Information Blog: Jan 25, 2008

9:33 AM

We had put all our efforts to produce some respectable reading matter on Napa Valley . We sure do wish it's respectable enough for you.

Headlines on Napa Valley

Tim Adams interviews Tom Wolfe (Guardian Unlimited)

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:01:29 PST
Tom Wolfe has found a new set of exotic creatures to marvel at. Tim Adams meets him

Amid renovations, a history of negligence haunts Brookdale Lodge (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:21:11 PST
BROOKDALE -- The new owner of the fabled Brookdale Lodge -- where the "River Runs Through It" dining room is still a marvel -- says only time will judge whether he is capable of returning the fatigued $5.3 million landmark to its former splendor by remaking it into a destination spa.

Pinot Napa Valley (Pinot NV "Envy")

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:06:50 PDT
This is a TV Pilot about a start-up winery Carneros della Notte and its founder David Harmon.

Tim Adams interviews Tom Wolfe (Guardian Unlimited)

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:01:29 PST
Tom Wolfe has found a new set of exotic creatures to marvel at. Tim Adams meets him

Drink your Sega Dreamcast sorrows away with a real Dreamcast wine bottle

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:35:08 PDT
"This is a Dreamcast wine bottle from Japan, made to celebrate the release of the Dreamcast console in 1998. The wine bottle is empty, the contents have already been drunk." Yep, and the bottle marvellously says on it: "I sincerely hope you have the opportunity to enjoy both wine and Dreamcast in the near future."

Record Number of Culinary Tours Set for Crystal Wine & Food Cruise - Reuters

Record Number of Culinary Tours Set for Crystal Wine & Food Cruise
Reuters - Jan 7, 2008
... liquor is crafted -- Wine tasting and the reserves at Spain's coastal Txakoli Cellar, the underground El Fabulista Cellar and the architectural marvel ...