Welcome the Vintners Hall of Fame 2011 class
March 12, 2011
The Vintners Hall of Fame is out with its new class of inductees — again going with a compact list of five California wine pioneers. This year skews a bit toward big, familiar brands.
The two living winemaker inductees are Joel Peterson, who founded Zinfandel powerhouse Ravenswood; and Bob Trinchero, owner of the influential Sutter Home and Trinchero labels — and father of White Zinfandel. So, yep, it’s a Zinfandel sort of year. (Paging Larry Turley.) The third living inductee hails from academia: UC Davis professor Vernon Singleton, whose research transformed the wine industry’s understanding of things like barrel aging and tannins;
The hall also has a “Pioneers” category for inductees who died more than 10 years ago. This year’s two Pioneers are Richard Graff, whose hunt for limestone soils would become Chalone Vineyards, and yield one of California’s defining efforts at great Pinot Noir; and August Sebastiani, who built his family’s namesake Sonoma winery into a household name.
These five emerged with the top votes from a long list of nominees provided by the hall’s nominating committee. Voting was conducted by an electoral group of 74, including past inductees and wine writers. (Disclosure: I’m one of the voters.)
This year’s class is rather more staid than last year’s selection of five, which included Bonny Doon’s rabble-rousing founder Randall Grahm and Diamond Creek’s Al Brounstein. The class has also notably shrunk since the 2009 class of seven, which included Warren Winiarski of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Jess Jackson and Schramsberg’s Jack and Jamie Davies. According to Hall spokesman Michael Wangbickler, there’s no specific cutoff for the number of inductees but the hall looks for those with the most votes in each of the two categories.
As with any voting process, there’s sure to be debate about the winners, but this year might also spark some debate about whether a larger class makes things more interesting — especially when two of five are no longer alive. Still, it’s more consistent than the varying class sizes of, say, the Baseball Hall of Fame or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And unlike the RRHoF, inductees won’t have to sing for their induction supper.
Which, incidentally, will take place Feb. 21 at the CIA at Greystone, which houses the Hall of Fame.
Source: http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2010/11/09/welcome-the-vintners-hall-of-fame-2011-class/
Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices. Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world. As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years. Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.
Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.
This is one of the frequently visited places for wine lovers from Manila and Angeles City to buy international wines in Pampanga.
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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.
Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay
Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.
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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com
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