Napa Valley Register Wine Local Arts & Entertainment http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=d70cb3bc212c7f327d92e5c9c7eeaaaa Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:59 -0800 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ Food for thought http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/doc4b062ac66e8f1651750957.txt Duckhorn Wine Company’s holiday 2009 tasting experiences, Food for Thought at Duckhorn Vineyards, and An Unpredictable Pair at Paraduxx begin Friday and will take place at 11 a.m. daily at Duckhorn and 1 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Paraduxx. newsys-409518795 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800 Back Room blowout http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/doc4b062ab3b4243099930249.txt Back Room Wines hosts its 34th walk-around tasting Friday, 5-8 p.m. with five local winery owners and winemakers: newsys-454705555 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800 Trinchero gift to UC Davis http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/doc4b062aa6f10c6398182330.txt A $1 million gift from Trinchero Family Estates will help UC Davis build new facilities for a program that provides disease-free rootstock to California nurseries. newsys-452326761 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800 Julie Prince reflects on three decades at Robert Mondavi Winery http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/doc4b06245e7fefa057838312.txt For nearly three decades, Julie Prince did her best to nourish the artistic side of Oakville’s Robert Mondavi Winery. newsys-454705560 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800 Vintners have $5 million reasons to toast http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/doc4b0623f5a0db3698005721.txt Amid the kind of celebration that usually surrounds the high bidders at Napa Valley’s summer wine auction, representatives of about three dozen local charities and organizations clinked their glasses with vintners and elected officials Thursday night as the Napa Valley Vintners announced more than $5 million in grants. newsys-409518791 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800 Petite sirah gains admirers http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/11/24/wine/dan_berger/doc4b062445d8880449981457.txt Petite sirah is a grape variety that usually isn’t so petite and has little to do with syrah (other than being its offspring). newsys-454705554 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:55 -0800