| It's no zin -- governor vetoes bill |
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In vetoing one measure that would have proclaimed zinfandel the state's "historic wine," the governor said Monday that California produces many historic wines and it would be unfair to single out any one of them for special tribute.
The proposal, introduced by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, originally intended to name zinfandel the state wine. As such, it would have joined the state flower (golden poppy), the state bird (valley quail) and numerous other officially acknowledged icons that act as one kind of historical shorthand to California's evolution. ... |
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| Appetizers: Vietnamese soup merits a pho pause at Tamarind |
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Print | E-Mail | Comments As the chilly days of fall and winter approach, Perry Yuen is getting ready to help his fellow Sacramentans stay warmly nurtured.
Yuen's specialty is food. In fall and winter, nothing is much more invigorating, saturating and comforting than one bowl of the aromatic Vietnamese noodle soup called pho, generally rich with assorted cuts of beef. ... |
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| Time to ditch scoring system? |
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Rod Phillips, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The question of wine scoring came back into focus recently when The New York Times published one major article by Gary Rivlin in its Business section. The upshot of the piece was to call into question the 100-point scoring system, which I've never liked. ... |
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