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<p><b>Featuring broadcast wine journalist Lynn Krielow Chamberlain doing exclusive interviews of the “who’s who” in wine and food. Featured on <a href="http://www.vinvillage.com/vin-de-cru">VinVillage.com</a>. <p> Listen at: <a href="http://snipr.com/VVRadio">wsRadio.com</a> or the show "audio-blog" at" <a href="http://www.vinvillage.com/vin-de-cru">VinVillageRadio</a></b></p><p>On May 5, 2010, <a href="http://VinVillage.com">VinVillageRadio</a> proudly celebrated its 2-Year Anniversary on <a href="http://VinVillage.com">wsRadio</a>! During the past 2 years, <a href="http://www.vinvillage.com/vin-de-cru">VinVillageRadio</a> has produced and broadcast 104 consecutive shows and 408 segment interviews with the "who's who" in Wine & Food! And, over that same span of time, <a href="http://VinVillage.com">wsRadio</a>, the world-wide leader in internet talk-radio, has grown from 2-million to over 4-million listeners each month!</p><p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=vinvillageradio"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=vinvillageradio"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --></p>
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Wine-Wonkie-Super-Geekie Event Sommelier Entertains at Intersections of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards - Bonnie Graves
"Secrets From the Kitchen and Cellar chefs and master sommeliers will showcase the tricks of their trades" caught my attention, in addition to The Art of Mixing; Date Night an evening of good food, wine, music, and one-on-one time with master sommeliers and vintners; and The Art of Brunch where guests will enjoy free-flowing brunch cocktails, live gospel and jazz performances, a 50-foot grand table featuring the city's finest pastries and breads. The "Taste of Beverly Hills", presented by FOOD & WINE beverage program is designed by Event Sommelier Bonnie Graves to celebrate the talents and innovators within the culinary, wine, art, music, and design worlds, guests will enjoy food, beer, wine, cocktail tastings, and chef demos from 9/2-9/5.<br/>Website: <a href="http://thetasteofbeverlyhills.com/?page_id=129">The Taste Of Beverly Hills</a>
Labor Day Weekend 2010 The Taste of Beverly Hills, presented by FOOD & WINE - Jeffrey Best
The Taste of Beverly Hills, presented by FOOD & WINE will take place 9.02.10 through 9.05.10 adjacent to the prestigious Beverly Hilton Hotel. In celebration of all things epicurean, this Los Angeles wine and food festival will showcase top chefs and restaurateurs from throughout the area and will recognize the diversity of neighborhoods that have shaped and inspired the Los Angeles culinary scene. Taste of Beverly Hills is being produced by Jeffrey Best of Best Events LA. Best will transform the space adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel into a culinary haven at Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, just blocks from Rodeo Drive.<br/>Website: <a href="http://thetasteofbeverlyhills.com/">The Taste Of Beverly Hills</a>
Swiftwater Cellars Grand Opening in Suncadia 4-Season Resort Historic Cascade Mountain Roslyn, Washington - Donnie Watts and Tony Rynders
Swiftwater Cellars is nestled in the heart of the Cascade Mountains 80 miles east of Seattle in historic Cle Elum-Roslyn. Home to the former Coal Mine Number 9, it is Washington's ultimate destination winery featuring dining, golf, events and the fine amenities offered by Suncadia, a premier all-season resort. Swiftwater Cellars introduces two wine clubs which offer the unique combination of top wines from acclaimed consulting winemaker, Tony Rynders. The first release in September will include 2007 Proprietary Red and 2007 Syrah. Founded in 2007, Swiftwater Cellars is the culmination of the Watts family's 30 year dedication to top quality agriculture and desire to offer visitors a rich winery experience.<br/>Website: <a href="http://www.swiftwatercellars.com/home.html">Swiftwater Cellars</a>
Cosmetics and Folio Winemakers' Studio Crush for Beauty Benefit Fashion Show - Lydia Mondavi
