Friday, April 3, 2009

Fri April 3, 2009

On Today's Show: CRNtalk.com

Teresa Murphy Emmolo Wine Company
Cheryl Emmolo, owner and founder of Emmolo Wine Company, was born into the wine business that has grown up around her in Napa Valley in recent decades.Her grandfather, Salvatore Emmolo, had established a rootstock nursery in St. Helena in 1923. The stone winery that he built on Galleron Road still stands, but was never used – a victim of Prohibition but still a part of Napa Valley’s historic landscape.Cheryl’s father, Frank Emmolo, took over management of his father’s nursery. At the same time – and continuing today – he grew grapes on his 43-acre vineyard, known as "River Ranch," in the prestigious Rutherford District. As a young girl, Cheryl helped her father by driving the tractor and assisting with other viticultural tasks in that vineyard.The Emmolo's had planted Sauvignon Blanc on the River Ranch vineyard, on Mee Lane, in the 1950’s fortunately on phylloxera-resistant St. George rootstock. Frank Emmolo selected the same St. George rootstock when, in 1990, he planted Merlot on 2.4 acres at a second family vineyard site on Galleron Road. Over the years, Frank has supplied grapes to a number of top Napa Valley wineries, including the Robert Mondavi Winery and the Hess Collection. The Sauvignon Blanc has also historically been a part of Caymus Vineyards’ white wine program.

Tom Hinde - Flowers Vineyard & Winery - "A Taste of Veil"
One of our favorite wine people in in Colorado live for the 19th Annuqal Taste of Veil, the nation's premier spring food and wine festival, held at several venues throughout North America's #1 ski resort. During the annual four-day event, upwards of 5,000 people are able to "taste the Vail Valley lifestyle" which showcases Vail's world-famous resort village set against dramatic mountain vistas.

Food Network Host Ted Allen ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy")
Emmy award winner Ted Allen is host of “Chopped” and “Food Detectives,” two new primetime shows on the Food Network. He was a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef America,” as well as the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning Bravo series “Queer Eye.” Allen is also the author of The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes, a cookbook featuring easy all-natural recipes, and the co-author of New York Times bestseller Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five’s Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better. Additionally, Ted has been a contributing editor to Esquire magazine since 1997, where he writes about food, wine, style and everything else the American man needs to know. Ted Allen will discuss how the growing hunger epidemic is affecting the modern American family and will share tips on how to eat healthier while saving money in the process. He’ll also explain the Bread Art Project, a new initiative encouraging Americans to create digital bread art to help combat hunger. For each piece of digital bread art created, $1 will be donated to Feeding America. That dollar will help provide seven meals, ten pounds of food, or four bags of groceries for those in need.

Steve Evans - "The Movie Guy"
What's happening at the movies this weekend? Steve has all the info on what to see or maybe what to pass up. The hottest films and the biggest bombs from "The Movie Guy".