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departments Letter from the Editor ........................................ 4 Industry Spotlight ............................................ 10 Brief Encounters ...............................................14 Letter from London ..........................................20 On-Premise: Enoteca Della Santina ................................... 22 Mexico Restaurante y Barra ........................ 34 Sashi Sushi ..................................................... 64 Cowboy Star .................................................. 68 Events: Gallo Wine Lunch .......................................... 24 Sipping Into Summer ................................... 28 A Day & Night of Madeira ...........................30 SLO Wine Industry Awards ............................ 36 Brand Spotlights: Ruskova Vodka ............................................... 26 New Amsterdam Gin .................................... 37 Blue Reviews ..................................................... 38 Publisher's Picks ............................................... 43 What We're Drinking ...................................... 50 Gadd's Sixpack .................................................. 55 Innovations ........................................................ 62 Cellar Focus ...................................................... 66 Leadership ......................................................... 72 Milestone: Wolf Blass's 75th ........................... 76 At Retail: Le Château ....................................... 78 PRO-file: San Francisco's Dominic Venegas .90 August 2009 / Volume 67 / No. 8 Cover Story Ready To Rock ........................................................................................................................................44 Red Stag: Tracking a National Flavor Profile (cover photo courtesy of Red Stag by Jim Beam) UpFront Lonesome No More ................................................................................................................................. 5 Family history ties him to cattle baron Charles Goodnight, the inspiration for Lonesome Dove. Now, Bill Foley drives his own diverse portfolio of brands to market SPECIAL INSERT Results of the 2009 San Francisco International Wine Competition Features Hidden in Plain Sight ............................................................................................................................32 Quady Winery and others like it are putting Madera on the map Boston Underground ............................................................................................................................52 Retro-mod watering hole Drink celebrates the alchemy of alcohol Saké Samurai..........................................................................................................................................54 Beau Timken at San Francisco's True Saké Climbing Out of Napa's Shadow ......................................................................................................56 A perspective on the Suisun Valley AVA Hot Blooded ............................................................................................................................................. 58 An East End Bloody Mary competition provides bragging rights for Long Island bartenders The Riesling Challenge .......................................................................................................................60 Germany's wine marketers lure new buyers with some savvy tactics From Pioneer to Trend-Setter ...........................................................................................................69 Hogue Cellars is still on the leading edge in Washington State wine Techno Trends......................................................................................................................................... 74 Bathing, imaging and freezing your way to better wine Rum-Mania ...............................................................................................................................................79 Rum sales continue to rise like the incoming tide Rum, Rockies-Style ............................................................................................................................... 82 Colorado bars and restaurants mix sunny rum cocktails for summer Singapore Fling ......................................................................................................................................84 Bartenders from abroad sling drinks in this melting-pot metropolis Portugal's Esporão Estate ..................................................................................................................86 An Aussie winemaker leads the way for Portugal's modern still wines Bar Lab Infuses New Life into the Miami Bar Scene ................................................................88 44 60 68 8 / the tasting panel / august 2009