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Tom Leykis knows men. He knows that somewhere between death and taxes, men need to have a little fun. And for the millions of men who believe the harder you work, the harder you play he created The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis.
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Weekend of 03-06-10
Guests and links from our most recent show...
David Breitstein - The Duke of Bourbon, Canoga Park, CA http://dukeofbourbon.com/
(tasted:Villa Sandi Prosecco http://www.villasandi.com/, Villa Jolanda Moscato http://www.sanantoniowinery.com/, Marotti Campi Xyris 2007 Sparkling Lacrima)
Natalie Bovis-Nelsen - The Liquid Muse http://www.theliquidmuse.com/
(tasted: The Last Word - gin, lime juice, maraschino liqueur, green chartreuse)
Adam Leemon - Adam the Wine Guy http://www.adamthewineguy.com/
(tasted: 2006 French Camp Vineyards Zinfandel Barell sample http://www.frenchcampvineyards.com/, 2007 Maddalena Vineyards Paso Robles Zinfandel http://www.sanantoniowinery.com/, 2007 Blackstone Zinfandel http://www.blackstonewinery.com/, Infinity White Blend Infinity White Blend — 60% Grenache Blanc 40% Viognier — Central Coast 2008, Infinity Red Blend — 50% Syrah 50% Grenache — Central Coast 2008 http://www.drinkinfinity.com/)
Derek Buono - Beer Magazine http://www.thebeermag.com/ & Brian Lenzo - The Blue Palms Brew House, Los Angeles, CA http://www.bluepalmsbrewhouse.com/
(tasted: Spring Seasonal Fling Pale Ale http://www.pyramidbrew.com/, Port Brewing Shark Attack West Coast Double Red Ale http://www.portbrewing.com/, Hopsecutioner IPA http://www.terrapinbeer.com/, Once-A-Decade Ale http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/)
US Craft Beer Sales Up In 2009
Boulder, CO (March 8, 2010) - The Brewers Association, the trade association that tabulates production statistics for US breweries, today released 2009 data on the U.S. craft brewing industry. In a year when other brewers saw a slowdown in sales, small and independent craft brewers saw sales dollars increase 10.3 percent and volume increase 7.2 percent over 2008, representing a growth of 613,992 barrels equal to roughly 8.5 million cases.
Overall, U.S. beer sales were down approximately 5 million barrels (31 gallons per U.S. barrel) in 2009.
"Beer lovers continue to find great value and enjoyment in fuller flavored craft beers," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association. "Americans have an increasing appreciation of craft beers Read more...
Wine-Drinking Women May Gain Less Weight
(CBS) New research suggests women who drink a moderate amount of alcohol on a regular basis, particularly when red wine is the drink of choice, are less likely to experience long-term weight gain than non-drinkers.
The study, conducted by researchers at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, surveyed almost 20,000 women and asked them about their drinking habits over the course of 13 years. The alcohol-free women gained the most weight.
The research, published Monday in the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine, says there's no clear link between alcohol consumption and weight gain -- a claim that flies in the face of long-held medical thinking.
Experts, however, are quick to remind women Read more...
New York looks to wine sales to close budget gap
Reporting from New York - Quick, which of the following is not allowed in New York: riding the subway without pants, performing a play in public while naked, or buying wine at the grocery store?
If you chose the last option, perhaps you've been following one of the liveliest debates to emerge from otherwise dry budget talks in the state capital, Albany, where politicians struggling with a dire fiscal crisis see wine as an antidote.
New York remains one of 15 states that limit wine sales to liquor stores. But the proposed 2010-11 budget would open sales to grocery stores to generate an estimated $250 million in revenue from new liquor licenses.
In this bastion of liberalism -- home to the city that never sleeps, a burgeoning local wine industry, and a mainly urban populace Read more...
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The Rocker Makes Wine: Maynard James Keenan defies expectations
Maynard James Keenan, one of rock's most enigmatic personalities, is having the time of his life these days not only as leader of the hydra-headed project Puscifer but also as a winemaker. Gone, at least in public, is the angst-ridden man we saw fronting the megasuccessful Tool and A Perfect Circle, bands that redefined heavy alternative rock.
A bawdy group with a rotating cast, the musical part of Puscifer resumed its multimedia U.S. tour in Atlanta on Tuesday. The winemaking Mr. Keenan appears in "Blood into Wine," a documentary that had its Feb. 19 premiere in Scottsdale, Ariz., about two hours south of this former mining center and ghost town that's home to his Caduceus Cellars and Merkin vineyards as well as his handsome wine-tasting room and his Puscifer store, which sells distinctive clothing and other branded materials. Read more...
Weekend of 02-27-10
Casidy Ward & Timothy Milos - Hidden Ridge Vineyard, Napa, CA http://www.hiddenridgevineyard.com/
(tasted: 2004 Hidden Ridge Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005 Hidden Ridge Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 Hidden Ridge Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon)
Eric Greenspan - The Foundry on Melrose, Los Angeles, CA http://www.thefoundryonmelrose.com/
(tasted: Wines of The Accidental Wine Company http://accidentalwine.com/: 2008 Domaine du Tariquet Ugni White Colombard http://www.tariquet.com, 2007 Montebuena Rioja)
Dan Dunn - The Imbiber (Author: Nobody Likes a Quitter and other reasons to avoid rehab: The Loaded Life of an Outlaw Booze Writer) http://www.theimbiber.net/, http://www.playboy.com/imbiber
Steve Livigni - La Descarga, Hollywood, CA http://www.ladescargala.com/
(tasted: Rhum J.M Agricole, Martinique; Ron Diplomatico Anejo, Venezuela http://www.rondiplomatico.com/; Zaya Gran Reserva 12 Year Old Estate Rum, Trinadad)
Adam Leemon - Adam the Wine Guy http://www.adamthewineguy.com/
(tasted: 2006 Slipstream Fastback Shiraz, 2006 Heartland Director's Cut Shiraz http://www.heartlandwines.com.au/, 2006 Massena "11th Hour" Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia http://www.massena.com.au/)
Store beer in a wine-like cave? Southern California gives it a try
To grab a beer, Israel Arrieta doesn't just stroll to the fridge; he has to walk out his back door to the side of the house, where he pries a chicken-wire screen off a basement window and scrambles, crab position, down a wooden ladder.
Several minutes later, he emerges cradling half a dozen cool, dusty bottles of beer.
Arrieta, 27, keeps his beer in the closest thing to a cave: the crawl space under his parents' North Pasadena house. To test it out years ago, he crawled down on a 100-degree afternoon holding a thermometer. It read 60 degrees.
"Light and temperature are going to be your enemies," Read more...
