much of the original elegance. Not so with The Randolph, but sadly in this case, more would in fact be more.
- Darkness and light in Bradley Wiggins Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 5:33PMBradley Wiggins is full of surprises.
- Teen out of 'High School,' into home Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 8:18AMSalinas native Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame has bought her first house. The $2.75 million, six-bedroom Tuscan-style house (with pool, spa, waterfalls, cabana and wine cellar) is in the Studio City section of Los Angeles.
- A taste of wine trivia to whet your palate Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 6:12AMThe world of wine is a big mystery, to be sure.
- Fundraiser for injured pizzeria owner Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 4:49AMRestaurateurs and regular visitors to the LouisvilleHotBytes restaurant forum are organizing a fundraiser for Adam Tatum, owner-operator of Oak Street Pizza, who is recovering from a gunshot wound. The fundraiser is Thursday at Derby City Espresso.
- The man who built Pity's Sake Lodge Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 4:32AMBy Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com ENOCHVILLE — When David Murdock hired Bill Tarlton to build a sprawling lodge in rural Rowan County, the const ...
- 5 things to do this weekend in the Modesto area Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 3:11AMFive things to do this weekend, plus Free Fun:
- Mountain view, secret passageways add to splendor Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 2:31AMLAS CRUCES — Allan and Soledad Brozek of Mesa, Ariz., are looking forward to moving into their brand new 6,014-square-foot home, a Mediterranean masterpiece that evokes castles and Tuscan villas.
- Polly Toynbee: Brown is proving a good man in a crash. Now can he show how to mend it? Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 7:34PMPolly Toynbee: Brown's next task is to craft a vision of a good society in bad times, and reflect the public mood on supersonic wealth
- Hudgens buys Studio City home for $2.75 million Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 6:58PMOK, pull up the blinds in your sleeping tween-ager's room and show her this ... OK, PULL up the blinds in your sleeping tween-ager's room and show her this column. I promise she will not shoot daggers your way. Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame has bought her first house. It's in Studio City, it cost $2.75 million, and she isn't out of her teens yet.
- Liquid Assets: Aged Beer Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 1:40PM In these tumultuous times, it's hard to know where best to invest. Americans seem to be equally disillusioned about the prospects of leaving their money to banks, the stock market, or to a retirement fund. While these options are failing all around us, it's nice to know that there is an alternative: invest in beer. I'm not talking about pouring money into a new brewery (although that's not a ...
- Fresh Fare to open Oct. 19 Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 1:11PMAfter nearly $6 million in renovations, the Kroger at Piedmont-Peachtree Crossing in Buckhead is slated to open Oct. 19 as the Cincinnati-based grocery chain's Fresh Fare concept. (KR)
- Fleming settling in to a second innings Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 12:25PMOutside Stephen Fleming's front door is a new pair of running shoes he says he road-tested earlier in the day.
- Liquor Store Must Compete For New Year-Round License Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 12:23PMSANDWICH- With an additional year-round liquor license now up for grabs in town, the board of selectmen will have to decide which of the three applicants vying for that license will get it.
- Eat your heart out Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 9:00AMTHERE are many roads well travelled in pursuit of great food and wine experiences around Australia, but the NSW mid-north Coffs Coast has never really been at the forefront of people's minds. So with the collective knowledge of friends in the region we map out a three-day, food-focused drive (with a glass of wine or two along the way), taking in Sawtell, Bellingen, Dorrigo, the Nambucca, ...
- WINE - 2 Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 7:01AMBouchard Finlayson Missionvale 2007: fresh and exhilarating, with the most unexpected flavour of ruby grapefruit leading the charge. A wine with personality and character, just like its maker, Peter Finlayson.
- LESS EXPOSED Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 6:54AMBy Razina Munshi With global banks going bust every other day as the credit crisis spreads, Islamic finance institutions - which have remained resistant to its effects - are being mooted as more secure. Based on Islamic or Shariah law, whi...
