San Diego CityBeat - Wine on a Dime http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/articles.sec-53-1-wine-on-a-dime.html <![CDATA[Good vs. evil - Looking for a wine low in sulfites]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Cultural exchange - Fu-Ki Sake has plenty of kick]]> <![CDATA[Thrill of the hunt - Our take on a bottle of 2009 Sycamore Lane Chardonnay]]> <![CDATA[Meet my friend herb - Our thoughts on a 2007 California Cabernet Sauvignon]]> <![CDATA[Wine on his mind - Chronic Cellars’ 2008 LaMuneca ]]> Chronic Cellars’ 2008 LaMuneca has an interesting little marketing tool at the top of the bottle. ]]> <![CDATA[Fired up - Ariel Wines is great with salads or by itself, too]]> The Tempest features a very cool spirit named Ariel, rescued at one point from a tree in which the poopface Sycorax was holding it. A 19th-century production featured Ariel’s descent from the hoosegow in a literal ball of fire—it took 140 stagehands to get the scene right, but not before a mishap or two claimed its share of hair and skin. As you can imagine, no drinking was allowed on the set, lest another misstep close the show before it opened.]]> <![CDATA[In a word... - Our thoughts on a bottle of 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewürztraminer]]> <![CDATA[Another fish story - Clairemont Mesa’s Nazca Grill fries it right and piles on the rice]]> Clairemont Mesa’s Nazca Grill fries it right and piles on the rice]]> <![CDATA[Holiday on ice - ]]> <![CDATA[Family affair - Drinking Seven Daughters is better than having seven daughters, no matter what one Chinese dude thinks]]> <![CDATA[The wine’s the thing - Reunis Les Leves’ 2008 Bordeaux, Grand Theatre, is singing my showtune]]> <![CDATA[Fuckin’ A - Try the 2008 A by Acacia Chardonnay next time you travel to the nether regions]]> <![CDATA[Hot tip - You name it; Ballentine Vineyards’ 2005 Merlot goes well with it]]> <![CDATA[Hop to it - Just in time for Easter, it’s Bunratty Meade, out of Ireland’s Bunratty Winery]]> <![CDATA[What’s in a name? - 2009 Chardonnay from Chile’s Vina la Fortuna recalls—Malibu?]]> <![CDATA[Easy pickin’s - Next time you’re dining on cottage cheese and ketchup, reach for the 2007 Merlot from 181 Wine Cellars]]> <![CDATA[Cheap trick - Sparse label design hints at the wonders within the bottle of Kennedy Family Vineyards’ 2006 Pinot Grigio]]> <![CDATA[Instrumental fare - How A to Z Wineworks’ 2007 Riesling is just like a kazoo]]> <![CDATA[A fix for the national debt - Bodega Hinojosa Winery’s 2 Copas will help you forget all kinds of troubles]]> <![CDATA[The many uses of duct tape - Surprisingly, Korbel’s Chardonnay Champagne doesn’t make me fall to pieces]]>