Daily Archives: September 14, 2023

24 Gallons

skipmoore has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipmoore/36962767200/in/pool-17918700@N00

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Oxford Valley Winery | When we bought our house a couple of …

When we bought our house a couple of years argo it came with a vineyard. We didn’t know the first thing about the farm to table experience with wine, We only knew we were up to the challenge. We just pressed the 2017 Zinfandel must and ended up with 24 gallons of “wine” put up in five 5 gallon bottles …

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Woman dies after botulism outbreak linked to sardines at Bordeaux wine bar

French public health agency, Santé Publique France, reported one death and eight people in hospital following an outbreak of botulism – a rare food-borne illness. It said they all visited the Tchin Tchin wine bar in Bordeaux in the same week. At this stage, it said sardines were the suspected source of illness. Botulism attacks the body’s nerves and can …

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Rob Campbell’s Meyye Wines: Current Releases

Rob Campbell, the longtime winemaker at Amador County’s Story Winery, is the descendant of both Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians that lived mostly in Marin and Sonoma Counties. In 1919 he started his own winery, Meyye Wines, in El Dorado County with beautiful, unique labels that honor these tribes and their heritage. [Meyye is “bird” in Coast Miwok.] The …

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