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WINE-RELATED LINKS

For those of you interested in all things wine like books on wine, building a wine cellar, and more, here are some interesting links.

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Interesting Sites

The Virtual Absinthe Museum pays homage to Absinthe...the Green Fairy...La Fee Verte....no other drink has the same romantic history French Impressionists....Toulouse Lautrec, Degas, Manet, Van Gogh....Paris in the Belle Epoque....the cafes of Montmartre....the muse of writers from Verlaine and Rimbaud to Joyce and Hemingway. For all the interesting facts, and many absinthe-related items for sale, click here.

The Wine Label Gallery looks at the beautiful artwork that adorns wine bottles. Collector Mike Kellstrand focuses on quality and not quantity. To check out these wonderful designs, click here.

Wine Books, Newsletters and Information

Nat Decants FREE Wine E-Newsletter Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. Natalie is also the author of Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass. For more details on this book and to sign up for the newsletter, click here.

Wine Racks and Cellars

Rosehill Wine Cellars are wine storage specialists. Find various makers of wine racks, wine refrigerators, wine cellars, wine coolers and cellar cooling units, as well as accessories, hardware, inventory software & more. Click Here.

Wine Cellar Innovations is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom wine cellars and wine racks for both commercial and residential applications. Click Here.

Made for wine lovers everywhere.
Wine Racks America offers wine racks in all styles. They provide quality wine racking directly from the source... store 10 to 10,000 bottles. For more information, click here.

WINE-RELATED NEWS

Market, St. Helena

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Market earned its claim to fame through original partners Douglas Keane and Nick Peyton, who opened the refined American comfort food restaurant in 2003. These days, the pair is renowned for their two-Michelin-star Cyrus in Healdsburg. Yet the legend - and...

Michelin Guide - United States - Healdsburg California - Comfort food - Cyrus

Fill up on wine, food, tips at SF Chefs 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

In a city that revolves around all things culinary, creating a standout wine, food and spirits event seems a tall order. The forthcoming SF Chefs 2010 aims to do that by being bigger - exponentially so - and by being organized by chefs and restaurateurs...

Wine - Food - Recreation - Drink - Business

Change has come to Chablis

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

France - Droplets of change can be found in Chablis. Burgundy's northernmost outpost has long had its rigid hierarchy - seven grand cru vineyards at the top, premier crus just below and so on. Yet in a region ruled by terroir, things are becoming more...

Chablis wine - Wine - Burgundy wine - France - Cru

Turning wineries' stories into good PR

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Jean Arnold Sessions is a fixer. When Jordan Vineyards and Winery wanted to expand its reputation beyond Cabernet Sauvignon, Sessions made it happen. When Chateau Montelena wanted to create public perception that the winery specialized in Cabernet as much as...

Winery - Cabernet Sauvignon - Wine - Chateau Montelena Winery - United States

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

WHAT'S NEW / Some plates for your glass

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

A sturdy solution to the cocktail party conundrum: drink in one hand, plate of food in the other - an array of slotted appetizer and dinner plates that hold your wine glass, so you don't have to - are a perfect fit for summer entertaining. There's the modern,...

Wine - Glass - Hors d'Å?uvre - Food - Recreation

In Depth - Gundlach Bundschu

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

There hasn't been a Gundlach in more than a century, but the Bundschus are roaring into their sixth generation. That's 152 years of winemaking roots for Gundlach Bundschu in Sonoma, cementing its de facto status as the oldest family-owned winery in...

San Francisco Chronicle - Family - Chronicle - Games - Roleplaying

Top Sonoma places for wine tasting

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

With the city of Sonoma less than an hour's drive north of the Golden Gate Bridge, a trip to Wine Country doesn't get much easier. The following Sonoma wineries, including two of the state's oldest, Buena Vista Carneros and Gundlach Bundschu - both more than...

San Francisco Chronicle - Chronicle - Games - United States - Roleplaying

Editor's note

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Welcome to the third installment of Wine Country, a monthly section that explores Northern California's wine regions. This issue concentrates on the best wine and food in and around the town of Sonoma. Chronicle staff writer Janny Hu spotlights Gundlach...

San Francisco Chronicle - Chronicle - Games - Roleplaying - Horror

Vineyards tie Sonoma past, present with future

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

A quick spin around Sonoma's town plaza quickly provides bearings. Here's Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's Casa Grande and the monument to the Bear Flag Revolt, markers of a time before the California was a state. They're situated happily amid well-lit...

Sonoma Vineyards - Chronicle Wines - Sonoma - Chronicle - Wine

Wines all over the map in Sonoma County

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Sonoma's wine geography is just a tiny bit complicated, enough so that sometimes everyone seems to do everything. On the south end lies cooler Carneros and the influence of San Pablo Bay, clearly the place for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. To the north is Sonoma...

San Francisco Chronicle - Chronicle - Business - Games - Roleplaying

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