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After two years of discussion and more than a dozen public meetings, Placer County has a winery ordinance.Read full story

Now the most widely used wine textbook on for colleges and universities. Also popular with serious wine enthusiasts for home study. Provides a 12 week program for learning about wine in-depth, from sensory evaluation to the science of viticulture and winemaking. Written and organized in a user friendly style. Includes chapter exams and answers, study [...]

Many European traditions showcase hot spiced wine. One of the first signs of fall in Germany and Austria are open air markets serving hot spiced wine, Gluhwein or Glow-wine. This fragrant holiday drink will make you glow with warmth. Make it at home now with CuisineMentor German Gluhwein Gourmet Spice Blend. Enjoy steaming wine or [...]

A winery tour guide pleaded guilty today to robbing 20 banks throughout the state and in Utah in a spree that netted him more than $45,000 and earned him the name “the Highway 101 Bandit” because many holdups took place along the freeway corridor. Arthur Eli… Read full story

A rollicking wine country travelogue paired with the only comprehensive guide to Napa’s public tasting rooms Hank Beal is a wine pro–the executive wine buyer at an upscale supermarket chain. Rick Kushman is an ordinary joe–a guy who enjoys wine but doesn’t know a lot about it. Together, Hank and Rick set out to visit [...]

On the outskirts of Vicenza, Zuccato has been packaging some of Italys most enjoyed pickled vegetables and antipasti since 1898. We think these Italian kitchen essentials are the finest in their price range. While the powerfully piquant unopened caper buds pack the punch behind much of southern Italian cuisine, mature caperberries, the blossomed fruit of [...]

When Amos Tutuola’s first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more than 15 languages and has [...]

Through a dream sequence, you (the reader) go back in time to 18th century Paris where you meet Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. In the comfort of Jefferson’s residence on the Champs-Elysees, you sit down with these two great Americans, and in response to your questions, they tell in their own words the most interesting [...]

Very limited Quantities. Just arrived from Japan! Catering to refined tastes with their ‘Meets Wine’ series of Pretz stick pretzel snacks, Gilco is wooing palates everywhere with this delectable gourmet Pretz line. Since they’re a baked snack they make a great alternative to fattier potato chips, plus they are easy to sneak into the movie [...]