Bob Bowles: high-tech community conductor/ Knows where his food comes from.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bob Bowles is technologically savvy and a conscious eater. Combine those two traits, and you've got a man that can not only bake his own breads but can even build his own Italian, wood-fired bread oven. "Because of my professional work in 'high-tech,' I needed...

Awards Awards Awards and they may double by 2008.
Given the large number of Blunts who earn a comfortable living as Missouri politicians or lobbyists, and given recent actions by several state organizations, some of the family must be representing the ribbon-medal-trophy industry. The Missouri State High School Activities Association that supervises state high school sports...

Bills in the New York State Senate.
S.320 GOLDEN Makes promoting prostitution in the first degree and certain provisions of promoting prostitution in the second and third degrees violent felony offenses; increases the severity of the penalties for patronizing a prostitute and permitting prostitution; redesignates permitting prostitution as permitting prostitution in the second degree and establishes...

California Wine Country.
California Wine Country Peter Fish & Sarah Schneider Sunset Books c/o Leisure Arts Inc. 5701 Ranch Drive, Little Rock, AR 72223-9633 0376069473, $19.95 www.sunset.com www.leisurearts.com 1-800-643-8030 There are plenty of wine travel books on the market, but...

Calistoga: bubbles of all sorts make this Napa Valley spot an ideal winter getaway.
UNIVERSALLY ADORED, guaranteed to perk you up, the antidote to winter blahs--let's hear it for bubbles. They're round, they're cute, they're fun. And you can find them in all sorts of enjoyable forms in Calistoga, at the northern end of the Napa Valley. This is one effervescent town. It...

Napa Valley's Chateau Montelena Winery Switches to Sun Power.
ENERGY RESOURCE-2 May 2007-Napa Valley's Chateau Montelena Winery Switches to Sun Power(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Napa Valley's Chateau Montelena Winery today said that 100 percent of its electricity needs will be met through solar power. A new 220 kilowatt solar electric system was installed on...

Hidden Wineries of Southern California.
Hidden Wineries of Southern California MaDonna White, Publisher 0976161605 $49.95 www.HiddenWineries.net www.PanachePublishing.com HIDDEN WINERIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA appeared some time ago, but deserves ongoing recommendation to wine connoisseurs as it's one of the few covering Southern California wineries rather than the usual Northern...

Risk, improved with age: rising premiums have vintners nationwide digging deep for ways to control risk and avoid the headaches of the grape.
Despite efforts to overhaul California's workers' compensation system, premium costs for wineries and vineyards have continued to escalate during the past decade, as they have for most industries. While state legislators debated various reform initiatives, the wine industry took matters into its own hands and focused its...

ASK Marsha.
Q. On vacation I tour breweries the way oenophiles investigate wineries. But at home, it's hard to find interesting beers. Got a source for me? Along with its meat, gourmet groceries and more, The Butcher's Block excels in weird beer and staffs an advisor to help you...

The great grape secret: location, location, location: wine-makers who get the location variable right save themselves a lot of trouble in insuring and managing risks later on.
Wine grapes are very sensitive to weather conditions. That's why many in the industry believe that the best risk management tool is selecting the proper site for a vineyard. Not only can weather influence the flavor and character of wine, severe weather can directly damage a vineyard, bring about...