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Wine Types: What They Are and Where They're From
Don’t know your pinot from your merlot? This basic menu of wine types from around the world will help you decipher any wine list. Beaujolais (boh-zhoh-lay): A light, fruity red wine from...
Tags: Region, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Wine, Chablis, Merlot, Michael Mattis, wine, business dinner, BNET Feature
Articles 2007-12-19
Pick, Pour, and Taste Wine Like a Pro
Need to impress a wine-snob boss or client? Check out our survival guide for the resourceful wine amateur.Do you hide when the waiter approaches with the 20-page, leather-bound wine menu? Have trouble telling a viognier from a chardonnay, a sangiovese from a syrah? Enjoying a bottle of wine with friends...
Tags: Wine, Nicole Solis, BNET Feature Package, Michael Mattis, Business Dinner
Articles 2007-12-19
Wine Know-How
Do you break out into a cold sweat at the thought of having to order wine at a business lunch or dinner? Well, you’re not alone. According to a survey conducted by Impulse Research, 75 percent of wine drinkers say that they would be nervous about choosing the wine at...
Tags: wine, survey
Videos 2008-02-22
How to Survive Dinner with a Wine-Snob Boss
Having the wine-snob boss over for a fancy dinner? Here’s a BNET survival guide for wannabe wine geeks. Understand Why Wine Is a Big Deal Goal: Appreciate wine’s special role at the dinner table. The...
Tags: Michael Mattis, wine, Italy, beverage, France, U.S., movie, sales, environment
Articles 2007-12-19

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Wine, cassocks and pews: priests are big business in Poland
KIELCE, Poland AFP — Tipping back his glass, the elegant, grey-haired man in black nodded approvingly as he swallowed the wine before picking up the bottle to examine its label. "A sweet Dorato from Sicily. This is very good for mass. I can recommend it," said Father Maciej...
Articles 2008-06-23
SwedishVegas Uses Wi-Fi TV to Bring Social Networking to Global Restaurant Concept
SwedishVegasTM Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SWDV) andWi-Fi TVTM Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVN) announced today that Wi-Fi TVtechnology will be used to bring social networking to the concept ofSwedishVegas restaurants. In a first for the restaurant business, eachSwedishVegas restaurant will be able to provide live video conferences withviewers of its own Internet TV...
Articles 2008-05-28
Richard Sands Receives Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Sands, chairman of the board ofdirectors of Constellation Brands, Inc., will receive the 2008 LifetimeAchievement Award from the Los Angeles International Wine & SpiritsCompetition at its annual dinner on May 28. The competition, in its 69thyear, is one of the top-five wine competitions in the world and annuallypresents a...
Articles 2008-05-20
Jerry Martellaro, director of wines for Stew Leonard's Wines of Farmingdale (Long Island, NY), and a longtime contributor to Beverage Dynamics' National Retailer Wine Panel, was recently honored with The European Wine Council's 2008 Wine Ambassador Award at their Twelfth Annual Dinner Gala held at New York's Le Cirque restaurant.(Business Briefs)
Jerry Martellaro, director of wines for Stew Leonard's Wines of Farmingdale (Long Island, NY), and a longtime contributor to Beverage Dynamics' National Retailer Wine Panel, was recently honored with The European Wine Council's 2008 Wine Ambassador Award at their Twelfth Annual Dinner Gala held at New...
Articles 2008-05-01
Sambuca Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Legendary Upper West Side Trattoria to Host Celebratory Cocktails and Dinner, April 7th NEW YORK -- Sambuca, a landmark family-style Italian restaurant on New York's Upper West Side, today announced its 20th anniversary. Nestled near the southeast corner of 72nd and Central Park West, across from the entrance...
Articles 2008-04-02
Skylark's closes to remodel kitchen.(THE BUZZ: Tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of business information)
Skylark's Cafe and Wine Bar closed February 18 to remodel their kitchen and plans to re-open March 3. The business has outgrown the current kitchen space, especially after the addition of the wine bar in 2005 and outdoor tables in the summertime, owner...
Articles 2008-03-01
Girl power
Wine Those for whom every day is Valentine's Day may be interested in a new range of wines aimed at women developed by a French wine merchant. WineSight has selected about 30 French wines under the label Sublimelle, "parce que la femme est Sublimelle". It boasts "no...
Articles 2008-02-23
Lazy nights; TOMATO AND BREAD SALAD; ONION TART WITH ANCHOVIES AND OLIVES
Pack a rug and some cold food and head out for an evening picnic,suggests Kate Fraser. I t's been hot in the suburbs. The furnace-like heat of nor'westdays has melted into warm, still evenings and the neighbourhood hasbeen clattery with the splash of sprinklers. It's too sultry for abarbecue,...
Articles 2008-01-17
Wine drinkers taste price, not quality
If all you can afford for tonight's romantic dinner date is a bottle of "Two-Buck Chuck," maybe you should just pour it into an empty bottle of expensive French chardonnay. The more expensive a wine is perceived to be, the more likely a person is to...
Articles 2008-01-16
Don't miss fellows event
Any fellows who have not yet booked for the 2008 lecture and dinner are advised to do so quickly. The event will feature guest speaker Guy Callender, professor of strategic procurement at Curtin Business School in Australia. The event will be held on 16 January at the Thistle...
Articles 2008-01-03
When charity is the message: from wheelchairs to gay causes, a trend toward individual donations
People get into the wine business for very personal reasons. Maybe they seek a more rural life for their family. Perhaps they are intent on building a family legacy. Whatever the reason, most will have to face many of the same decisions. Where should they plant their grapes and to...
Articles 2008-01-01
Book now for fellows dinner
CIPS FELLOWS Guy Callender, professor of strategic procurement at Curtin Business School in Australia, will be the guest speaker at the 2008 lecture and dinner for CIPS fellows. Drawing on his extensive international experience, Callender will explore "Procurement myths" and is certain to generate strong views...
Articles 2007-12-13
Thumbs down for fatty French foods at drinks time
PARIS AFP — Bingeing on bulge-friendly charcuterie and cheese over a glass of wine or whisky is on the way out in France as trendier -- and sometimes lighter -- appetisers invade drinks time. The pre-dinner aperitif, or "apero" as it's more commonly known, was described by French...
Articles 2007-12-11
Annual dinner: book now
CIPS EVENT Booking is now open for the CIPS Annual Dinner 2008. A champagne reception, four-course dinner, high profile speaker and hundreds of leading purchasing professionals and business leaders combine to give the dinner a real buzz. You can join senior figures from public and...
Articles 2007-11-29
Gertrude's owner/chef sells eatery, changes path
It's with sadness we report that Robert Wooldridge Jr. has cooked his last wine dinner at his restaurant, Gertrude's, 2625 W. Colorado Ave. After 11 years as owner and chef, he closed the deal last week to sell his eatery to Tom Lazzaron, one of the...
Articles 2007-09-28
Fremont's first wine bar a dream come true for owner
FREMONT -- For Audrey Scott, it all started with an epiphany. A night out for dinner in San Francisco with a friend led to a discussion about dreams -- and Scott's was to open a wine bar. "It was just a moment...
Articles 2007-09-05
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