Entries by The Fuzzy Chef

Me and my fellow geeks enjoyed tasting all of the Greis wines.

Since Friday was the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition thanks to passage of the 21st amendment, I thought it only appropriate to have a little audience survey about brewpubs.

A brewpub is a bar and restaurant which makes beer on the premises. By that strict definition, there are a relative handful of these in the Bay Area. So people should be able to rate them and pick a favorite. Read the list below, pick your favorite, or add one I missed.

If you come into Bolzano by train from the North, one of the first things you see will be vine-covered hillsides surrounding the valley.  South Tyrol (the valley) is an ancient wine-growing region, special for its large variety of slopes, soils and altitudes for growing wine grapes.   Many of these vines belong to Kellerei Bozen, or at least to the grower cooperative which supplies their grapes.  This winery has two labels: St. Magdalener and Greis.