- A treasure once made for a king Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 5:33AMFor two summers, archaeology students from Monmouth University have taken shovels, strainers and brushes to the home of a former king who once lived in lavish exile in the New World somewhere between Trenton and Philadelphia.
- Poring over neighborhood wine bars Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 3:17AMNancy Leson, Seattle Times food writer, takes readers on a tour of some of the area's many wine bars, including Verve Wine Bar & Cellar, Poco Wine Room, Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, Olives Café & Wine Bar, Twisted Cork Wine Bar.
- Quick bites Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 2:32AMIn the highly competitive restaurant business, few establishments last long enough to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Fewer still prove to be so enduringly popular that they become known as local landmarks. When the owners of one of these familiar institutions open a second location, comparisons to the original are inevitable.
- AT THE CASINOS Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 2:15AMInfinity Buffet - Offers a seemingly endless selection of dishes at a great price. Ten specialized serving stations feature soups and salads, seafood, Italian, Asian, homestyle and a tempting array of desserts. Serving breakfast 7-10:30 a.m., $7.99; lunch 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $9.99; dinner-Sun.-Thurs. 4 p.m.-10 p.m. and Fri.-Sat. 4 p.m.-11 p.m., $17.99. Located on the main casino floor.
- Haven from the storm: for parents and children Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 11:06PMThe Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, which offers stressed-out parents a safe place to drop off their kids, celebrates its 25th anniversary tonight.
- Haven from the storm for parents, children Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 11:06PMThe Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, which offers stressed-out parents a safe place to drop off their kids, celebrates its 25th anniversary tonight.
- With Fine-wine Investing, The Market Is Always In The Cellar Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 9:02PMWith Fine-wine Investing, The Market Is Always In The Cellar
- Creation - from wilderness to paradise Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 6:16PMNot so long ago they were regarded as the "new kids on the block". Today the inspired Creation team boasts an impressive portfolio of wines, all grown and made on their scenic estate.
- Dr Jekyll and Mister Hyde Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 5:44PMA few days ago I decided to open a bottle of wine I bought about three years ago in Bangkok. It was the usual deal: buy one get one free. The wine was a 2000 chardonnay from Wente, an American winery which introduced Chardonnay to California (and the USA).
- A little Cali in salaryman central Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 5:01PMWine quite literally takes center stage at Wine Kurasu (Wine Crow) in Shinbashi. Tables are spotlighted dramatically so that rich ruby colors spill out from your wine glass onto the white surface, while the customers sit back under softer lighting and get to the business of contemplating the subtle play of flavors at work. The hushed and almost reverent hum of conversation contributes to a ...
- The world's highest destinations Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 12:37PM There's something about getting high that helps you see things from a whole new perspective—and no, we're not talking about a trip to Amsterdam. Here's a dozen stratospheric spots around the world that will have you gasping at the view or clinging, white-knuckled, to whoever is closest.
- Taste top Pinotages and eat with Guy at food and wine pairing Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 7:54AMSTELLENZICHT, the legendary Pinotage producer with an impressive record of five ABSA Top 10 awards, is offering wine lovers the rare opportunity of tasting 10 vintages of this proudly South African home grown varietal.
- Social Scene: Garden District Fall Affair and Loyola Scholarship Donor Dinner Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 3:22AMA Fall Affair and a Donor Dinner made tabled pleasures the order of two evenings. Daniel Erath / The Times-PicayuneLOYOLA DONOR DINNER: Merl and Rita Huntsinger, Karen Baker, the Rev. Kevin Wildes. The Audubon Tea Room was the venue for...
- Secluded 52-acre Garden Estate in New Canaan, Connecticut, Offered at $24 Million Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 3:01AM The magnificent 52-acre Le Beau Château to be presented by Barbara Cleary's Realty Guild, the Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate in New Canaan, Connecticut.
