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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Nineteen: Black Bear Farms and Estate Winery, Purple Raspberry

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Can you believe that we’re already on day nineteen of our 30 Days of Local Wine of 2009?!?! For today’s feature, we head back to Black Bear Farms & Estate Winery for one of their fruit wines. The Purple Raspberry is made from pure purple raspberries grown right on the Black Bear farm. Now like myself when I ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Seventeen: Pelee Island Winery, 2008 Pinot Grigio (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Pelee Island Winery ’s Pinot Grigio has a hint of bronze color, with a subtle bouquet of soft peach and almond. With its balanced acidity and apple-like finish, this wine makes an ideal partner for light chicken dishes or seafood. Or better yet, imagine a light lunch with friends consisting of a shitake mushroom and ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Sixteen: Mastronardi Estate Winery, 2007 Cabernet Franc (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Hints of caraway seeds and anise fill the bouquet of this herbaceous Cabernet Franc from Mastronardi Estate Winery . Flavours of damson plum and sweet cherry fill the middle palate, along with a smooth lingering finish. This wine is an absolute must with prime rib. On his recent visit to MEW, renowned wine expert ...
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• Cornucopia: Reflections of a Seasoned Alcoholist

  
  UrbanDiner.ca | Vancouver Restaurant Scene Magazine — Authority: 126
  (Image courtesey of Degan Bailey ) We ended one festival to start another. After Victoria’s Art of the Cocktail was successfully put to bed the previous weekend in Victoria, Cornucopia, Whistler’s celebration of wine and food , was just stepping on the stage in the snowy coastal mountains 100 km in the other ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Fifteen: Aleksander Estate Winery, Cassis Fruit Wine (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Many people are unaware that Aleksander Estate Winery produces fruits wines, which I find quite humorous considering they are actually quite good at it. While this isn’t the first fruit wine listed on 2009’s 30 Days of Local Wine , this Cassis fruit wine from AEW is the first showcased that wasn’t from Black ...
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• Chef Thomas Keller Talks Ad Hoc At Seattle’s Bastille

  
  Daily Blender — Authority: 120
  Chef Thomas Keller is running a little late. The back bar at Seattle’s Bastille restaurant is bustling, awaiting the arrival of the evening’s guest of honor. While the kitchen prepares a delicious array of bites from the chef’s latest cookbook, ad hoc at home , a crowd of media types mingles about, noshing on ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Fourteen: Colchester Ridge Estate Winery, 2007 Riesling (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  A crisp pear nose leads into a surprisingly smooth and delicately sweet mouth-feel with Colchester Ridge Estate Winery ’s 2007 Riesling. The taste is reminiscent of mandarin oranges and peaches while the balanced acids result in a clean and lovely finish. This Riesling is a bronze medal winner at the 2009 All ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Thirteen: Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery, 2007 Late Harvest Riesling Traminer Vidal

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery ’s Late Harvest Riesling Traminer Vidal (now that was a mouthful!) was crafted with the finest Vidal and Riesling grapes picked in late November 2007. This exceptional wine is bouncing with lychee, pear and apricot flavours, and finishes soft and sweet! Pair this at your next ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Twelve: Black Bear Farms and Estate Winery, Papa’s Special Reserve

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  From the beginning, the brother and sister duo, William and Michelle, over at Black Bear Farms & Estate Winery knew they had a great wine on hand when it quickly became their fathers favourite. This is where  it gets the name Papa’s Special Reserve. The quality of the wine was once again confirmed when, five ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Eleven: Pelee Island Winery, 2008 Monarch Red (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Each autumn, Pelee Island and Point Pelee host thousands of migrating Monarch butterflies. Their journey will not end until they have travelled 3000 km farther south, high into the mountains of Central Mexico. The beauty and fragility of the Monarch only enhances the central mystery of their existence: No Monarch ever ...
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• EaterWire: New Chef at Dry Creek Kitchen, Kevin Had the Sads

