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December 08, 2008 - California Wine

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California Wine Country Gift Baskets - Gift to Show Your Feelings

California Wine country gift baskets enable you to express your feelings, messages in style and lively. Wine has been a very essential item in every occasion. By presenting a nice wine gift basket, one can show his heart feelings and warmth to the recipient. Wine gift basket can be send to anyone; it may be send to relatives, parents, beloved and even to corporate boss. A wine gift basket is the best presentation for any thanks giving ceremony. A gift basket with bottles of vintage Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, cheese, crackers and roasted almonds will tantalize the taste buds of the best connoisseur. Wine gift baskets are compiled with some antique wines, gourmet foods, fruits and with other wine accessories.

Wine gift baskets are the indicator of one's taste and culture. It is not necessary to send a gorgeous gift basket. A simple but sober gift basket can fill the recipient's heart with gratitude. A fine wine gift basket can enliven any party with joy and gestures. The magnificent wine country baskets are intended to bring out the best qualities of the tasty beverages included, and to highlight some of the area's local delicacies. Custom wine baskets offer you the freedom and opportunity to create your own composition, and accumulate together something to your own tastes and desires. Wine gives you a warm feelings and strange state of mind which make you dance while sitting and sing a song while you are talking.

It is always recommended to buy wine gift basket online, it brings lot of opportunities at your doorstep. Online wine gift shops can have wide range of items, as compared to any local shop. The prices are also lower than any local shop and the home delivery facility is also available here. Online shops sometimes offer you free gifts, discount etc. The shipment and delivery cost is not the buyers headache in this case.

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The FTD® It's a Girl! Bouquet - Premium

Pretty in pink for a pretty baby girl! Pink Matsumoto asters and pink carnations mingle with white alstroemeria and baby's breath in a glass vase. It's a fitting welcome for the new addition, and will please the proud parents as well. #C51-3748 C51-3748P

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News about California Wine

Next round of drinks for Google search campaigns

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:43:37 -0800
Ban for spirit brands to advertise on Google will soon be lifted in the UK.It started out lifting ad ban for beer, wine and champagne, now, the hard liquor. First gambling advertising, now alcohol?

Holiday Wine Hotlist - The Best Budget Wines $15 and Under

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:44:22 -0800
Whether you're bringing a gift to a frenemy's holiday party or trying to drink your mind off that tanking 401(k), sometimes only an inexpensive wine will do. And while finding a drinkable bottle for a decent price—say, $15 and under—ain't easy, we've done the heavy lifting (actually, we steered clear of jug wines) to bring you the market's "best".

Champagne Crowd Pleaser

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:09:59 -0800
What’s the perfect party drink that wine snobs and newbies both appreciate? Champagne of course. Read on to hear about the latest vintage champagne releases at www.trendcetera.com

Drinking and video games can make you intelligent

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:27:35 -0800
No, this is not a trick. Drinking wine and computer games could really boost your intelligence, at least this is what Nancy Kalish on Prevention.com tells us. Before you parents of college kids fall off your chair, read on.

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December 08, 2008 - Bakers Rack

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Chicken in Wine - A Versatile Recipe

The following is a simplified version of the classic French coq au vin that can easily be prepared by beginners, practically cooks itself and tastes wonderful. Moreover, it can be adapted in many ways to use ingredients you happen to have in your pantry.

1. Basic Ingredients

- One chicken, cut up (or equivalent in chicken parts - thighs work well)

- 2 cups cut-up vegetables (possibly mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, see section "Variations"

- 1-2 cups wine. Do not use "cooking wine" but rather any simple, but drinkable red or white wine.

- olive oil

2. Preparation

- Heat some olive oil in large frying pan, with lid removed. Add chicken parts in small batches and brown them.

- Transfer browned chicken to plate, add vegetables to pan and sautee for 2-3 minutes.

- Add chicken parts to pan

- Add wine

-Let mixture come to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 45-50 minute with lid closed, turning chicken occasionally.

- Add salt and pepper to taste

- Serve with rice, pasta or just some good baguette, and of course some wine.

3. Variations

- mushrooms and red wine

- mushrooms, spring onions and white wine

- red onions, garlic and red wine

- tomatoes, bell peppers and red wine

- artichoke hearts, small potatoes and white wine

Use your imagination!

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Pamela Bruce lives in Austin, TX. She is the owner of Love Beads Unlimited and sells the sterling silver and Swarovski crystal bead jewelry she designs and creates both in her Etsy shop (http://lovebeadsunlimited.etsy.com) and on her website at http://www.lovebeadsunlimited.com, where you can also download the free e-book "A Consumer's Guide to Buying Bead Jewelry Online".

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The FTD Your Day Bouquet - Deluxe

Yellow lilies, yellow freesia, and yellow alstroemeria surround delicate white roses to create a brilliant display. This bouquet will make their day. Approx. 15H x 12W C10-3474D

Price: 59.99 USD

News about Bakers Rack

By now, we fit each other to a tee (Boston Globe)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:39:10 -0800
When Mark Twain famously described golf as "a good walk spoiled," he could not have imagined the sight of 16 golfers spilling exuberantly from an airplane in South Carolina, loading luggage and clubs into four minivans, driving to Hilton Head Island, transferring the clubs to golf carts and speeding to the first tee.

Glassing attacks take toll (The Courier Mail)

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0800
MORE pubs and clubs are switching to plastic cups because of a rise in the number of incidents in which people and injured in glassing attacks.

Wine Drinkers Suffer as Government Meddles with VAT Cut and Battles Binge Drinking (PRWeb)

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:13:41 -0800
Wine drinkers and retailers have expressed shock to the government's proposals of increasing the duty on alcohol to help fund the reduction in VAT from 17.5% to 15%. It is felt that these price hikes will mostly hurt the pockets of law-abiding social drinkers and will do little to battle binge drinking. (PRWeb Dec 6, 2008) Read the full story at ...

Wine Drinkers Suffer as Government Meddles with VAT Cut and Battles Binge Drinking (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:05:00 -0800
Wine drinkers and retailers have expressed shock to the government's proposals of increasing the duty on alcohol to help fund the reduction in VAT from 17.5% to 15%. It is felt that these price hikes will mostly hurt the pockets of law-abiding social drinkers and will do little to battle binge drinking.

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