Wine-Knows: Fine Wine and Gourmet Food Journeys for the Discerning Traveler: CORKAGE FEES---a Different Viewpoint

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Wine-Knows: Fine Wine and Gourmet Food Journeys for the Discerning Traveler: CORKAGE FEES---a Different Viewpoint: Many of us have succumbed reluctantly to the outrageous $35-50 corkage fees of some "destination" restaurants. An upscale Italian trattoria...

I just had to "Blogger Blog This."  Way too funny of a post from our friends at Wine-Knows Travel.

Enjoy!

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Livermore Valley Wine Tasting

We spent this past Saturday with friends on a Livermore wine tasting tour.  What a fun time!

We made it to 4 wineries:

1. Crooked Vine and Stoney Creek
2. Wente
3. Rios Lovell
4. Concannon

If you love Petite Sirah, there was plenty to be had.

For more information:

Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association

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Know why golfers eat their birthday cake whole?

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I love the folks at Wine-Knows Travel!

I'm big fans of theirs.  We've joined them on food & wine tours in 2005 (Avignon, Southern/Northern Rhone, Burgundy, Alsace, Champagne), and 2008 (Bordeaux, St. Emilion, through the Dordogne Valley to Colliure).  Both were great food and wine trips with lots of educational experiences.

I'm so pleased to see them launch their blog:   Wine-Knows: Fine Wine & Gourmet Food Journeys for the Discerning Traveler.

Check it out!

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Google Hotel Finder lets you search for U.S. hotels in a given city by date, location on a map, price, hotel class, and user rating.

I especially like the capability to expand or limit the geographic area to search by dragging the boundaries of the search area "shape."

Very cool.

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Who would've guessed.

We just came back from a visit to North Carolina.  During our stay there, we learned that:

"North Carolina is home to more than 100 wineries. The number of wineries has more than quadrupled since 2001. The industry has two focuses — native muscadine grapes and European-style vinifera grapes" (http://www.visitncwine.com/)

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A great property on the beach!  ... and we saw the dolphins swim by too!

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I'm really excited about his return.  

I certainly follow him for the drama, Caddie Choice Serves as Window Into Woods’s Thinking. But mostly, I'd like to see him return to his competitive form.

Go Tiger!

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I'm so excited to see our good friends at Wine-Knows Travel Inc. launch their blog, Wine-Knows: Fine Wine and Gourmet Food Journeys for the Discerning Traveler.

Sante' and Cin-Cin!

In case you're wondering, that's me (in the photo) during the 2008 Wine-Knows Travel tour from Bordeaux to Collioure.  (I'm all smiles!)

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