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[LA Unleashed] Baboons: The wine connoisseurs of the animal kingdom | L.A. ...: Largely undeterred by electric fences, hundreds of wild baboons in South Africa's prized wine country are finding the vineyards of succulent ripe grapes to be an "absolute bonanza," said Justin O'Riain of the University of Cape Town.

[LOS ANGELES AT COST] Baboons: The wine connoisseurs of the animal kingdom | LOS ANGELES ...: Largely undeterred by electric fences, hundreds of wild baboons in South Africa's prized wine country are finding the vineyards of succulent ripe grapes to be an "absolute bonanza," said Justin O'Riain of the University of Cape Town.

[Tasting Room] Sip and run - Tasting Room - WineTravel.com - Napa Valley ...:      “I always call wine the hub of life,” said Sebastiani, 37, a toned, yet lanky man at 6 feet, who finds himself at the crossroads the wine and triathlon cultures. “When you’re on a bike ride with someone, you talk about all the aspects of life in the same way you would if you were having a glass of wine with someone.”

[TravelPod.com TravelStreamâ™ ”” Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Hawkes Bay Region Has it All ”” Havelock North, North Island, New ...: As we explored the various wineries (we tried Clearview Estates, BlackBarn, Elephant Hill, Craggy Range, Te Awa, Tuki, etc) we learned that rose bushes are often planted at the end of each row of vines to act as a warning guard for disease. Much like the concept of having a canary in a coal mine, rose bushes are very susceptible to fungus and other diseases that attack grapes and can provide an early indication if there is a problem with such plants diseases in the vines.

[A Long Pour {Fifty-Two Weeks With California Wine}] A Long Pour {Fifty-Two Weeks With California Wine} » Blog Archive ...: A few days after our interview, Jean-Pierre and I spoke more in depth about pesticides and he pointed out that “certified organic growers are allowed to use herbicides and pesticides as long as they are approved and labeled organic.” Wolff Vineyards does apply the use of soft and targeted pesticides in-line with the organic guidelines.

[Winedoctor] Burgundy Wine Guide: Cote Chalonnaise: For sure the topography here does not match the grandiose slope that can be found running from Chassagne-Montrachet up to - with admittedly a few interruptions on the way - Gevrey-Chambertin, but there are many favourable sites for viticulture nevertheless. Some of these vineyards are no less eligible for consideration alongside those of the Côte d'Or than those that hide in the valleys to the west of Beaune and Nuits, such as St-Aubin and St-Romain, or the border-outposts of Marsannay or Santenay.

[Official Blog of Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism] Canterbury's Best Festive Drinks to Celebrate the Holiday Season: For a total food and wine experience, the sceptics will be proven wrong with Pegasus Bay Restaurant.  With an emphasis on freshness and simplicity, the restaurant uses locally grown ingredients and makes sure the menu is created around the wine list, each dish being matched with a suggested wine. The restaurant is open from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm, seven days.

[Lonely Grape - Wineries & Wines of Mclaren Vale] Mclaren Vale Winery - DogRidge « Lonely Grape - Wineries & Wines ...: Being at the far end of McLaren Flat you get a sense of history as you drive past and through vines that are 60+ years old on the way to this cellar door.  The cellar door building is also the offices for the winery but this does not take anything away from the tasting experience as the tasting is conducted so you are looking away from any offices and out across the adjacent vineyard.  I was pleasantly surprised when we were not only greeted with a smiling face but the door was also opened for us.  The decor was simple and tasteful and I enjoyed my time there.

[wine-pages.com] Chablis: Like most small towns in France, Chablis has sprawled, with modern wine cellars and a light industrial area on its outskirts. Across the valley are the slopes of the premiers crus, the long hillside of the Côte de Léchet above the village of Milly, and Vaillons and Montmains immediately behind the town, with other premiers crus, Fourchaume and Montée de Tonnerre forming a natural continuation of the grands crus.

[Winedoctor] Domaine Begude: It is an interesting system Kinglake has developed, although I'm not sure I am in agreement with Kinglake's beliefs about Chardonnay 'falling apart' this way - especially when the style of the wine is so bright, more reminiscent of Chablis than the Languedoc - but I don't have the tasting experience of his own wines that he and his staff must obviously have. One very positive element of this process of course is that it is all about consistency - exactly what modern consumers are perceived to desire.

[George's New Zealand Blog] New Zealand Trip Day 24: After being tossed and scared to death (I finally resorted to closing my eyes) he careened to a stop at the Auckland Hiatt Regency where my dear wife had booked a suite for the night.  Not just any suite, but basically a one-bedroom apartment in a separate building with a big deck area overlooking the harbour.  A bottle of champagne (Marlborough, of course) was waiting for us, along with some sweets for Madame (she shared).  Things started to improve rapidly.  I took a long shower to see if I could unclench my teeth after the jet boat, er van ride, and we dressed for dinner.  The concierge recommended a restaurant within walking distance, where the food was tall, not small or foamy, and slow.  They did have a rather nice wine list so we ordered around the wine, an excellent Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay from Craggy Range, one of the wineries that we had visited in the Hawkes Bay region.  This wine replaced the bottle we accidentally left under the seat in Grant Pethwick’s car on our Hawke’s Bay wine tour.  The vines like really bad soil, and the Gimblett Gravels (do you name your dirt?) makes wine with excellent minerality.

[Travel Blog | Photocircuits Barcelona] Winehiking around Sonoma: Sipping into a Recession: We set our tent up on a hill overlooking the Warm Springs arm of Lake Sonoma a thousand feet below, and over the hill were some of the most dramatic hillside vineyards in California in the fairly new Rockpile AVA (American Viticultural Area), 10,000 acres in vines above Lake Sonoma yielding some of the most intense red grapes on the planet. We were in one of six of the 96 campsites occupied at the campground, and this was a beautiful, blue-sky late-October weekend!

[CitySearch Blogs] The Jordan Restaurant with George Jardine | CitySearch Blogs: The Sauvignon was delicious with a tropical bouquet rather than the rasping nettle, gooseberry and green pepper flavoured wine that has become so popular both in the Cape and abroad.  The highlight was the vertical line-up of their Pinotages under this label.  Assessing the aromatic nuances and climatic changes associated with each vintage was fascinating.

[Wine Travel Guides Blog] Drinking but not Driving with Ferrari « Wine Travel Guides Blog: From the start Giulio Ferrari aimed to make high quality spumante using the Champagne method, today known in Italy as Metodo Classico. Until the 1950s production remained highly limited (less than 10,000 bottles a year) and much in demand all over Italy, but with no successors Giulio finally sold the company to Bruno Lunelli, who ran a successful wine shop in Trento and had long been an admirer of Ferrari Spumante.

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