'Justice Never Goes Out of Style' when it comes to sex trafficking and protecting battered women. On Friday, September 24th, 2010, 29 Cosmetics and Folio Winemakers' Studio invite you to an exclusive invite for the third annual Crush for Beauty event in breathtaking Napa Valley from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Folio Winemakers' Studio, 1285 Dealy Lane, Napa, CA. The event will support the Drop Dead Gorgeous Charity and Napa Women's Shelter. There are several ways to get involved... via this event, by purchasing product on September 9th, by donation via 29 Cosmetics and 29 Spa at The Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel, Atlanta. Learn more via email to info@29cosmetics.com. Lydia Mondavi is Founder of 29 Cosmetics and a concerned woman of the world.<br/>Website: <a href="http://www.29cosmetics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=sitecontent.default&objectID=2213">Crush for Beauty Benefit</a>
New Angove Wine Releases Recognized as Top Aussie "Recession-Busters" - Tim Boydell
Tim Boydell, Senior Vice President for Angove Family Winemakers of South Australia, former Jackaroo, joins us from Orlando while on tour in the U.S. tasting sommeliers and retailers on the new fabulously delicious and fabulously priced (just under $10) Nine Vine Wines (dry, unfiltered, unfined... Vegan / Kosher-friendly) Rosé, Viognier, and Shiraz Viognier. When leading Australian wine writer Campbell Mattinsons decided to emphasize a budget view of wine for the new edition of his annual Big Red Wine Book, top honors went to Angove Family Winemakers: “If ever there were a time for a special award, it's now, and if ever a winery deserved it, it's Angove Family Winemakers. Wine after wine, whenever we tasted an Angove red it made us do a double-take. How can it only cost that much?”. <br/>Website: <a href="http://www.angove.com.au/">Angove Family Winemakers</a>
Angove Family Winemakers: Wine & Spirits Magazine 2010 Top 5 Value Brand of the Year - Tim Boydell
In 1886, the Angove family wine journey began when current Managing Director John Angove's great grandfather, Dr William Thomas Angove established a small vineyard and winery at Tea Tree Gully in the foothills surrounding Adelaide. Having recently arrived in South Australia from Cornwall, England he set out to make wine as a “tonic” for his patients. Through floods, fires, industry corporatisation and consolidation, vine pulls and compulsory acquisition of their vineyards Angove Family Winemakers have survived and remain proudly independent and family owned and operated.<br/>Website: <a href="http://www.angove.com.au/">Angove "Top-5 Value Brand"</a>
Delicious Indigenous Culinary Travels Broadcasting Season Ten on Wealth TV, Resort & Residence Channel - Dave Eckert
Over 156 half-hour episodes, produced on five continents, Culinary Travels with Dave Eckert is a one-of-a-kind food, wine, and spirits- based travel program that takes viewers right to the heart of what’s delicious and indigenous. Meet the personalities, experience destinations, and learn of the products that make culinary travels enticing. Now airing on Wealth TV, high definition cable in markets across the country and on DirecTV on Resort and Residence Televison, channel 354. Current shows include: Maui; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Chicago; River Cruise down the Danube through Germany, Austria, and Hungary; California Wine Country; and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<br/>Video Catalog: <a href="http://www.travelvideostore.com/index.php?cPath=2435">Culinary Travels with Dave Eckert</a>
Sunday Night Chef Fights Cooking Competitions Lets Audience Judge Local Talent - Chris Kern
Sunday Night Chef Fights are a series of live, head-to-head cooking competitions in San Diego and Orange County. The brainchild of ForgottenGrapes.com creator and founder Chris Kern, Sunday Night Chef Fights (SNCF) aims to bring the excitement and culinary mastery of cooking competition television shows such as “Iron Chef,” “Top Chef,” and “Chopped” to a local live audience who ultimately decide the winner. SNCF draws upon locally renowned chefs and cooks from all over the culinary map and a variety of different backgrounds and disciplines – from the pedigreed executive chef and restaurant owners to private chefs, country club chefs, competitive contest cooks, cooking instructors, caterers, even the cooks who run local fast-food joints or own popular food trucks around town.<br/>Website: <a href="http://sundaynightcheffights.com/">Sunday Night Chef Fights!</a>
01 Spectrum Wine Auctions Provides Streaming Video in Real Time Simultaneously in California and Hong Kong - Amanda Keston
