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Drink Up at These Five Upcoming US Wine Festivals

May 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM | by | Comments (0)

Summer is the best time to kick back with a glass of wine—heck, even a bottle of wine. There's just something about pairing a great pour with the warm weather. Luckily, there's a slew of wine festivals that will give you the chance to get boozy alfresco with some of the best bottles in the world.

Prepare to get buzzed at these five upcoming wine festivals.

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What Napa's All About: Bed and Breakfasts and Wine Tastings

November 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM | by | Comment (1)

Gift giving, twinkling lights, and plenty of booze often make for a festive holiday season, but going overboard with the latter wouldn't garner a stamp of approval from Kris Kringle. Leave it to Napa's wine producers and humble Bed and Breakfast proprietors to class up those awkward, alcohol-tinged family gatherings and raise some money for charity in the process.

Plenty of Napa Valley wineries are having holiday Open House events on weekends, but to experience a smorgasbord of varietals, vintner offerings, and enjoy the quaint charm of Downtown Napa, buy a ticket to the annual B&B Tour & Taste Event. The four-hour affair will take place on December 5th from 2:00-6:00 PM, when ticket-holders will go from one B&B to the next to "ooh" and "aah" over wreaths, ornaments, and tinsel decor.

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Gourmet On A Train: Ditch Cooking For A Napa Wine Dinner

November 6, 2009 at 3:40 PM | by | Comments (0)

There is a certain romantic allure to train travel—just ask fictional sweethearts Jesse and Céline of Before Sunrise. But Stateside, unfortunately, the mode of transport isn't as common as it is in other parts of the world. While you continue to dream about hopping aboard a Darjeeling Railway car, we're happy to report that a smaller-scale train trek can be had in California, even if it is less grand than journeying across exotic international ground.

The Napa Valley Wine Train is a refined alternative to unofficial "drunk buses" tourists often book to stay safe while sipping wine flights throughout the day. Equally drinker-friendly, and much more respectable, the train is holding a special Thanksgiving dinner aboard its Gourmet and Vista Dome cars for $104 and $139, respectively. Sadly, lunch tickets have already sold out.

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Eat, Drink and Shop at Napa's Ma(i)sonry

Where: 6711 Washington St. [map], Yountville, CA, United States, 94599
March 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM | by | Comments (0)

We’ll be honest: normally we don’t like fancy concept names with strange punctuation in the middle of them, like Ma(i)sonry, but in this case we’ll forgive the misguided parentheses and focus on the positive.

That’s because there’s a lot of positivity at this new one-stop destination in the heart of Napa Valley. Opened last October, Ma(i)sonry's purpose is to create a “life aesthetic” by pairing artisan wines with art and furnishings in a historic setting.

Basically, that means that there’s a bunch of cool art and furniture to look at (and sit in) and think about purchasing while you sip your glass of artisanal wine from the tasting room. Or just wander around the 104-year-old stone building and its grounds, which are down the block from The French Laundry in Yountville.

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Biodynamics: A Vocab Lesson On The Latest Trend In Wines

Where: Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 2009 at 2:41 PM | by | Comments (2)

Whether you’re a wine buff or an amateur, chances are you’ve been hearing a new wine term being thrown around lately: biodynamics. Some claim it’s viticultural voodoo, while others swear by it. Here’s exactly what it means.

Biodynamics is a rigorous form of organic agriculture that envisions a vineyard as a single organism—soil, plants, livestock, insects, everything combines to produce a healthy, self-sustaining environment without the use of artificial chemicals.

So the next time you head out to Napa Valley for some wine-tasting fun, here's what you should know about biodynamic wines. That is, if you actually care about wine-tasting rather than getting wasted while a hired limo takes you from winery to winery.

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