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Written by Grant Butler, The Oregonian
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:00 |
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Lots of visitors to wine country pack their trunks with picnic baskets filled with goodies to enjoy in bucolic splendor. While we applaud the DIY sensibility, picnickers are missing out on some great restaurants that can turn a day of winery hopping into a full-on culinary event. And here's a fringe benefit: When you leave the cooking to others, you've got more room in the back of your sedan for another case of wine. |
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Written by Bill Addison (Restaurant Critic)
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:00 |
Best 2008 spots
Dali Wine Bar and Cellar
Paul Pinnell has cracked the code on how to open a universally appealing wine bar. His stylish perch at One Arts Plaza lures wine geeks with an ever-rotating list that includes everything from classic French indulgences to wonderfully odd choices by rogue Italian vintners and beyond – all priced below market.
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Written by IRENE VIRBILA, Restaurant Critic
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 00:00 |
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Photo by Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times
BREATHE: Billie Freeman savors a glass.
Restaurants can be great places to explore vintages, thanks to proprietors' expertise, passion and respect for customers' budgets.
S. Irene Virbila restaurant critic>>> For those of us who love wine, Los Angeles is a wonderful city for all things vinous. We have some of the best wine shops in the country, so competitive with one another that the selection of wines and favorable pricing trump those of most retailers in other parts of the country |
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Written by Angela Ann
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 02:24 |
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Livermore’s Wine Country
I received an email a few weeks ago from Kathleen who suggested that I check out California’s oldest wine region, Livermore. I recently got the chance to spend an afternoon doing just that. |
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Written by Simon Thomsen
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 00:00 |
 Tony Bilson successfully combines two of Sydney's current obsessions - tapas and wine bars.
Address: 1 Alfred Street, Circular Quay 8252 9296., Sydney
Phone: 8252 9296.
Style: Restaurants
Cuisine: Spanish/Portuguese
Payment: Visa, Mastercard
Price Guide: Entrees $15-$25; mains $25-$35; desserts $15-$18.
Score: 14/20
THE 2005 Domaine de Villeneuve Chateauneuf du Pape ($22 glass-$110 bottle), a mix of five different Rhone grape varieties, slides down far too easily with crumbed pig's trotter ($30). Soon a second glass is called for.
Even more extravagant, there's a new, lean and elegant chardonnay, Tappanappa ($28, $130), made by Brian Croser in the Adelaide Hills, as part of a joint venture with Chateau Lynch-Bages and Bollinger. Cop that Burgundy. |
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Written by Tara Duggan
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Thursday, 02 October 2008 00:00 |
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Though it was created by an Australian, South Food + Wine Bar is the type of venue that has become extremely popular here in the Bay Area. Part restaurant, part lounge, it's the kind of place you can stop in for a casual weeknight meal with a friend. Yet the combination of good food and wine, stylish design and attentive service also brings in the occasional work group or celebratory dinner. Most people in the Bay Area will be unfamiliar with the chef, but Luke Mangan is a star at his restaurants in Sydney and Tokyo. He was joined by a compatriot as well as a New Zealander to create the Australian-leaning menu as well as a wine list of exclusively Kiwi and Aussie producers. |
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