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Alsace Wine Festival Brings European Taste To Northern California

Filed under: Wine, Events

Northern California's Mendocino County offers a different wine profile than you can get in other places in the state. In many ways it is similar to Oregon with cooler weather that is favorable to pinot noir and to riesling and other aromatic whites. The Anderson Valley growing region will celebrate Alsace-style white wines next month in an decoration: underline;">Alsace Wine Festival weekend event February 12 and 13 that brings together a variety of different white wines including Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Muscat. The event includes a technical conference where participants can interact with winemakers and wine experts from around the globe and discuss the trends. This year's topic is Old World/New World and includes a discussion of Alsace wine and the wines of Germany as well as a look at Anderson Valley wines and the white wines of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The grand tasting brings together a variety of different wineries including Alderbrook Winery, Breggo Cellars, Domaine Weinbach, Foursight, Hagafen Cellars, Handley Cellars, Husch Vineyards, Lazy Creek Vineyards, Londer Vineyards, NY Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, Toulouse Vineyards and many more. A winemakers dinner is scheduled for the evening of February 12 in the private dining room at Scharffenberger Cellars. A sit-down dinner will be prepared by a renowned local chef and each course will be perfectly paired with wines featured at the festival or locally produced. The dinner is $125 and is nearly sold out.

The next day is given over to winery open houses. Local wineries are participating and hosting special programs. Events include live music, food pairings, cheese tastings and more. All together a lovely way to wile away Valentine's Day weekend in beautiful Northern California.

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British World Cup Team in Black Forest

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

With the Germans in Berlin and the Americans in Hamburg, the British World Cup Team has decided to take up residence high in the Black Forest at the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe. The hotel is situated near the Alsatian border in a renovated Baroque-style castle that was built between 1911 and 1914. It is one of the most famous spa resorts in Germany and pumps in its own spring water. At 2,500 feet above sea level, the hotel looks as though it is a castle in the clouds, straight out of a fairy tale. It has 90 guest rooms, all with high speed internet access and television, of course.

The only guests at the hotel for the month that the British football team intends to stay there, from June 5-July 9, will be the Football Association's party of 55 and the BBC staff covering the World Cup.

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