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 [Tea Leaves] Whine and Spirits: Apparently they don't grasp that if there were no customers, they would have no job and no salary. When buying alcohol in most situations, I've found that buying wine and demonstrating that I know what I'm doing generally prevents stupid questions like, "Are you sure you're 21?" However, at one state store in Pittsburgh, there is a cashier who almost growls at you and won't touch anything you put in front of her, much less ring it up, until you let her scrutinize your ID for a solid two minutes.

 [Metroblogging Austin] Wink, wink, nudge, nudge: I try not to use terms like orgasmic, unparalleled or out-of-this-world, but this place makes it difficult. I'm not just saying this because we're acquainted with Gary, who's in charge of Wink's impressive wine selection, and Debra, who's one of the most experienced wait staff in town, from The Wife's days of food service at Mars. The place would still be a favorite regardless of who's serving the food or choosing the wine. The rest of the staff is equally professional, knowledgeable and attentive with Mark and Brendan tending to the arrivals and a waitstaff of four or five serving the 15 tables.

[Atelierwinery.blogspot.com] Atelier Winery: Saturday, June 18th, Atelier Summer Syrah Celebration, Cloverdale, CA: Our 2003 Alexander Valley Syrah has been in bottle since March, and it is ready to be enjoyed. And what better way to enjoy it, than a summer barbeque with friends at an Alexander Valley icon, The World Famous Hamburger Ranch and Pasta Farm? Please join us for an afternoon on the patio with great food, wine, and friends.

[Vinography.com] Vinography: a wine blog: Wine is Next: With a background in the restaurant industry, focusing on wine, Kyl Cabbage got into the peripheral side of the wine business by opening The Wine Experience in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Cabbage wanted to create an environment that would draw everyone from knowledgeable wine enthusiasts to newbies. "We had to dispel the thought that wine is only for the rich," says Cabbage, 44. The Wine Experience provides a forum for wine tasting and wine education, while offering a selection of over 2,800 labels for sale-the company even coordinates wine-tasting trips to Napa Valley.

[Vinography.com] Vinography: a wine blog: 2003 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose, Bandol ...: It is home to a large joyful Provencal family. It is a wine. And while it must be inadvertent, one of those fortuitous miracles that embellish existence (there is no recipe for it dispensed at wine school), there is a certain vital spirit that one imbibes with each gorgeous swallow of Domaine Tempier's wine."What Lynch manages to capture so eloquently here, and in the rest of the chapter in his book which he dedicates to this Domaine, is the energy, history, and the cumulative experience that is embodied in this family-run establishment that can claim single-handed responsibility for the creation AND preservation of the appellation of Bandol.

 [Kqed.org] KQED Food Blog: Bay Area Bites: Wine's Life with Shelley Lindgren: After building a strong base in French wine at mainly French restaurants, she was ready to expand her knowledge, and she headed to Bacar to learn Austrian wines. Even then though, she (and, she jokingly confides, the rest of the staff) knew Italian wines were her passion.

[Electricdeath.com] [EED] Blog 868 - budget wine tasting night: Screw-top for anything other than reds which have to mature for a long time is definitely the win now - wines are fresher and consistent across the board. As opposed to say 18 months ago if I'm really pissed off on the day and the wine has to be right cos it's the only one I'm taking home and I'll go postal if it's corked, well these days I now reach for the screw-cap wine in the £8/£9 range five times out of five. And all the wine houses are experimenting with screw-tops for laid-down wines. Once it's seen what it does to the progress of maturing, it could be that cork's time is numbered even at the top other than wherever local political pressure (Portugal for instance) means it would be impossible to drop mother nature's nicely tactile but rather flawed closure....

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