NetQuantum :: Regional :: Oceania :: Australia :: Business_and_Economy :: Wineries ::

• The best places you’ve never heard of
Dan Philips: Founder of the Grateful Palate, an Oxnard, Calif.–based company that sells specialty foods and kitchen accessories, imports wine, and even runs wineries in Spain and Australia ( gratefulpalate.com ). There are foodies—and then there ...
• Wildfire burns 750 acres near Los Angeles
Elsewhere in California, firefighters halted the spread of a wildfire that burned about 300 acres of heavy brush, destroyed a home and threatened several wineries in Napa Valley. More than 1,500 firefighters were called in to work the blaze, which ...
• Top wine regions in the United States
Of the 5,958 bonded wineries nationwide in 2007, 2,687 were in California. While wealthy oenophiles pay top dollars for French wines, an Internet entrepreneur from Shanghai raised his paddle at this year’s Napa auction to spend $500,000 for six ...
• Snag your own A-list retreat
You can hit the nearby Santa Ynez Valley wineries for tours and tastings a la Sideways, go on a Pacific whale-watching cruise (the season runs from February through May), or have a picnic at the resort's private ranch, 1,000 acres of natural terrain ...
• Chile's wine country, with air, from $2,149
While based in Santiago, you'll set out on a day trip to the Maipo Valley, where you'll visit some of the region's many wineries. You'll learn firsthand about the wine-making process; tour vineyards, production plants, and wine cellars; and sample ...