- Vino Tabi Winery Launches its Consumer-Driven Wine Experience Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 3:01AM Vino-Tabi Winery has opened its doors in Santa Cruz, the region's first custom participatory winery
- La Morra's Barolo Auction Lures Miss Italy, 11-Year-Old Bidder Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 1:15AMOct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- In La Morra , the auction audience cheers as sparkly-crowned Miss Italy 2008, tucked into a very, very short black dress, raises her paddle and snags a prize lot of Francesco Rinaldi & Figli single vineyard Barolos for 800 euros ($1094.). A bee buzzes around her head, as if she were a ripe bunch of the local nebbiolo grapes that make these famous reds.
- Wine tastings Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 12:44AMWhat's happening in the land of the grape.
- Auto association projects drop in Labor Day travel Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 12:33AM MIAMI (AP) -- Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast. About 34.4 million people are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home - a 1.1 percent decline from Labor Day 2007. Travel over Memorial weekend and Independence Day 2008 was also down ...
- City's tourism industry bucks national trend Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 7:25PMWhilst the latest research report from Tourism Research Australia indicates the domestic tourism market has been performing poorly over the past few years, with the number of nights, trips and expenditure each in decline, Hunter Valley Wine Country is enjoying the enviable position of increases in tourism visitation, occupancy levels and sales in the restaurants and cellar doors.
- Delaire unveils maiden vintage of winemaker Chris Kelly Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 6:15PMDelaire - the Stellenbosch boutique wine estate perched high on the crest of the Helshoogte Pass - celebrates the completion of its new state-of-the-art cellar with the release of a trio of new terroir driven wines.
- Down under Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 6:00PMMy home office is downstairs. It was just a cellar when we moved into the house 15 years ago, but we invested a little money to fix it up, so then it became a basement. I guess you could call it a finished basement.
- More to storage than a glass of bubbly Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 3:38PMMulti-business entrepreneur Larry Andrews is interested in many things. But according to Denise Grosman, property manager at Fairways Trade Village,
- HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 2:59PM ONE of Winchester’s best-known restaurants has closed just as another iconic eatery plans to reopen its doors.
- West Roxbury and Roslindale Community Notes Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 1:56PM Catch up on the latest community events in West Roxbury and Roslindale:
- The 'Inn' place to be: landmark celebrates 20th anniversary Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 7:54AM This Saturday, a celebratory dinner will be held to mark the 20th anniversary of the historic Sherborn Inn.
- York community calendar Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 6:18AM MUSIC
- Organically grown grapes don't always make organic wine Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 3:04AMSomeone I know who has not consumed red wine in years because it gave her headaches has started drinking red wine again. The cure, she said, was organic wine.
- September: A good month for indie fans Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 2:09AMSeptember was good to indie rock fans everywhere. In one week, three leading indie bands released new CDs. Now that the hype has died some, it’s time to step back and see which of these CDs stands up the best.
- Sturdy Bordeaux reds nicely complement lamb's succulence Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 12:10AMAfter enduring summer's long, scorching days to achieve robust, full maturity, garden-grown sage and rosemary luxuriate in early autumn's cool, luminous afternoons.
- Small Local Businesses Look for Financial Help Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 8:30PMLocal businesses that are still open are grateful they don't have to shut their doors like a lot of their peers. Jose Vazquez is the owner of Alpha Sound Systems. He installed the wiring and the speakers in a $3.8 million Montreux home.
- The Sweet and the Dry: Decoding Alsace Wine Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 7:30PMMany wines from Alsace that consumers might legitimately assume to be dry are in fact sweet.
- Sleepless in a Colonial Tavern Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 4:47PMWith its walk-in wine cellar, hot canapés and retro rock, InSomnia recalls another age It is circa 1930 at The Taj Ambassador's InSomnia Bar and Lounge.
- A bit of a mixed bag Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 2:06PMA snapshot of visitor numbers and sales at various local wineries over the 2008 wine festival has revealed mixed results.
