Archive for July, 2008
Chris Pine Ready For Tsunami of ‘Star Trek’ Fame - National Ledger
Thursday, July 31st, 2008National Ledger
Chris Pine Ready For Tsunami of ‘Star Trek’ FameNational Ledger, AZ - 28 minutes ago… “Bottle Shock” as the desperate-to-make-good lawyer-turned-winemaker (and Pine’s father) and the snooty British wine merchant at the heart of the story. …
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Sorry, no room on the bus - it’s full of silver surfers (that’s … - Daily Mail
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Sorry, no room on the bus - it’s full of silver surfers (that’s …Daily Mail, UK - 3 hours agoBut wine merchant John Else, 38, who uses the bus for the round-trip to Southampton, said: ‘I’ve noticed a big difference in how many pensioners use the bus …
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‘BOTTLE SHOCK’: Uncorking reality on a new wine film - San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, July 31st, 2008‘BOTTLE SHOCK’: Uncorking reality on a new wine filmSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 7 hours agoShot in Napa and Sonoma counties, the indie production loosely follows the story of wine merchant Steven Spurrier’s famous Paris wine tasting, …
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China’s largest wine company to relocate to HK - AFP
Thursday, July 31st, 2008AFP
China’s largest wine company to relocate to HKAFP - 9 hours agoHONG KONG (AFP) — China’s largest wine merchant said Thursday it will relocate its headquarters to Hong Kong to benefit from the southern Chinese city’s …
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California Beats France in Bottle Shock, Coming Soon to Santa … - The Santa Barbara Independent
Thursday, July 31st, 2008California Beats France in Bottle Shock, Coming Soon to Santa …The Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 20 hours agoBut ’76 it was when a British wine merchant in Paris decided to host a blind tasting that put France’s best chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons against the …
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California Beats France in Bottle Shock , Coming Soon to Santa Barbara … - Santa Barbara Independent
Thursday, July 31st, 2008del.icio.us. There’s a great degree of inevitability in even the most Earth-shattering discoveries. Had Columbus not found the New World, for example, some other ambitious sailor certainly would have; had Newton not discovered gravity, there were …
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Gods, Sunshine Smile as Greece’s Wines Move on From Car Polish - Bloomberg
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Gods, Sunshine Smile as Greece’s Wines Move on From Car PolishBloomberg - 4 hours agoNiki Kitsopoulou, sommelier at the 70-year-old Athens wine- merchant Cellier, says her shop’s retail price of 29 euros a bottle is too hefty for locals and …
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‘Bottle Shock’: Uncorking reality on a new wine film - San Francisco Gate
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Opening Wednesday is the movie “Bottle Shock.” Shot in Napa and Sonoma counties, the indie production loosely follows the story of wine merchant Steven Spurrier’s famous Paris wine tasting, which also was written about in George Taber’s book “The …
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First screw-tops, now plastic wine bottles? - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008”There is a devil in every berry of the grape,” says the Koran. To the environmentally conscious, the wine bottle is not much better. At about 400 grams, a typical glass bottle is around eight times heavier than a plastic one. It therefore takes …
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First screw-tops, now plastic wine bottles? THE ECONOMIST - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008First screw-tops, now plastic wine bottles? THE ECONOMISTSanta Rosa Press Democrat, CA - 12 hours agoDavid Berry Green, whose family has helped to run Berry Bros & Rudd, a grand wine merchant, for eight generations, admits that many of his customers are …
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