Wine and Dine Train in California

Even without the vineyards, the And it is there that we find a great deal of California's wine production. Another famous Spanish place name in California is that of the Napa Valley. These are, of course, not the only places that bear the Spanish names that were bestowed by their founders.

The two most famous cities in the whole state are San Francisco (named for a man who Anglophones prefer to call Saint Francis) and Los Angeles - the city of Angels. To this day one only needs to listen to the names of Californian cities to hear how it has been influenced by its Spanish history. Way back in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered America, he can little have known that his landing would have such implications for the place. As with most things Californian, their wine continues to make the best of both a long and proud historical tradition and a readiness to assimilate modern developments.

 

California is an absolute haven for the wine connoisseur, with a history that continues to get richer as the wines its viticulturists produce get better and better. Something to think about, undoubtedly, if you are planning a wine tour of the region any time soon. This is a fact - indeed, another fact is that were California to secede from the USA then, as well as leaving a very angry military planning ways to get it back, it would be the fourth largest wine producing country in the whole of the world.  California is one of the world's premier wine producing regions.

The Top Four Favorite Soups

By Steve Hill, Site

I was listening, with interest, to a well known radio program last night as they were debating the nations favorite soups - yes I am rather pathetic and yes I do need to get a life! The presenter of the show invited members of the public to telephone, text and e-mail into the program as they conducted a mini survey of people's preferred soup! I was tempted to phone in myself but for whatever reason decided against it.

It was actually a really interesting program to listen to and I was quite surprised at the amount of people that did phone into the show. In reality all of the people could well have been the friends and family of the presenter himself but I would hope not.

You may not be surprised when you hear that chicken soup was voted as the overall winner or nations favorite. Chicken soup happens to be my favorite as well; I eat a bowl at least twice a week!

In second place came tomato soup. Apparently there was not a lot between these first two, only about five percent of the votes. I am not sure what it is about tomato soup but I just don't rate it. I can eat a few spoonfuls but then the taste just seems to bore me.

Oxtail soup came in a surprisingly impressive third place and in fourth place came vegetable soup.

So what was the point of this article and the radio show of last night? Well at the end of the day it is just a bit of fun and something to potentially spark a debate between friends and colleagues.