http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend August 29th-31st Labor Day Weekend Winemaker Lunches and Dinners, Seminars, demonstrations and competitions, showcase taste of Sonoma, and the Sonoma Valley harvest auction. Two hundred wineries and chefs will partner to showcase Sonoma Valley wines and food, while raising funds for local charities. For tickets and information visit online ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/24/hudson-valley-wine-food-fest/ It is time for some wine “babble”! Yea, babble. Just some straight nonsense talk about enjoying some wine. Well Labor Day is almost here, the unofficial end of summer. We all know it means back to school and shorter, cooler days, but it's not nearly over yet. The ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/21/holiday-weekend-party-plans/ Napa Valley Grapegrowers Forcast 2008 Harvest At a press conference held on August 13th at famous Larkmead Vineyards in Calistoga. Napa Valley Grape-growers unanimously that 2008 harvest will be an exceptional vintage with pristine grapes. Yields are expected to be lower than average after a season of extreme growing conditions. Napa ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/17/august-2008-2/ Wine of the month for August is appropriately timed with the annual release of this wine which is normally during August. It is Bogle Phantom, a red blend produced by Bogle Vineyards of Clarksburg California. Most of you are probably familiar with the Bogle Vineyards line of wines, they ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/12/august-2008/ Yes...I know I have been slacking off this summer with our BBQ page. It has just been such a great and busy summer, I have not had much time. Well, let me give you a quick and easy trick for corn on the cob which in most of the U.S. ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/12/grilled-corn-on-the-cob/ I was thinking today while I was shopping around on my lunch break just how big the wine market has become in the last few years and I don't mean just wine. We all know the wine market itself is huge and the vast selection of wines there are to ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/12/just-wine/ We hosted a gathering at our house this weekend in honor of a family engagement. What a great time! We met a lot of fantastic new people that we look forward to spending time with in the future. We had gorgeous weather, lots of terrific food and best of all, ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/10/weekend-fun/ What is better than the end of the workday? Maybe the end of the workday on a Friday? The end of a workday on a Friday and you are on vacation for a week? Now I am talking, except today is Monday. Yep, Monday, but I ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/04/end-of-the-day/ Wow, can you believe how quick summer is passing us by? It is August already. I know there is still a whole month before September and even then the official start of fall is still a way off, but there is something about August that starts a landslide ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/04/summer-is-flying-by/ Foxwoods 3rd Annual Food and Wine Festival This three day event will feature more than 50 celebrated chefs performing live. Chef demonstrations, wine and spirits seminars, Chef and Winemaker dinners, Jazz brunch, Grand Tasting and much more. All held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket Connecticut. To be held September ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2008/08/03/up-coming-events/