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12.31.2008
Last Day to Get Fabulous Wine Prizes for a Steal!
OK folks, here's the deal. Today is the last day of
charity raffle. You've got until Midnight tonight, Pacific Time, to buy raffle tickets for some seriously awesome prizes. Every raffle ticket increases your chance of winning said prize, and every ticket buys healthy, nutritious lunches for school children in Lesotho. What could be better than that?
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12.15.2008
How would you like to go a luxury wine vacation all the while knowing that you're enjoying Napa luxury because you helped to feed some hungry schoolkids in Lesotho, Africa? That, my friends, is the beauty of the charity event called A Menu For Hope.
This is the fifth year of A Menu For Hope, the grassroots charity event for wine and food bloggers that started in response to the horrible Tsunamis of 2004. Last year's event raised more Read the rest of this entry »

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Wine Travel Guides offers an unusual and inexpensive holiday gift for anyone planning a wine tour next year. The website, which offers on-line guides to wine regions of France, offers gift subscriptions accompanied by an attractive personalized gift voucher and giving full access to all the guides for a year.
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makes an original and unusual holiday gift for wine lovers and travel lovers alike. This excellent value, useful Read the rest of this entry »

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    1. Bordeaux, France
    2. Napa Valley, Calif.
    3. Tuscany, Italy
    4. Champagne-Ardenne, France
    5. Barossa Valley, Australia
    6. La Rioja, Spain
    7. Sonoma Valley, Calif.
    8. Valle Central, Chile
    9. Stellenbosch, South Africa
    10. Marlborough, New Zealand
    SOURCE: TripAdvisor.com
   From late November until Christmas, German holiday markets fill with Read the rest of this entry »

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SYDNEY - Wine lovers are increasingly following their passion on vacation with more visits to wine regions, which now boast top hotels, restaurants and tours.
TripAdvisor, an online travel community, has come up with a list of 10 top wine destinations in the world, according to its editors and traveler popularity. This list is not endorsed by Reuters:
1.
Geaux Bordeaux: Bordeaux, France
Perhaps the world's most famous wine destination, the Read the rest of this entry »

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SYDNEY - Wine lovers are increasingly following their passion on vacation with an more visitors to wine regions, which now boast top hotels, restaurants and tours.
TripAdvisor, an online travel community, has come up with a list of 10 top wine destinations in the world, according to its editors and traveler popularity. This list is not endorsed by Reuters:
1. Geaux Bordeaux: Bordeaux, France Perhaps the world's most famous wine destination, the Read the rest of this entry »

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On 18 September, Vistakula’s wired apparel won the first prize in a business-plan competition organized by Intel India and the government of India’s department of science and technology. “Potentially, it’s one of those ideas that has a massive market once it crosses the initial threshold,” says A.S. Rao, who heads the government’s Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP), which helps inventors with early stage funds. “Not only the defence—imagine Read the rest of this entry »

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are to be found in the New World, wine experts have said.
The United States, Australia and New Zealand offer especially impressive destinations for wine tourists to visit, according to Neil Phillips and Chris Scott.
New Zealand in particular is a great place in which to visit wineries, Mr Scott suggested, because not only is there great food and wine on offer, but it is all served up "with a bit of chilled Kiwi style".
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Lost in the Wine Regions of France? Wine Tour Guides Website Points the Way with Geo-codes
Wine Travel Guides, the innovative website that provides on-line travel guides for independent wine tours in the wine regions of France, has added GPS codes for recommended wine producers, wine country hotels, restaurants and shops. Wineries are often located deep in the countryside with no street address, now Sat Nav owners can input the GPS codes to find Read the rest of this entry »

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Bordeaux has topped the list of the world's best holiday destinations for wine lovers.
Research carried out by TripAdvisor revealed that the area is one of the world's most popular wine destinations and described Bordeaux as place where the "French passion for food and wine unite for a sensational wine-tasting experience".
Other popular destinations for wine loving holidaymakers include La Rioja in Spain and the Tuscany region of Italy.
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