Spectrum Wine Auctions delivers a worldwide buying, selling and appraisal venue for collectors of fine and rare vintage wines. Live and online wine auctions in premier locations. Spectrum Wine Auctions offers real time online bidding from the comfort of your home or anywhere in the world you happen to be. The software will allow you to view and hear the auctioneer as well as bid in real time as the auction takes place. Your online bids are placed on the floor as if you were actually attending the auction in person. Prior to each auction, customers can also visit the Spectrum Wine website to view 360-degree images of each lot on offer. Amanda Keston is Director of Client Services and Auctioneer.<br/>Website: <a href="http://www.spectrumwine.com/">Spectrum Wine International</a>
02 Spectrum Group International, a Fortune 500 Company, launched Spectrum Wine Auctions July, 2009 - Amanda Keston
Spectrum Wine Auctions, which debuted to the international wine market last fall as a new major player, will hold its next fine and rare wine live auction simultaneously on September 24 in Los Angeles and on September 25 in Hong Kong. Following in the grand tradition of its sister auction companies, Spectrum Wine Auctions is a subsidiary of Spectrum Group International, Inc. (SPGZ:PK), a consolidated global collectibles network. The company offers competitive incentives for consignors, including 30-day payouts in full for all lots sold regardless as to whether the firm has collected from each buyer, and the ability to consign both highly-collectible and commonly found wines.<br/>Website: <a href="http://snipr.com/spectrum-auction-sep10">Spectrum Wine Auctions</a>
03 Idaho Wine Country Examines Idaho's Unique Terrain, People and Culture Up Close - Alan Minskoff and Paul Hosefros
Idaho Wine Country grew out of two friends love of wine and mutual curiosity about the growth of new wineries and vineyards in their home state. Writer Alan Minskoff and Photographer Paul Hosefros took to the back roads of Idaho for 15 months, interviewing and photographing more than 50 winemakers and grape growers and documenting all stages of grape and wine production. Their book, the first full-length exploration of the state�s emerging wine industry, chronicles an enterprise on the verge of discovery.<br/>The Book: <a href="http://snipr.com/vv-id-wine-country-book">Idaho Wine Country</a>
04 First Congressional District, Oregon Supports Free & Fair Trade in Wine - Congressman David Wu
Congressman David Wu, First Congressional District, Oregon, joins us to clearly state his opposition to House Resolution 5034, the Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE) Act of 2010, that would unfairly prevent small family owned and operated wineries from shipping their wines across state lines to clients across the country. The Congressman's district includes the significant Pinot Noir producing area of Yamhill County. He joins us from the the House of Representatives, Wash. DC.<br/>Website: <a href="http://www.house.gov/wu/">Congressman David Wu</a>
01 New Jerseys Unionville Vineyards Terroir Wins Gold in IWSC Interantional Competition - John Hawkins and Cameron Stark
Unionville Vineyards of Ringoes, New Jersey, recently won an international Gold Medal for the 2008 Single Vineyard Chardonnay, Pheasant Hill for achieving the highest quality and excellence in a wine category. The Gold Best In Class Medal for the total Dry White Wine Class was awarded to the vineyard by The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), founded in 1969, London, and is the premier competition of its kind in the world. According to the tasting notes, Unionville stunned the judges into awarding Gold Best In Class for this New Jersey Chardonnay with striking honeysuckle notes, ripe melon and mango. Unionville Vineyards Winemaker and General Manager Cameron Stark is a thirteen year veteran Napa Valley Winemaker and UC Davis educated. John Hawkins is one of the three local vineyard-grower-partners of Unionville Vineyards.<br/>Link to: <a href="http://www.unionvillevineyards.com/">Unionville Vineyards</a>
02 Unionville Vineyards farm originating in 1858 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Site of Historic
Unionville Vineyards in Amwell Valley, New Jersey, has 88.6 acres of home property that is open to the public. The winery is a strong supporter of agriculture, farming, local businesses and tourism. The Pheasant Hill Single Vineyard is also the site of the famous Council of War in June of 1778 when General George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette and 15 other Continental Army Generals stayed and made the decision to engage the British in what became the Battle of Monmouth. Unionville Vineyards 2008 Single Vineyard Chardonnay, Pheasant Hill was the only wine from the United States in any category to be awarded Gold in 2010 by The IWSC, and one of only nine in the entire northern hemisphere. It is the first US dry white wine to win an IWSC Gold Medal in the last two years, outperforming premium labels such as Beringer, Cakebread Cellars, Robert Mondavi, Stags Leap, and Sonoma Cutrer to take home the Gold.<br/>Link to: <a href="http://www.unionvillevineyards.com/sites/courses/layout.asp?id=825&page=45614">Unionville Vineyards Awards</a>
