http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs Blogs by The Wine Stop Hawaii Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/ http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:27 +0000 designnabi http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/2009/07/124/ Though the shiraz grape is not indigenous to Iran, grapes were first made into wine in the Middle East. As a matter of fact, the name Shiraz comes from a town in Iran, famed for its wine production. The story goes in an ancient Persian legend that Jamshid, a grape-loving king, stored ripe grapes in [...]]]> http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-072009/feed/ 0 http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-062009/ http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-062009/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:00:51 +0000 designnabi http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/?p=112 On our tour through Napa last month we sat and chatted in the midst of Stagecoach vineyard with Dr. Krupp. He said the reason why the vineyard is named Stagecoach is because it was once a bustling stagecoach passage from Sacramento to San Francisco. As I sipped on his very cold and tasty rosé called [...]]]> http://www.thewinestophawaii.com/twsblogs/corkey-trivia-062009/feed/ 0