Wine Harvest News: Napa, Sonoma tonnage could be up 15-20%
Sonoma County Winegrape Commission president Nick Frey says that the Statewide 2012 winegrape crop was estimated to be "10 percent larger than that of 2011,…
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With ‘Osmosis’ Ives Quartet flouts convention
Performed by the IQ, these errors seemingly get magnified, as a delicious bit of silliness, to let the audience in on a joke that hasn’t…
Not in an Election Year: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
By the time Andrew Jackson opined “I’m so that guy,” one wished that Romney or Obama had Davaran’s kind of energy.
Samsung Galaxy S III Android smartphone now available in black, brown (Verizon)
Samsung Galaxy S III features include a 4.8" HD Super AMOLED Display, 1.5 Ghz Dual-Core Processor, 2GB Ram, S-Voice (Samsung's answer to Apple's Siri), Android…
See Ben Affleck’s ARGO at MVFF
Affleck's third directorial outing, following Gone Baby Gone (2007) and the Town (2010), has been well-received by critics and fans. I checked Metacritic and Argo…
PC Shipments Fall 8%, Worst Since 2001
"The third quarter was also a transitional quarter before Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system release, so shipments were less vigorous as vendors and their channel…
Wine Events: Pinot on the River at Healdsburg Plaza
The tasting takes place in the gorgeous town of Healdsburg, smack dab in the middle of the Russian River Valley in Sonoma. You should see…
Android News: Photos of upcoming LG Nexus
Also, we continue to hear that Google will extend its Nexus smartphone line to include several devices. Likely manufacturers could include LG, HTC, Sony, and…
Microsoft to launch Windows Phone 8 on October 29th
Nokia and HTC have both teased Windows Phone 8 smartphones which should be available by year's end. The Nokia Lumia 920 features a 4.5-inch display,…
Review: ’33 Variations’ at TheatreWorks
Playwright Moisés Kaufman ('The Laramie Project') has penned a drama rich in historical detail, such as Beethoven’s notorious inability to keep household staff, his slovenly…