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Upcoming Events in Your Area
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Buckhorn Mountain Boys
Ste. Chapelle Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
$10.00 per person, 14 and under free. Music 1 pm to 4:30pm ~ Bistro 29 on site if you would like to purchase lunch.
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Live Music - Billie James and Glenn Henriksen
Little Swan Lake Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
Please call for reservations 712-858-4592
Entertainment is free! Buffalo entree meal available at all Sunday performances.
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Live Music 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Park Farm Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
$5 at the door includes 5 sample tickets redeemable for 5 samples or 1 full glass of wine. Music by The One Hat Band
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Anniversary Festival
Blue Sky Vineyard
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
12:00pm - 7:00pm. Join us in raising a glass to toast three wonderful years of wine. Enjoy live music, food and of course award-winning Illinois wines. Thank you to all of our valued customers for making our dream come true. $6.00 Entrance Fee, Glass Included. Children (15 & Under), Free. Come for the Wine. Come for the Food. Come for the Fun.
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Sweet Wine Club Ready for Pickup
Fox Valley Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
Sweet Wine Club will be ready for you to pickup and enjoy!
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Alexei Kazantsev
Masset Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
Famous Russian artist (sculptor, painter, photographer,etc) will be on the front lawn at Masset Winery to show his works during Stan Fortier's live Blues show. Several pieces of Italian Carrera marble sculpture will be on hand as well as wine themed photos and paintings. Maybe we can talk him into doing a demonstration of his newly invented method wine-color painting! After a late night at the winery, Alexei came up with the idea of using wine rather than water for a new style of painting.
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2nd Annual Wine Club BBQ
Edna Valley Vineyard
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. $15.00. This year we will be cooking up some country favorites! Join us for a day of great food, wine and live music. We'll have horseshoe and bocce ball tournaments going on with prizes for the champs! Spend a summer afternoon with the Edna Valley Team. Reservations encouraged.
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The Porchlights
Princess Wine Bar, Crested Butte, CO
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
$3. 8:30 PM
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July Sunday Sounds: Music on the Winery Lawn
Chateau Morrisette
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 27, 2008
1-4pm (Entertainment is free) Grill Open 12-4pm
1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Mountain Winery
From
Sunday, July 06, 2008 To Sunday, July 06, 2008
$85, $69.50, $49.50. 7:30pm
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Wine-Compass.com - a Tradex Consulting company
Vienna, Virginia
Fax: 201-829-6355
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Albarino
Albarino (known as Alvarinho in Portugal where it is used to make Vinho Verde). White wine grape variety, used to create a serious varietal wine with pleasant citrus fruit aroma, widely grown in regions of N.W. Spain and also in northern Portugal. Thought by some to be a Riesling clone originating from the Alsace region of France.
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Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest - Morven Park - Leesburg, Virginia
The Moore Cadillac Hummer Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest ”A Celebration of American Beer” will be held on June 21-22, 2008, at Morven Park in Leesburg, VA, from 11am-9pm Saturday, and 11am-7pm Sunday. The BrewFest will feature over 40 of America’s best breweries pouring their beers, and plenty of tasty food. Musical entertainment from great local and regional bands will provide a perfect backdrop to a great few days. Tickets for the BrewFest purchased on the day of the event will be $25 for a sampling ticket. Tickets are available prior to the opening of the event for $20 through our online provider.
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Pinot Days San Francisco
From Friday, June 27, 2008 To Sunday, June 29, 2008. The Bay Area Wine Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of pinot noir, is proud to announce Pinot Days San Francisco. Pinot Days offers the largest gathering of pinot noir producers in the Bay Area. Pinot Days is designed to allow wine lovers and members of the wine trade to taste a variety of pinots representing every major growing area, including California, Oregon, New Zealand, Australia and Burgundy.
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The secluded property, once a large thoroughbred horse ranch, was purchased by Susan Meyer's family in 1972. Now it reflects Jim & Susan's two passions: wine and horses. They still breed and race thoroughbreds and each spring; just about the time new buds form on the grape vines, new foals are born. The grape vines were planted in the mid 70's to Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. The winery was founded by Stan and Grant Meyer in 1985. It is housed in a renovated cattle barn. Winemaker Susan Meyer and her husband, Jim Fresquez, took over the reins of the operation in 1990. Helping Susan handcraft the estate-bottled wines produced by RustRidge is distinguished consultant winemaker Kent Rosenblum. Vines are organically grown and dry farmed. The majority of the grapes from the RustRidge Vineyard are sold to other wine producers, including Rosenblum Cellars and Catacula Lake Winery. The remaining grapes are used by Susan and Kent to create RustRidge's spectrum of award-winning wines, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel. The region's special microclimate is integral to the character of RustRidge wines. The Chiles Valley lies approximately 1,000 feet above the Napa Valley floor. The climate here is similar to that of the Oakville and Rutherford areas, except that the temperature is colder in winter. This, coupled with the higher elevation, causes bud-break to occur two or three weeks later than the rest of Napa Valley. As a result, the grapes are harvested later than most other grapes from Napa Valley which, in part, lends distinctive flavor and quality to the wines. The reds are redolent of black cherry, bell pepper and spice, while the white wines have strong peach, apricot, green apple and citrus characteristics.
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