Starbucks wine bar, Japan’s embassies, hospital, Dagueneau – sipped & spit
SIPPED: venti Cabernet?
Starbucks stores do 70% of their business by 2 PM. So will they be transitioning more locations to wine bars at night? USA Today explores the latest.
SPIT: good times
Japanese embassies are ordered to reduce wine inventories since some have enough to supply thirty years of consumption. [AFP]
SIPPED: good times
A hospital in Indiana allows patients to bring in their own wine to pair with hospital food. Talk about an impossible pairing! [AP]
SIPPED: continuity
Didier Dagueneau, of Pouilly-Fumé, died in 2008 at the age of 52. His son, Louis-Benjamin, now 25, took over the winemaking and his first two vintages are “superb,” writes Jacqueline Friedrich. [LAT]
SIPPED: wine names for software
The internal code name at Apple for Mac OS 10.7 is “Barolo,” apparently. To which bchapnj quipped on Twitter: “Does that mean it won’t be ready for 5 – 10 years?”
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On October 18th, 2010 at 7:43 pm ,Karen wrote:
I hope the part about Starbucks is true for at least on of our cafe’s in our area. We have lost our wine shop. He just closed his doors last Friday.
On October 18th, 2010 at 10:52 pm ,Samk wrote:
Re: The Japanese embassy situation – the problem may be solved by simply increasing consumption. But come to think of it, some of these missions have larger cellars than the White House, if my memory serves me right.
On October 19th, 2010 at 8:27 am ,Anatoli Levine wrote:
I know the solution for Japanese embassy problem – they just have to host couple of wine tastings. I’m sure a lot of people will gladly give them the hand…