  
  Eater SF — Authority: 581
  HEALDSBURG —Celebrity mustached chef Charlie Palmer has named a new chef de cuisine at his Dry Creek Kitchen : Sonoma native Dustin Valette , who is a CIA Hyde Park grad and has worked at Aqua and Bouchon. [EaterWire] SOMA —Oh heavens to Betsy. Via SFist comes news of an event that combines wine and ...
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• Zinfandel and Kink: An S&M Wine Tasting

  
  spume — Authority: 109
  We San Franciscans love our wine. And we love our kinky sex. Apparently, we also like to combine the two. From SFist comes word of the Wine & Rope tasting at local gallery, Femina Potens . And what are they tasting? Why zinfandel of course! Go here to read more. I might add that the crew over at SFist is ...
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• Today’s Food Newsbits: Western Culinary Sued for Fraud, USA Bocuse d’Or Semi-Finalists Announced

  
  Daily Blender — Authority: 120
  According to the Oregonian this week, local food school Western Culinary Institute is being sued for fraud and unfair business practices by a former student. The plaintiff, Jennifer Adams, alleges that WCI misled students by withholding true income data of graduates, noting that “70 percent of Western’s ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Ten: Mastronardi Estate Winery, 2006 Gewurztraminer (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  This wine is in Mastronardi Estate Winery ’s “Sad to move them out” wine category! With its enchanting floral and lychee aromas this Gewurtztraminer lives up to its spicy reputation. Lychees carry through in the flavours as well as honeysuckle and ripe local peaches. We recommend matching with fresh fruit and ...
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• Fall in Love with a Beautiful Bordeaux

  
  312 Dining Diva -- There's Never a Dull Moment in Chicago's Restaurants and Lounges! — Authority: 429
  Whether youre swinging solo or coupled up this holiday season, Thursdays matchmaking session at Y Bar aims to make you fall in love with the wines of Bordeaux. All you have to do to attend is fill out your wine preferences here , so they can match you up with vinos based on your tastes. Youll get four full pours ...
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• Rioja and National Geographic

  
  Thirst for Rioja — Authority: 91
  If you are quick, and I mean really quick, you can still catch a free tasting of Rioja wine AND Rioja food (in the form of some lovely tapas from the in-house expert) at the National Geographic store on Regents Street. For this week only the Rioja Government (not Rioja wines alone this time) is sponsoring a ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Eight: Colchester Ridge Estate Winery, 2006 Merlot (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Mulberry with a touch of black cherry predominates in the CREW 2006 Merlot’s bouquet. Aged in an oak with a toasted quality, this lighter bodied Merlot fills your mouth with a sour cherry and plum taste. The finish is satisfying with cedar and a slight spiciness. Because this wine is a lighter bodied red, it is ...
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Seven: Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery, 2006 Lady in Red

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery ’s Lady In Red offers the palette warm oak spices with a finish of blackberry, cherry and plumb flavours. Aged in Hungarian oak barrels for 12 months and blended at the wine maker’s discretion at the end for the perfect balance, this wine is ideally served with a hearty beef or ...
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• Dixies Luckiest Wine Blogger: "The Atlantan"

  
  Dirty South Wine — Authority: 418
  Im thrilled to be featured in this months "The Atlantan" Magazine .  Fun stuff with a few wine pics as well. You can read it online here Huge thanks to Danny Bonnvisuto and Emily Polar for the interview and shots
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• 30 Days of Local Wine – Day Five: Pelee Island Winery, 2008 Pelee Girl’s Cabernet Merlot (VQA)

  
  WindsorEats.com FoodBlog — Authority: 131
  Hugh Johnson, author of The Vintner’s Art: How Great Wines are Made , described the distinguishing feature of a full-bodied Cabernet Merlot as the authority it has on the finish. Pelee Island Winery ’s Cabernet Merlot not only has a smooth, lingering finish, dominated by wild cherry and spice flavours. This ...
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