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Our last cepage synonym quiz is a tough one! What aromatic white wine grape is also known as Mouhardrebe?
*Answer is at the bottom of this email.

• A. Grenache Blanc
• B. Gruner Veltliner
• C. Gewurztraminer
• D. Marsanne
• E. Muscat

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Feb 09 (Thu)	Four "Killer" Châteauneuf-du-Papes at Back Room Wines [x] Downtown Napa | Back Room Wines | $20/tasting. Wines poured on sale for special 10% | Buy Tickets
Feb 10 (Fri)	Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class [x] Napa | Cooking with Julie | 215 | Buy Tickets
Feb 10 (Fri)	Cupid's Kitchen at Girard Winery [x] Yountville | Girard Winery Tasting Room | TBA
Feb 10 (Fri)	Taste Austrian Wines at Back Room Wines [x] Napa | Back Room Wines | $15/tasting. Featured wines will be offered at a 1 | Buy Tickets
Feb 10 (Fri)	Recipe for Romance - NapaStyle Cooking Class [x] Yountville | NapaStyle | $50 - includes recipes, 3 course tasting & wine pa
Feb 11 (Sat)	Contemporary Comfort Food [x] Napa | Napa | 145 | Buy Tickets
Feb 11 (Sat)	Valentine’s Oyster and Wine Pairing [x] Napa | Black Stallion Winery | 2-12 Oysters and a glass of wine from $15-$35; Win
Feb 11 (Sat)	Andretti Winery's San Valentino Dinner [x] Napa | Andretti Winery | Please contact us for pricing information.
Feb 11 (Sat)	Goosecross Valentine’s Day Party [x] Napa | TopFlight | $20
Feb 11 (Sat)	Trilogy Blending Seminar [x] St. Helena | Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards | $65
Feb 11 (Sat)	The Ultimate Decadent Tasting [x] Napa | Trefethen Family Vineyards | $25 per person
Feb 11 (Sat)	Chocolate and Wine @ Cornerstone Cellars [x] Yountville | Cornerstone Cellars | $20/person
Feb 11 (Sat)	Valentine's Weekend Chocolate Buffet [x] St. Helena | Flora Springs Winery The Room | $25.00 Per Person
Feb 12 (Sun)	Cooking up Sweet Passion at Peju with Amy Reiley & Romancing [x] Rutherford | Peju Winery | $30
Feb 14 (Tue)	Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class [x] Napa | Cooking with Julie | 215 | Buy Tickets
Feb 16 (Thu)	Single-Vineyard Mâcon from Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon [x] Downtown Napa | Back Room Wines | $20/tasting. Wines poured on sale for special 10% | Buy Tickets
Feb 17 (Fri)	Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class [x] Napa | Cooking with Julie | 215 | Buy Tickets
Feb 17 (Fri)	Cornerstone Cellars Winemaker Dinner at Bardessono [x] Yountville | Bardessono Hotel | $125
Feb 17 (Fri)	Taste Italy's Great White Wines at Back Room Wines [x] Downtown Napa | Back Room Wines | $10/tasting. Featured wines will be offered at a 1 | Buy Tickets
Feb 18 (Sat)	An Olive Odyssey [x] Sonoma | Jacuzzi Family Vineyards | Free entry. Food, wine and art for sale
Feb 18 (Sat)	Artisan Cheese Boards [x] Napa | TopFlight | $15
Feb 18 (Sat)	Winemaker's Dinner & Concert at Miner Family Winery [x] Oakville | Miner Family Winery | $225 per person (15% discount for wine club member
Feb 18 (Sat)	Trilogy Barrel Samples [x] St. Helena | Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards | $85
Feb 18 (Sat)	The Ultimate Decadent Tasting [x] Napa | Trefethen Family Vineyards | $25 per person
Feb 18 (Sat)	Nichelini 2009 Cabernet sauvignon Release [x] St. Helena | Nichelini Family Winery | Complimentry
Feb 20 (Mon)	6th Annual Vintners Hall of Fame Induction Celebration [x] St. Helena | The Culinary Institute of America | $175 per person ($100 is tax deductible)
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Feb 24 (Fri)	Hawk and Horse Vineyards presents Voodoo Vintners author Kat [x] Calistoga | Copperfield's Bookstore | free
Feb 25 (Sat)	Meet the Fore Family! [x] Napa | TopFlight | $15
Feb 25 (Sat)	Decade of Trilogy [x] St. Helena | Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards | $240
Feb 28 (Tue)	Second Annual Riedel Wine Glass Seminar [x] Sacramento | Arden Hills Resort Club and Spa | $75 (includes a Riedel Vinum XL wine glass tasting
Mar 01 (Thu)	NEW - World Cheese Tour (Spain): Guided Tasting with Janet Fletche [x] Napa | Elaine Bell Catering | $45
Mar 02 (Fri)	Taste the wines of Oregon and Washington [x] Downtown Napa | Back Room Wines | $15/tasting. Featured wines will be offered at a 1 | Buy Tickets
Mar 03 (Sat)	After Dinner Delights & Dessert Wine [x] Napa | TopFlight | $15
Mar 03 (Sat)	NEW - Charles Krug Winery Celebrates Charles Krug's 187th Birthday [x] St. Helena | Charles Krug Winery/Charles Krug's 187th Birthday | $100 Tickets are available online at www.charleskr
Mar 06 (Tue)	Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class [x] Napa | Cooking with Julie | 215 | Buy Tickets
Mar 09 (Fri)	Oxbow Market Tour and Cooking Class [x] Napa | Cooking with Julie | 215 | Buy Tickets
Mar 09 (Fri)	Rhone Valley Reds Wine Tasting [x] Downtown Napa | Back Room Wines | $15/tasting. Featured wines will be offered at a 1 | Buy Tickets

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100 point wine, what to drink as a warm up?
I have a 100 point Latour (1990)....what should I drink leading up to it? I lean New World---bold, fresh fruit (I know--Latour is not necessarily in my sweet spot).........thanks....

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Substance and Style - Bollinger tasting at Cambridge Wine Merchants
By: Tom Lewis

Champagne is a triumph in many senses - it is technically very difficult to make, requiring secondary fermentation in bottle with all the remuage and degorgement that that entails; before that, it requires the the making of a base still wine in a northerly and pretty marginal climate, no mean feat in itself.The finished product, with its fine bubbles, yeasty aromas and hints of brioche and toast is one of the great wines of the world and the consumption of it is usually also a triumph of s
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Wine Quiz Answer: B. Gruner Veltliner

Gruner Veltliner, the darling of Austria and one of the best wine matches for vegetables, has some equally difficult to pronounce synonyms, including Mouhardrebe, Zleni Veltinac, Grunmuskateller and Manhardsrebe.

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