Wine Bazar

A WINE glut has driven prices lower than bottled water as the industry faces an unprecedented meltdown and a fire-sale of unprofitable vineyards.

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Scheid Vineyards Wine Lounge, 751 Cannery Row in Monterey, is set to host a class on how the shape of a glass can affect a wine’s bouquet and flavor.

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Tickets are now available for the 2009 Wine and Food Festival from 4 to 9 p.m. July 11 at the Historic Deepwood Estate, 1116 Mission St. SE.

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After 30 years of wrangling over whether Napa Valley Wine Train should allow passengers to disembark in St. Helena, the first passengers finally touched St. Helena soil on Friday night.

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EDEN — Ogden Valley residents will be able to stay closer to home when buying wine or a bottle of hard liquor. Bill Lyman received approval last week from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to bring a Type 2 package agency to the valley, which he said will sell a wider variety of alcohol.

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Jenny Wine and Stephen Mark were named the winners of the National High School Musical Theater Awards in a June 29 ceremony at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

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When the Rivers Ran Red An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America’s Wine Country By Vivienne Sosnowski (Palgrave Macmillan; 228 pages; $26.95) From Demon to Darling A Legal History of Wine in America By Richard Mendelson (University of California…

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AN unemployed hairdresser in a doomed marriage drank six glasses of wine and seven pints of cider on the night that ended with her stabbing her husband in the back with a carving knife.

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It’s a fair bet that when Barack Obama sipped the 1998 Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs served on his recent visit to Britain, compliments will have been duly showered on his host like confetti. It’s an open secret that despite the stigma that sill attaches to English wine, England can more than hold its head high in the sparkling wine stakes. With more than 100 awards doled out this year in the UK′s …

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