Wine, etc.: (The Capital)As the holidays approach, we will be writing our annual reviews of sparkling wine. More is consumed in the next month than at any time of the year. Even though you may think only the rich can afford champagne, the good news is that there are affordable alternatives.
Regulations Sour Dream of Winery (Washington Post)The setting couldn't be more splendid for a Virginia Piedmont farm winery: 35 acres of rolling hills, wood-rail fencing, an 18th-century log cabin and ancient stands of black walnuts, holly and American boxwood.
Don and Ruby Corley the captains of Colony Cellars (Greater Houston Weekly)On the eastern fringes of the Katy Prairie is COLONY CELLARS. This unique winery was opened on Nov. 10, 2006 by a husband & wife duo married for 51 years. DON CORLEY and his wife RUBY, handle all of the winery operations from the vineyards, to winemaking, to the operations of the wine tasting room. This dynamic couple have been married for 53 years, but act like a couple who are much younger.
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Listing to port (The Prague Post)When dining, tradition dictates that port be passed from right to left. Beware, though. Should the guest on your right prove remiss in keeping matters on the go, never ask him to ?pass the port.? Instead, you should simply inquire, ?Do you happen to know the Bishop of Norwich??
Alvaton Man Hopes to Soon Sell Wine in Warren County (WBKO Bowling Green)An Alvaton man is hoping a rare option election will allow him to sell homemade wine at his farm this spring.
Monaco's Ali Baba wine treasure trove (AFP via Yahoo! News) It's a wine connoisseur's paradise with what it says is the world's largest hotel cellar -- some 450,000 bottles of the globe's top vintages stored deep under Monaco's exclusive Hotel de Paris, waiting to achieve their peak.
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