Happy trails Maximizing joy in California's wine country takes full glass...

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......visiting almost 100 open-to-the-public tasting rooms. We found hot new trends, a few places...Sideways," which takes place among the tasting rooms of Santa Barbara wine country. There...more than 30 years. We toured wine tasting rooms for this column twice before -- in...

Wine Q&A

Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 22, 2004 ;     275 words ......interesting way to learn about wine. Visiting tasting rooms can sometimes put you face to face...Bigger wineries usually have bigger tasting rooms, fully staffed and stocked with wines...days of the week. Small wineries with tasting rooms may be open fairly often, occasionally...

Selling face to face: tasting rooms grow in importance in our direct sales...

Wines & Vines;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......direct-to-consumer sales face to face in their tasting rooms than online, according to a new Wines...half of their direct sales in their tasting rooms is 64%. That number has grown by 16...and mailing lists. The dominance of tasting rooms also may reflect the favorite business...

Whatever you do, don't swallow

The Journal Record;  January 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ...When tasting rooms at wineries first caught on, people...spending the entire time in the lodge. Tasting rooms are indeed commercial ventures for...especially important to call ahead. Many tasting rooms are small, and the winery needs a...

Yakima follows Walla Walla's lead on tasting rooms

Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......numbers of storefronts turned into tasting rooms, catering to tourists seeking to soak...2002, three other wineries have set up tasting rooms within a few blocks. For Phil Cline...manager of Yakima Cellars, having other tasting rooms nearby is a matter of "success breeding...

WINE INSTITUTE: WINERIES ARE OPEN FOR VISITORS

PR Newswire;  January 17, 1995 ;     265 words ......PRNewswire/ -- All roads to California's tasting rooms are clear as vintners dry off, clean...and cellars, closed some roads and tasting rooms, and caused minor damage to some winery...time of year -- and have opened their tasting rooms to wine lovers. And this may be one...

CALIFORNIA'S SANTA YNEZ VALLEY: A HOT NEW WINE COUNTRY MOST OF REGION'S 50...

The Boston Globe;  February 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......free of bumper-to-bumper traffic and tasting rooms packed with bus groups. Often, you...highly rated wineries and the most tasting rooms in the area. At first glance, Los Olivos...galleries, restaurants, antique shops, and tasting rooms. The vintage 1880s inn, once a stagecoach...

Private road concerns continue to delay wine tasting rooms.

North County Times (Escondido, CA);  October 2, 2007 ;     623 words ......a year to ease restrictions on wine tasting rooms submitted another proposal to a county...Winemakers have said that without tasting rooms where visitors can sample -- and hopefully...located on public roads to operate tasting rooms, but directed county planners to keep...

In vino veritas; A recent tour of Traverse City area wineries yields some...

Crain's Detroit Business;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......long-delayed tour of northern Michigan tasting rooms, sampling both a variety of wines as...wineries. My travels encompassed nine tasting rooms chosen mostly at random over three...majority of the wine I tried. Most of the tasting rooms offer free pours, often up to six...

More vineyards have people sampling friut of Illinois' vines

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  October 20, 2006 ;     452 words ......room in Oswego, with two additional tasting rooms, one in Geneva and one in Sandwich...Fox Valley Winery in Oswego. The wine tasting rooms are not only an outlet for Faltz's...can, wine included," he says. Wine tasting rooms offer people the opportunity to sample...

Lockeford's Vino Piazza a fun, no-frills wine destination.

Record (Stockton, CA);  November 9, 2006 ;     513 words ......weekends just to visit the 30 or so tasting rooms spread across Lodi and Woodbridge...structures on Locke Road houses 11 tasting rooms within walking distance of each other...the idea, Karyn Litchfield said. The tasting rooms in the $1.5 million plaza opened in...

Wine Flights: City of Napa keeps the libations flowing in area' s wine...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ......experience. A total of 10 wine bars and tasting rooms have emerged downtown, all within a...arguably the densest concentration of wine tasting rooms anywhere in the world, even beating...various wine bars, collectives and tasting rooms have led this transformation. Combining...

Reel thing to real thing

Yakima Herald-Republic;  February 21, 2005 ;     355 words ......1,100 miles from the vineyards and tasting rooms featured in the hit movie "Sideways...Chocolate event, which concludes today. In tasting rooms all along the Rattlesnake Hills Wine...lacks the star power of the Sideways tasting rooms. They carried wine glasses and Yakima...

Wine -- for Would-Be Connoisseurs -- Vintners try to make it easy for the...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  July 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......tend not to buy it. So Washington's tasting rooms, like those in other states, find they...ban alcohol sales. All About Ambiance Tasting rooms range from tiny, by-appointment-only...tasting room. For the very shy, wine tasting rooms also should have a list of what is...

WINE COUNTRY

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  October 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......room in Oswego, with two additional tasting rooms, one in Geneva and one Sandwich. "It...third is that it's not bad." The wine tasting rooms are not only an outlet for Faltz's...and visa versa," says Siegele. Wine tasting rooms offer people the opportunity to sample...