http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ Mark Fisher is the author of Uncorked and is the food and dining reporter for the Dayton Daily News. Find things to do In a hurry? ActiveDayton.com's twice-a-week e-mail newsletter lets you know the top five things to do in the area twice a week. Sign up en-us mfisher@daytondailynews.com 2010-03-16T11:13:45-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/16/thieving_baboon.html Packs of baboons are stripping wine grapes from their vines in South Africa, according to this Breitbart.com article that quotes one vineyard manager who has lost 40 percent of his crop. As loyal reader ChiefWino noted when he forwarded this... 16977203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ Just for fun 2010-03-16T11:13:45-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/12/bar_patrons_fac.html Call him a party pooper if you must, but he is, after all, just doing his job. Ernie Davis, the acting superintendent of the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Liquor Control, is reminding all bars, clubs, restaurants and other... 16902703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ Just for Fun 2010-03-12T08:37:32-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/12/wine_dinners_ta.html Dayton-area restaurants and wine shops have once again assembled an eye-popping array of wine tastings and dinners, which you can peruse in one fabulous list courtesy of the herculean efforts of the Dayton-based wine listserv that puts all of this... 16930103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-03-12T06:58:50-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/11/new_study_says.html Yes, you read that right. For middle-age and older women specifically, “compared with nondrinkers, initially normal-weight women who consumed a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight and had a lower risk of becoming overweight and/or obese during... 16914903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine and health 2010-03-11T07:20:26-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/08/memorial_tastin.html Cuvee Wine Bar, 4457 Ohio 725 in Bellbrook, has three consecutive nights of special events, beginning tonight, Monday March 7, with a tasting to remember co-owner Jessica Paringer, who passed away one year ago due to complications of cystic fibrosis.... 16873603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-03-08T10:00:01-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/05/cincy_winefest_8.html Local tastings, oh heck yeah, we’ve got ‘em, thanks to a Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles them, but there’s also this little matter of a tasting down south next weekend … The 20th Annual Cincinnati International Wine Festival will be... 16857903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-03-05T15:48:50-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/03/dayton_beer_eve.html My colleague Katie Wedell has written a story entitled “A fine food feast awaits beer lovers at winter tasting festival” about the 2nd Annual AleFeast to be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, March 6, at the... 16827203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-03-03T06:59:05-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/03/02/miami_valley_sc.html The Miami Valley School is holding its annual fund-raising auction at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, at the school, 5151 Denise Drive, and one of its live auction lots is what the MVS folks are calling an “Instant Wine... 16771303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ Local wine news 2010-03-02T08:52:17-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/26/wickedly_good_w.html Raise a glass to Broadway — or the toast of your choice — this weekend and beyond after perusing this meticulously crafted and amazing list of wine tastings, dinners and other events that comes to Uncorked via a Dayton-based listserv... 16782003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-26T06:57:27-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/25/jays_wine_dinne_1.html Jay’s Restaurant has arranged for a guest chef to prepare the menu (newly released — see below) for its German wine dinner at 7 p.m. Monday, March 1, featuring the wines of Max Ferd. Richter. The guest chef is Chris... 16772203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-25T10:20:09-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/23/italian_wine_ga.html Members of the Alter Booster Association will be upping the ante at this year’s “Knight Out” fish fry from 7 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Feb. 26th by adding an upscale Italian wine garden to their event to be held... 16744703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-23T09:17:06-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/22/temple_israel_t.html As part of a Feb. 27 Purim Wine Tasting and Auction, Temple Israel in Dayton, 130 Riverside Drive, will raffle off a case of fine wine, detailed below. Raffle tickets are 5 for $25 and may be purchased by calling... 16728703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-22T09:13:45-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/19/jays_wine_dinne.html There are weeks, and then there are weeks. Take, for example, Jay’s Restaurant, which has three big events in five days, starting Thursday, Feb. 25, with a New Holland Beer Dinner, followed two days later on Saturday, Feb. 27 by... 16707503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-19T07:04:27-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/18/drumroll_please.html Did you wake up this morning wondering just what the next “It” wine destination will be? I just know you did. Otherwise, why would I receive a news release about it? Now, the folks who sent out the press release... 16703703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ Just for Fun 2010-02-18T10:34:41-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/entries/2010/02/12/valentines_wine.html What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than exploring the romance-filled world of wine? Gaze lovingly at this list of wine tastings, dinners and events created by Dayton-area wine retailers and restaurants via the Herculean compilation efforts of a Dayton-based... 16649003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/wine/ wine tastings & dinners 2010-02-12T09:22:11-05:00 mfisher@daytondailynews.com