| Wine storage lets you board your Bordeaux | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:32:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | JERSEY CITY, N.J. - As wine becomes a more popular American hobby, some collectors find they just don't have enough space to store their cases of Bordeaux and California cabernet. Americans are drinking more and better wines, experts say, so businesses are offering humidity- and temperature-controlled storage to a crowd of collectors that's growing in number and sophistication. "When you start buying wine, it sneaks up on you, and pretty soon you have run out of space," said Tom Matthews, executive editor of Wine Spectator magazine, the bible for wine enthusiasts. Business is so good at Fairfield, N.J.,-based LLK Enterprises that, even after it doubled its 10,000 square feet, the facility is full again. LLK, an affiliate of the New York wine shop Acker Merrall & Condit, hopes to triple its space in 2007, said storage director Tim Sharpe.... | |
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| | | King Tut Exhibit On Display At Univ. Of Penn. | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:36:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | One king's reign heralded revolution. The other's brought restoration. And after a later ruler set out to erase the pair from history, both were forgotten for more than 3,000 years.The beginning of the now-famous story of King Tut and the revolutionary pharaoh who was his probable father will be on display in "Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun," running Nov. 12 through October 2007 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.The exhibit, featuring more than 100 artifacts from the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun's birthplace of Amarna, serves as a sister exhibition to The Franklin Institute Science Museum's blockbuster Tut show beginning Feb. 3, 2007."We wanted to get something up that would truly complement that show," said Pam Kosty, a Penn Museum spokeswoman. "This was just perfect.... | |
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| | | new jobs at £20m wine storage centre | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:57:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | WORK to build a colossal new £20m wine storage centre in Hoddesdon's industrial area is under way, with the ambitious development set to create 75 new jobs in the town. The 192,000 sq ft facility, which will be the largest bespoke logistics operation for fine wines in the UK, is being constructed by wine storage and distribution giant Octavian, and is on course to open for business next year. The scheme will see Octavian's existing warehouse site in Charlton Mead Lane being closed down and the new, much bigger, centre built 400 yards away, just off Essex Road. The new building will have storage capacity for an unprecedented 28,000 pallets and 17 loading bays as well as a hi-tech 70 sq ft temperature controlled area where investment wines can be stored without the threat of humidity, vibration or direct sunlight.... | |
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| | | Vinfolio Launches 'The Wine Collector' Blog by CEO Stephen J. Bachmann | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:43:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Following the debut of its ecommerce site, Vinfolio, Inc. the premier fine wine retailer and collector services company, announces the launch of The Wine Collector (http://blogs.vinfolio.com/thewinecollector), a new blog by CEO Stephen Bachmann. With the purpose of addressing the many practical activities involved in wine collecting, Bachmann aims to help his readers create more time for enjoying wine and to bring a degree of order to their collection, however big or small. "With all of the wine blogs out there, it's amazing to me that I am the first to focus on the managerial aspects of collecting," Bachmann states. Bachmann is a well-qualified resource, understanding the underlying issues facing collectors first hand. Having amassed his own collection of 7,000 bottles, Bachmann founded Vinfolio in 2003 to cater to the needs of wine collectors and enthusiasts.... | |
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| | | Candidates get demo on ballot tabulating system | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:26:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | With the town using electronic voting tabulators for the first time this election, results are expected to be known very shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday (Nov. 13). Mayor and council candidates were given a chance to see how this new system works, and have their questions answered, last Thursday afternoon during a presentation put on by Clerk Glenn Treftlin (also the towns returning officer) and Information and Technology manager Darryl Allan. Two electronic voting tabulators will be used this Monday to process the ballots. And while the election officially ends at 8 p.m., the counting of votes actually will begin around 4 or 5 p.m. that day. These will be processed at a rate of 500 per hour.... | |
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| | | Victims claim stolen treasures | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:38:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | TEMECULA: Police put on display items they found after the arrest of two burglary-spree suspects. 10:00 PM PST on Saturday, November 4, 2006 By RICK DAVIS Special to The Press-Enterprise TEMECULA - Harry Johnston showed up in hopes of recovering a shotgun that belonged to his father and had been in the family for nearly 80 years. .... | |
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| | | Business calendar | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:49:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | North Shore Business Forum breakfast meeting, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Danversport Yacht Club, Route 62, Danvers. "Investment Basics," with Keith Gibbons of Provident Financial Advisors. Cost is $8. Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Holiday Gift and Trade Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gloucester House Restaurant, Rogers Street, Gloucester. Gift expo, expertise on decorating, catering and general preparation for the holidays. 978-283-1601. Monday, Nov. 6 North Shore Women in Business after hours networking, 6 p.m., Hardcover Restaurant, Route 1 North, Danvers. Visit www.nswib.org. Wednesday, Nov. 8 LeTip International of Lynn and Swampscott Fall Mixer, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lynnway Sports Center Bar and Grill, 497 Lynnway, Lynn. Bring 50 business cards.... | |
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| | | US: Vintrust releases wine guide | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:12:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | Vintrust has launched a wine buying guide as part of its services aimed at wine collectors. The US wine asset management company said yesterday (30 October) that ‘SOMMselections Wine Journal' will be available quarterly, and includes recommendations and reviews of wines from Vintrust's network of sommeliers around the US. The first issue was sent to Vintrust clients late last month, and includes reviews of wines selected and submitted by 20 sommeliers from across the US. “SOMMselections Wine Journal is a new and unique kind of wine publication that offers more objective reviews by trained wine professionals and multiple perspectives on truly special wines," said Lisa Minucci, the editor of the journal. Vintrust was founded in 2003 by André de Baubigny, a former investment banker and attorney, and Timothy Komada, a former technology executive and management consultant.... | |
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| | | NETexponent Selected by the Wine Enthusiast to Optimize and Grow Affiliate Marketing and Media Partnership Efforts | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:32:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) October 25, 2006 -- NETexponent, a leading online performance marketing agency, today announced that The Wine Enthusiast, the world's leading source for wine accessories, storage, information, education, and events, has selected their company to manage, optimize, and grow affiliate marketing and media partnership programs for its e-commerce site WineEnthusiast.com. .... | |
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| | | Vintrust Makes Major National Expansion with Opening of East Coast ... | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:38:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catering to a fast-growing market of sophisticated wine collectors who need help managing their liquid assets, Vintrust, the leading wine asset management and services firm for wine collectors, has undertaken a major expansion of its services. Vintrust, based in San Francisco, has just opened a high-end wine storage and inventory facility, as well as a client advisory office, to serve New York and the entire Northeastern United States. Vintrust facilities in both Napa and New York now offer wine collectors a private, highly-secure, temperature-controlled wine storage and inventory facility designed to help collectors around the country protect and manage their wine collections. David Beckwith, formerly with Zachy's and Babbo in New York, is Vintrust's East Coast Wine Director and provides dedicated client services to collectors.... | |
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