The setting: A splendid "cocktail wine," this merlot also would pair well with pizza and burgers (particularly if there were mushrooms involved with either); beef, lamb or veal stews, and even salmon or tuna steaks.
The back story: WineStreet Spirits' Tom Keim called Cycles Galdiator's Adam LaZarre "the hottest winemaker in the Central Coast area. He comes across like a stoner surfer boy but really knows his stuff." Love that Belle Epoque label, too.
BILL WARD .It's not canceled for good. It's only been "postponed," according to Bob Crowe, the event's organizer and promoter.
Crowe announced Thursday that recent knee surgery has not allowed him to put enough time and energy into planning the event.
"I am disappointed because I really wanted to do this for the city," he said. "But, in a way, I'm happy, too, because it gives me a whole year to really do it 100 percent. Not that I wouldn't have gone all out (for this year), but this will give me a chance to get more people involved -- more vendors, more sponsors."
Anyone who has already purchased tickets for the April 20 date can receive a refund at the point of purchase.
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The event will take place at the library, located at 100 East Main Street in Leesburg, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. It is free to attend, but space is limited and RSVPs are highly recommended. To register for the event, email Danielle.Francis@checkpt.com or call (800) 257-5540 x2148.
Some 749 million litres of wine was exported in the 12-month period, valued at $2.9 billion.
Bulk wine exports dropped 25 per cent in the year to the end of February this year, but bottled wine shipments rose five per cent.
The United Kingdom remained the largest and most lucrative market, taking 280 million litres of wine valued at $949 million.
The United States was second (192 million litres valued at $862 million), followed by Canada (49 million litres at $282 million).
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But the law couldn't change until at least July because three government bodies and the public need to weigh in on the issue.
"The reality is it's been legal since the end of Prohibition," City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said of selling alcohol. "In this particular case, we are talking about a full service grocery store."
.Calagione owns Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Del. Old is a Center City sommelier, consultant and director of wine studies at Manhattan's French Culinary Institute.
"Beer is more primal," he says, between sips.
"With wine, it's all about the acidity," she says, expertly swishing her glass at Restaurant XIX atop the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue. "Nothing can compare to its taste and diversity."
It's a Dogfish and pinot show.
Their act, perfected over five years, 20 drink-off dinners, and now the book He Said Beer, She Said Wine (Dorling Kindersley, $25), is pairing wines and beers with specific foods and judging which beloved libation is the winner.
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Oh geez. If word gets out, I'm finished in this town.
Hanni, one of the first two Americans to pass England's prestigious Master of Wine exam, assures me that it's not my fault. He believes that taste in wine is physiologically predetermined by the number of taste buds on the tongue. Besides, he says, there's nothing wrong with White Zinfandel.
"The wine industry has convinced people what they have to drink to be sophisticated," Hanni says. "We're making mistakes from false assumptions and from not knowing how drastically an experience might vary from one person to the next."
Many leading scientists agree with much of Hanni's taste-bud theory. Some of the movers and shakers in the wine industry don't.
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