Fine Wine Blog

Africa ... Sonoma style!
Published May 12, 2006 - 14:24:22 CDT. Giraffes, Cape buffalo, zebra, antelope, wildebeest and exotic birds ... it feels like Africa, but it's the wine country.

Call for wine samples and news updates for 2007 Platter Wine Guide
Reminding producers who want to have their wines featured in the 27th edition of the John Platter SA Wine Guide : we need your tasting samples on or before June 21 and a news update about your winery by June 2.

Frescobaldi Establishes 'Tenute di Toscana,' a Partnership in the Fine Wine Business
Marchesi de' Frescobaldi, leader in the Italian wine sector, announced today the grouping together of three internationally renowned wine estates, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Castel Giocondo and Luce della Vite, in a new holding, Tenute di Toscana which has entered into a partnership with two prominent international corporations.

The grapes of wrath
Wine, one of the great South African export stories of the past decade, is beginning to lose its fragrance.

Summit County dancers back from Disney World
Summit Daily News - When local dance studios the Art of Dance and Rocky Mountain Dance Academy recently met, it wasn't of a competitive nature; it was quite the opposite. The two groups came together in the name of Disney. Director of the Art of Dance Denise Moser

Steers advance to state
El Defensor Chieftain - If only the Magdalena Steers could have these kinds of advantages all the time. Playing at home with their best pitcher taking the mound with more than a week's rest, the Steers played a Dora team Tuesday that had a tough game early in the day, and

Harrisburg takes team title at Eldorado Invite; EHS fourth
Daily Register - Eldorado freshman Jennifer Parks hands the baton to Leah January in the 3200-meter relay at the Eldorado Invitational Monday afternoon. Phil Knapper photo ELDORADO - A very competitive Eldorado Girls Track Invitational came down to the final event

News from across Missouri News from across Missouri
Kansas City Star - LEADERSHIP CHANGE The resignation of the fire chief and other issues have combined for a leadership shuffle in the Ebenezer Fire Protection District. Officials confirmed last week that Fire Chief Vince Edwards had resigned. Some in the district

Today's Community Calendar
NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB will hold its Spring Radio Swap Meet at Saint Stans Hall, Pine Hill Road, Nashua. Show hours are 7 a.m. to noon. Admission from 7 to 8 a.m. is $15; 8-9 a.m. is $5 and after 9 a.m. is $2. 875-3951, mbunis@metrocast.net, or www.nearc.net.

Pioneer vintner Stare retires
Dry Creek Vineyard founder David Stare, one of the pioneers of Sonoma County's modern wine industry, announced his retirement Monday.