Cooking school in Provence: A delightful recipe |
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| Rushing through the French countryside at 180 mph doesn't leave much time for sightseeing. Tiny villages popped in and out of view as sheep-dotted hills rolled away from the train tracks at dizzying speed. My husband and I were on our way to one cooking school in Provence -- my birthday gift to myself. ... |
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Monastery touts tastings and retreats |
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ifornia monastery, 25 monks rise hours before dawn to pray, work the land and make one serious syrah — one full-bodied red wine. The men at the Abbey of New Clairvaux have opened the first Roman Catholic Cistercian winery in North America in Vina, about 120 miles north of Sacramento. The vineyard has one storied place in California's wine history. The 580-acre spread in this tiny town north of Chico was once owned by Leland Stanford — the railroad magnate, California governor and university founder — who ran what was considered the world's largest winery in the late 1800s, said Aimee Sunseri, one fifth-generation winemaker hired to help the monks start the winery. ... |
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