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July
'06
Ballard Canyon - A Tour
Winegrower
Steve Beckmen (left).
Although the Sta. Rita
Hills AVA has been getting
most of the attention
with its world class Pinot
Noir, there are a few
other growing areas in
the Santa Ynez Valley
that have also been excelling
with wine grapes. Ballard
Canyon is one of those
areas, and destined to
get even better! Our tour
included stops at Tierra
Alta, Stolpman, and Purisima
Mountain, with lunch at
Larner Vineyards. Along
the way, we heard from
growers & vineyard
managers about what makes
Ballard Canyon different.
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June
'06
Pinot
Days - San Francisco
Winemaker
David Dain Smith (left).
This annual event began
on Saturday with a series
of blind tastings. Involving
sixteen of the best producers
from the Russian River
and Sonoma Coast appellations,
it gave us the opportunity
to study the wines side-by-side,
and was followed by similar
look at the wines of Santa
Lucia Highlands. Sunday
held some smaller regional
or vineyard-specific tastings,
followed by the centerpeice
of the day, the Grand
Tasting, with wines from
140 Pinot producers from
around the world. |
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June
'06
Santa
Rita Hills, Wine and
Fire Festival
At
the historic La Purisima
Mission, over two dozen
winemakers poured library
wines and current releases
from the Sta. Rita Hills
AVA, during a reception
on Friday. People mingled
until dusk, after which,
we had a private screening
of the wine documentary,
“From Ground
to Glass," in
the Mission's sanctuary.
Saturday consisted of
4 tasting seminars, held
in a secluded canyon,
where winemakers discussed
their particular approach
to Chardonay and Pinot
Noir. And the day was
capped by a huge BBQ lunch. |
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June
'06
Auction
Napa Valley
Actress
Geena Davis (left), and
auctioneer Fritz Hatton
work up the crowd. Arguably
the benchmark in charitable
wine auctions, the Auction
Napa Valley is held
annually in the Napa Valley.
Established by a group
of Napa Valley vintners
in 1981, ANV has given
$62M over its first 25
years for healthcare,
youth service and low-income
housing charities in Napa
County. The GrapeRadio
crew received an invitation
to attend this stellar
event, and we were not
disappointed. Auction
results also included. |
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May
'06
2006
Hospice du Rhone- Paso
Robles
Winemakers
Françoise Peschon
(left) and Vanessa Wong.
The HdR is a two-day event
featuring wine seminars,
library and Grand tastings,
and a unique opportunity
to meet and talk with
the people who are at
the forefront of an increasingly
popular Rhône varietal
movement throughout the
world. Presenters and
attendees come from Europe,
Australia, South Africa,
and the U.S. to attend
this annual function.
Included in this photojournal
are tasting and seminar
notes, and auction results. |
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May
'05
2005
Hospice du Rhone - Paso
Robles
Seminar setup, for the
wines of Alvaro Palacios.
The HdR is a two-day event
featuring wine seminars,
library and Grand tastings,
and a unique opportunity
to meet and talk with
the people who are at
the forefront of an increasingly
popular Rhône varietal
movement throughout the
world. Presenters and
attendees come from Europe,
Australia, South Africa,
and the U.S. to attend
this annual function.
Included in this photojournal
are tasting and seminar
notes, and auction results. |
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May
'04
2004
Hospice du Rhone - Paso
Robles
Winemaker
Rolf Binder (left), from
Australia's Barossa region.
The HdR is a two-day event
featuring wine seminars,
library and Grand tastings,
and a unique opportunity
to meet and talk with
the people who are at
the forefront of an increasingly
popular Rhône varietal
movement throughout the
world. Presenters and
attendees come from Europe,
Australia, South Africa,
and the U.S. to attend
this annual function.
Included in this photojournal
are tasting and seminar
notes, and auction results. |
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April
'04
Green
Valley Symposium - Sonoma
County
Hosted
by many of the growers
and wineries of the Sonoma
County's Green Valley
appellation, this event
covered the small premium
wine-producing area which
is nearly surrounded by
the larger Russian River
Valley appellation. Green
Valley is a slightly cooler
region that the RRV, due
to its maritime influence
from the south, and has
a more constant temperature
throughout various vineyards
within the appellation.
Included in this photojournal
are tasting and seminar
notes. |
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November
'03
A
Look at The Santa Rita
Hills
Established
in 2001, the Santa Rita
Hills AVA is located
in western Santa Barbara
County. At about 48
square miles in size,
it occupies slightly
over 25% of the western-most
portion of the larger
Santa Ynez appellation.
This region is the only
area on the Pacific
Coast of North America
with transverse, or
east to west, mountain
ranges. Adding further
to the distinction of
the Sta. Rita Hills,
an ocean fog penetrates
up to, and often past,
the eastern end of the
appellation, just to
the west of Buellton.
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Sept
'05
Scenes from Honfleur, France
This historic port on the estuary of the Seine was founded in the middle of the 12th century. Honfleur became an embarkation point for goods from Rouen to England. One of the most picturesque ports in France, characterized by high-houses with slate-covered exteriors. Sainte Catherine's Quay at the center of town is especially beautiful, having been painted many times by artists, including impresionists Claude Monet and Eugène Boudin. |
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Sept
'05
Normandy and D-Day Battlefield & Memorial Sites
Arguably the most pivotal event of the 20th Century, the 1944 D-Day invasion of Europe involved an armada of 6,939 vessels, 11,680 aircraft, and 159,000 troops. Landing on beaches covering a 55 mile wide area, Allied troops encountered various amounts of resistance from German troops defending their "Atlantikwall."
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Sept
'05
Battle of Britain Air Show - Duxford
Located northeast of London near Cambridge, the Imperial War Museum's Duxford facility, a former WWII RAF base is both a 'living and working museum,' as well as the site of several air shows during the year, including the Victory in Europe Anniversary Air Show, the Flying Legends Air Show, and the Battle of Britain Anniversary Air Show. |
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