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Wine Blogs Are Gathering Momentum

BySylvia Davis July 20, 2005

Time to toot our blogging horns. Wine blogging is gaining in numbers and quality. There are more blogs, more discerning readers and a wide open field ahead…

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Wines and Wishes (and some mighty tasty dishes) :: Treasure Island, San Francisco
ByJanice Nieder January 9, 2008

“If you could for wish for anything . . .what would it be?” The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation asks just this question and then does everything in their power to grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. And YOU can play an important fairy-godmother role, by buying your tickets to the 7th…

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Fresh and Fruity …sniff…sniff
BySylvia Davis August 17, 2005

Nothing wrong, in my humble opinion, with pleasing wines that are fresh, young and fruity. There’s an occassion for everything and we non-snobs are equal opportunity samplers…we’ll try everything twice. Here’s two examples via basicJuice

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Wine Wars – The Revenge of the Snob
BySylvia Davis May 12, 2005

Savoir faire versus megabucks. Artform or hypeform? Can only true vineyard nobility produce quality wine? Are we losing the craft forever to make way for cookie-cutter wine production on a mass scale?

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Inns & Outs (of Town)Dar Ayniwen :: Marrakech, Morocco, Part 2.
ByJanice Nieder December 27, 2007

As exciting as the medina area of Marrakech is, a few days was enough for me, so I simply picked up the phone and called the Dar Ayniwen Villa Hotel and said, “Madam�? was ready to be picked up! (I’ll never tire of this phrase�?�.) Only a short 15 minute ride from all the hustle-bustle…

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Not Quite The Budget for Champagne?
BySylvia Davis August 24, 2005

Fear not. There is hope. If your expense budget does not quite reach to the level of champagne, you can still add a happy little fizz to your party…look for a Cremant d’Alsace next time you are in the store. (shhh….don’t tell the experts…but cremant it’s made with a method pretty close to the real…

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Open that bottle, I say!
BySylvia Davis April 12, 2005

The wine columnists at the Wall Street Journal had some deep insight into the wine-lover’s psyche. When you have a rather precious bottle in your cellar, insecurity and doubt rear their ugly heads. What is an occasion significant enough to pop that special cork?

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