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Hi baby cakes, 

Megaupload is dead but we are back! As a geek, I'd like you to respect 72min of silence... 2 secs if you're premium. (This one is from twitter... Muhaha.)

For the past few months, I've been spending some time looking for some unusual things on the internet. As we all know, our beautiful wine universe can be quite traditional but I found some labels which are gonna rock your imagination!

THREE BLIND MOOSE FROM CA                                   MARILYN MERLOT

 FAT CAT                                                                      SEVEN DEADLY GLASSES

     

FRENCH HUMOR                         VS/                           AMERICAN HUMOR

Marie

ZF in SF !

American friends (and anyone else !) ...

Do you love wine ? Do you love living or visiting California ?

From today until Saturday January 28th, there is an event for YOU !

ZINFANDEL FESTIVAL

in San-Francisco (CA)

Organised by ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers)

During 3 days, there will be 4 events dealing about the grape variety the ZINFANDEL. This one is very common in California, and it gives wines which are spicy, with cocoa, caramel and vanilla tastes.



- Epicuria - Food + Zin pairing
Thursday 26th January - 6pm-9pm
8th & Brannan, SF

You will taste zinfandel wines and then associate them with food. Winemakers, sommeliers and chefs will be there to explain you everything.
$95 (ZAP members) - $125 (non-member)


- Flights - Forums of Flavors
Friday 27th January - 10:30am-1pm
Westin St Francis Hotel, Union Square, SF

You attend to a conference given by wine experts, and taste different zinfandel wines.
$60 (ZAP members) - $75 (non-member)   SOLD OUT !


- Winemakers Dinner - Viva Las Vegas !
Friday 27th January - 5pm-10pm
Westin St Francis Hotel, Union Square, SF

During this glamorous reception and dinner, you will taste special selection of zinfandel wines produced by the winemakers who host you.
$225 (ZAP members only)    SOLD OUT !


- Grand Tasting - From A to Zin !
Saturday 28th January - 10am-1pm (trade & media) - 1pm-5pm (ZAP members) - 2pm-5pm (non member)
8th & Brannan, SF

Meet the winemakers and enjoy tasting Zinfandel !
$49 (ZAP members) - $59 (non member) - $69 (at the entrance)

Show Wine Team would have loved to be there   : )

We wish you a nice weekend, and wait for your feedback about it !

Enjoy !

Information and booking on http://zinfandel.org/default.asp?n1=26&n2=920&member

snoWWWWWine !

Winter time = Ski time for some of you !

If you  do, you usually make the most by eating "fondue savoyarde" (melted cheese of Savoie) or "tartiflette" (potatoes with ham and cheese)... For the wine lovers you have the "Vin chaud" (Mulled wine), but not only...



For the 7th time, there is the "Tournée Bordeaux Neige". From February 13th to April 13th, a group of people (winegrowers and people from the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur wine association) goes from ski resort to another (in the Pyrenees and the Alps) to promote Bordeaux, and Bordeaux Supérieur wines (Both are AOC / appellations). You will be proposed to participate to wine tasting sessions in the slopes ! So niiiiiiice !!!   : )

And for the 1st time, the "Tournée Bordeaux Neige" will go in Swiss ski resorts ! 

Information and dates on http://planete-bordeaux.fr/actus/actualites/1/208/tourn%C3%A9e-bordeaux-neige-2012.html


Ski fab', ski chic, ski fashion ! This could be the motto of Bernard Magrez for the launching in Courchevel, French Alps, of the "Skis Pape Clément" package (Pape Clément is a Grand Cru Classé from the Graves). The ski have been designed by Alain Zanco from the famous brand AZ. They are well designed, very elegant, and composed of technological materials (carbon, brass...).

In the package you have :
- a pair of skis and sticks
- a luxuous leather case
- 6 bottles of Château Pape Clément, Vintage 2006
- a night for 2 on the estate, a tour and a wine tasting session
- a ski session with Sébastien Amiez, famous French ski champion

This package is limited ! Only 5 are available at 5 995 Euros at the sport stores "The Edge" in Courchevel, at the Bernard Magrez stores in Courchevel and in Paris, at the Château Pape Clément, and in the hotels of Courchevel in "the Lana", "the Saint-Roch", "the St Joseph" and "the Cap Horn".

And for those who can't go to ski in the mountains while enjoying wine, sometimes the mountain comes to you in vineyards.

Last weekend in Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux right bank vineyard, people did snow ! Yes, yes !

We doooooo know that there is no mountain there, that's why several trucks brang the snow just before the weekend. It has been installed in an opened car park in the village, so that it was very easy to welcome lots of ski-addict-or-not people. (There were lots of people, especially children, so it was very hard to ski !)

For the wine lovers there were wines to taste in the village (of course !!!! We are in the capital of wine !). The Château Cardinal-Villemaurine, a family owned Saint-Emilion Grand Cru estate, was opened for tours and tastings for free. Very interesting (we have followed the vinification process, and visited the underground caves) and yummy !!!!!

This had been organised by N'Py (Nouvelle chaîne des Pyrénées) in association with the city of Saint-Emilion, the Tourist Office and the Château Cardinal-Villemaurine.

Enjoy ski, love wine ! Cheers !

Adeline