03 BackPackTheSierra wine stories with International Wine Educator in Napa - Paul Wagner
Paul Wagner is an internationally recognized wine educator who serves as Wine Instructor for the Culinary Institute of Napa College. He joins us from the Society of Wine Educators Conference to share delicious and romantic wine stories posted on a new website, just launched, that documents his many years camping, hiking, and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada of California with his wife of 30-plus years. Nothing like wine chilled in the snow or a stream at 8,000 feet.<br/>Link to: <a href="http://www.backpackthesierra.com/">Backpack the Sierra</a>
04 Introducing The Red Light Special Rosé Wine Cocktail Contest with Red Leight Wine - Howard Leight
Meet the Malibu Wine Guy, Howard Leight, creator of Red Leight Rosé — "A new exotic Rosé inspired by the energy of the night district," and CEO of Malibu Rocky Oaks Estate Vineyards. Red Leight Rosé is a dry blend of 55 percent Syrah, 35 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, five percent Cabernet Franc and five percent Merlot all grown in Malibu appellation. This conversation will be continued to learn more about Malibu-grown wine-grapes but for now.... join in on the fun, purchase a half bottle, and use the receipt code to enter Red Leight Rosé cocktail contest. Submit your cocktail recipe online at VinVillage.com.<br/>Link to: <a href="http://www.redleight.com/">Red Leight Rosé</a>
Sip the Good Life is About Great Wines and Healthy Vineyards - Kris O'Connor
Kris O'Connor is Executive Director of the Central Coast Vineyard Team (CCVT), a non-profit organization formed in 1994 by a progressive group of farmers with a mission to educate and guide growers towards environmentally and economically sustainable farming practices. Now with 300 members representing 80,000 acres throughout the region, the Team is recognized as an industry leader in the area of sustainability and has been a model for other organizations. While the group�s leadership is based in vineyard and winery representatives, they regularly welcome input and guidance from regulatory, academic, environmental, and community leaders.
Sip the Good Life Connects Like-Minded People in Relevant and Meaningful Ways - Kris O'Connor
Since 1996, CCVT has been helping growers assess their farming practices through their award-winning Positive Points System � a protocol that has been modeled by other regions and the State. This provided the foundation of what became the Sustainability in Practice� (SIP) Vineyard Certification Program. 2008 marked the pilot year, with 3,700 acres (14 vineyards) receiving certification. With 116,000 cases of SIP� Certified wines representing an assortment of brands and varieties, wine lovers will be able to support companies certifying their care of the land, the people and Sip the Good Life.
Champagne, an Extraordinary Place on Earth Consistently Producing Authentic Wines - Sonia Smith
Sonia Smith is Director of The Champagne Bureau, located in Washington, DC. The Bureau is the U.S. representative of the Comit� Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC), the trade association that represents all the grape growers and houses of Champagne, France. The Bureau works to educate American consumers about the uniqueness of the wines of Champagne and expand their understanding of the need to protect the Champagne name in the United States. In the hottest days of summer, think of Champagne to add a touch of glam to picnics at the beach, relaxing afternoons on the deck and backyard barbeques.
Champagne Hotline Answers Questions About Champagne from the Office of Champagne - Sonia Smith
Have a question about Champagne? The Champagne hotline, run by the Champagne Bureau, is a useful resource to learn more about the Champagne you drink and the region from which it comes. Listeners are invited to sign an online petition to protect wine places and origins, featuring Champagne and other high profile wine regions around the world. The legal battle continues in the "sparkling wine war... pitting trademark rights against geographic indications," (Business Law Today by Carol Robertson). An educated consumer is a more powerful consumer.
