North Carolina: The wine state?
Seven new wineries opened in 1999 and 2000 in North Carolina bringing the state's total 20 -- and more are planned for 2001. The newest operations are Chatham Hill Winery in Wake County, Shelton Vineyards in Surry County, Cerminaro Vineyard in Caldwell County. Moonrise Bay Vineyard in...

The play's the thing: sit back, relax and enjoy the show! A growing number of theatre vacation packages provide unmatched opportunities to explore Canada's vibrant theatre scene.
As home to two world-famous theatre festivals, Ontario boasts some nifty theatre packages. A host of Shaw Festival options combine performances with the best of the Niagara region's hotels, wineries, restaurants and attractions (1-800-511-7429 or www.shawfest.com), while Stratford Festival packages include a night at a beautiful local inn, dinner...

Wine on the Web: Australian wine information on the web and its prospects for long-term preservation and access: most Web publications are lost forever and can never be retrieved again. We are wasting our digital heritage (1).
The way information is created and used changed significantly in the final decade of the 20th century. Digital information, in physical format or online, is the medium of choice for many producers, publishers and users of information. The problem of providing long-term access to digital materials is well documented....

A sip of Santa Ynez: North of Santa Barbara, find superb food, charming small towns-and some grand wines.
Near the baptismal font at Old Mission Santa Ines, a small landscape painting portrays a valley that looks much as the Santa Ynez Valley would have when this mission was built some 200 years ago. Lines of mountains drop down to rolling foothills. A bright sun lights a river...

Season of Plenty.
Pick your own fruit at orchards and farms... Buy fresh vegetables at roadside markets... Enjoy a cup of freshly pressed cider... Tour pretty towns and villages... Stay in beautiful country inns and quaint bed-and-breakfasts... At the height of harvest time, there are a whole lot of fabulous ways to...

Wine exporters miss the boat on Cuba.
During the 2002 U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition in Havana that led to explosive growth in agricultural shipments to Cuba, half a dozen vintners displayed various cases of California wine. Yet only one company, San Diego-based Global Strategies Trading, has been able to broker the sale of...

Rising interest in farm-related leisure activities.
Move over corn and beans, cattle and hogs. Make way for reindeer herds and Christmas trees, trail rides and trout ponds, produce stands and pumpkin patches, corn mazes and petting zoos ... and tourists. Agritourism is rapidly taking hold in the heartland, according to Bruce Wicks, a...

Lime light: the definitive guide to the Sarasota social scene.
Silver Celebration Can it really be 25 years since the birth of both SARASOTA Magazine and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County? The giant ice sculpture in the foyer of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, with its carved "25," proved it, as did the supporters,...

The best of bordeaux: France's legendary winemaking region raises the bar with its 2000 vintage.
THIS YEAR, THE WINE WORLD HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY BORDEAUX 2000, a vintage that world-renowned wine critic Robert Parker is unabashedly touting as the best vintage since 1961. Indeed, wine merchants are scrambling to snatch up the precious bottles, which are being sold en primeur, or as wine futures....

Kendall Jackson's toast to safety: the famed winery puts a cork in safety risks, encouraging employees to imbibe in a culture of health maintenance.
Reducing a company's rising workers' compensation costs isn't as simple as popping in a safety video and pressing play. For employers to truly benefit from their safety initiatives, they must use a proactive, hands-on approach. Dennis Downing, president of Future Industrial Technologies in Santa Barbara, Calif., said...