The Napa Valley Grapegrowers, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's office will hold an agricultural flood recovery town hall meeting, open to the public, March 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Yountville Community Hall.

Cordeiro named to Waddell & Reed's President's Council

The subject came up at a dinner not long ago: It was bottle variation.

MENDOZA, Argentina -- The wineries tucked beneath the distant Andean mountains nearly have it all: warm days and cool nights for growing the lushest of grapes, state of the art technology and restless vintners bent on lifting Argentina's wine production to rival the best.

Setting yet another record for Napa Valley wine purchases, retailers and restaurateurs from coast to coast spent close to $2 million last weekend for 181 lots of unique wine crafted solely for the trade attending Premiere Napa Valley.

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SAN JOSE -- It's a lofty ambition -- the Internet equivalent of the Public Broadcasting Service, a user-supported resource that pays top academics to create authoritative maps, articles and links to third-party content related to virtually any scholarly topic.

LAS VEGAS -- The glossy brochures promised rooftop gardens and posh European spas. Private basketball courts and butler service. The Las Vegas Strip and billions of dollars of hedonism just past your uniformed doorman.

NEW YORK -- Last fall, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy's office started getting phone calls from constituents who complained about receiving recorded phone messages that bad-mouthed Murphy.