Wine News

Wet Whistle Wine Fest is stomping good time

The Wet Whistle Wine Fest in Algoma has such an appeal that a group of Fox Valley ladies come every year.

Flowers and wine a perfect combination (The Shelby County Reporter)
HELENA Will Yuille, co-owner of Sips and Snips in Helena, wants to offer his customers a different kind of night out. At his business, clients bring in their favorite beverage wine is a popular choice and then commence making florist-quality flower arrangements.

Wine events (The Olympian)
Looking for an opportunity to learn more about wine or taste something new? Here are South Sound wine-tasting events:

Wine events (The Olympian)
Looking for an opportunity to learn more about wine or taste something new? Here are South Sound wine-tasting events:

Hope’s Angels presents ‘Passport to World of Wine’ (Galveston County Daily News)
FRIENDSWOOD On Oct. 11, wine and dine at the fourth annual Hope’s Angels “Passport to the World of Wine” benefiting Hope Village.

Wine University winds down in Vail (Vail Daily)
Larkspur s Wine University comes to a fitting end with a tasting of sparkling wines and champagne on Thursday. VAIL, Colorado In the season finale of Wine University at Larkspur Restaurant, sommelier Kevin Furtado has a special reception planned.

Wine generally breaches the political divide (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The experience: A quintessential California wine, this blend of petite sirah (85 percent) and petit verdot (15 percent) is jammy but smooth, a fruit bomb with depth and uncommon balance.

Dunne on Wine: Blushes all around in wine hoax (The Sacramento Bee)
A lot of spitting goes on in the offices of The Wine Spectator, but these days it’s more about “spitting mad” than “spitting wine.” Editors of the nation’s most influential wine magazine have been duped, and they aren’t happy.

Australia’s Foster’s H2 profit falls on wine woes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Foster’s Group Ltd , Australia’s largest brewer, posted a 9.4 percent decline in second-half profit on Tuesday, pressured by sliding sales at its Californian wine business.

Drink wine, back Georgia: Polish campaigners (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Campaigners in Poland, a staunch ally of Georgia, Tuesday urged their compatriots to glug down Georgian wine and mineral water to show their support for Tbilisi in its conflict with Russia.