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The Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce along with major sponsor TD Bank will present the Bucks County Wine Tour on Sunday, May 2, 2010, 12 to 5 p.m. Ten wine venues in Bucks County will be represented: Buckingham Valley Vineyards, Chaddsford Winery, Crossing Vineyards and Winery, New Hope Winery, Rose Bank Winery, Rushland Ridge Vineyards, Sand Castle Winery and Wycombe Vineyards. In addition, the tour will include TASTE, the retail establishment of Sand Castle Winery located in the Shops at Valley Square Warrington; and the Rose Bank Winery Kiosk at the Market at Delaware Valley College. “The inaugural 2009 Bucks County Wine Tour was an overwhelming success drawing about 700 visitors from Bucks County and the Philadelphia Region,” says Eric Hopkins, of Hopkins and Hopkins, a Doylestown firm that for 27 years has concentrated on the legal areas of real estate, estate planning and business law. "We have 20 local small businesses represented in our tour including the wine venues and food partners. The Chamber’s goal is to encourage people to visit them on the day of the tour and then on a regular basis going forward in order to 'Buy Local and Save Buck$." For the enjoyment and safety of all wine tour attendees, the Chamber recommends carpooling and/or selecting a designated driver. If purchasing wine, it is also suggests bringing a cooler in your vehicle to help regulate wine temperature. Tour maps and wristbands will be included in brochure. Comments The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of BucksLocalNews.com. AFTER six months of talks, Constellation Brands, Australia's biggest wine group, and middle-ranked player Australian Vintage have abandoned plans to merge their local and British operations. Indian Late Harvest Chenin Blanc (dessert Wine) It is believed the stumbling block was a third party, probably a financial institution or overseas pension fund, that did not support the combination of the businesses and the proposed new corporate structure's debt and equity position.The combined business would have been 50 per cent controlled by Constellation Brands, with the remainder probably distributed in specie to Australian Vintage shareholders. Constellation Brands and Australian Vintage would have continued to operate as stand-alone wine companies. --> Advance sale tickets are available for the Keuka Lake Wine Trail event, Around the World in Eight Wineries, which will take place Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18. Each of the participating wineries will offer a dish from a different country and will pair it with wine. Ticket holders will receive a complimentary Keuka Lake Wine Trail wine glass at their first stop. Each winery along the trail will offer a choice of four sample wines to accompany the dish being served. Ticket holders also will be entered into prize raffles. Indian Late Harvest Chenin Blanc (dessert Wine) "People who attend the event will be among the first to sample and take home newly released vintages from our great 2009 grape harvest," Eileen Farnan, president of the Keuka Lake Wine Trail, said in a statement."We’re selling integrity. We’re selling a level of prestige that you can’t buy," vintner and co-owner Chris Hawes said Tuesday. "Estate grown and bottled — nothing costs more money than that." The winery recently won four bronze medals at the 2010 Finger Lakes international wine competition in Rochester, N.Y. It was recognized for its 2008 pinot noir, labelled under the Black Fly name, the 2009 Gamay Nouveau, a 2007 Baco Noir/Marechal Foch blend and the winery’s 2008 Isosceles signature blend, made from Baco Noir, Marechal Foch and Luci Kulhmann varieties. "Maybe that will help," Peggy Hawes, Chris’s wife and the winery’s other co-owner, said of the hoped-for sale. Indian Late Harvest Chenin Blanc (dessert Wine) Matt Kramer has never been in a country where so many prominent wine producers come from afar. Posted: April 6, 2010 NEUQUÉN, Argentina—In the United States (and probably pretty much everywhere else in the world), when you read “Patagonia,” I suspect that you think of glaciers, sharp-edged mountain peaks and vast emptiness. It’s a pretty nice image, eh? So let’s get something straight right away: When it comes to wine, Patagonia is a desert. Flat. Empty. Lizard-dry. Sandy. Stony. And did I mention flat? Really, it’s about as far from a conventional winegrowing area as any on Earth.
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