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• Amador Vintners On-Line - The Amador Vintners' Association provides a map, winery profiles and links, event listings, and tourist information.
• BlueWine - California winery directory broken down by region/AVA.
• Calaveras Wine Association - Includes links to Calaveras County wineries, a local history, event information, and maps.
• California Wineries Mall - Large catalog of wineries.
• California Winery Advisor - Directory organized by county. Includes tasting room reviews, maps, wines, itineraries, photographs, and articles.
• DrinkWine.com - Links and addresses for wineries all over the state, plus lots of links to wine-related articles.
• El Dorado Winery Association - Representing the wineries of El Dorado County. Details of their "Passport Weekend" tasting event, winery list, photo galleries, recipes, and a winery award list.
• H. Montanile - A Winery Review - Rates Napa and Sonoma wineries and creates customized itineraries.
• Inside Napa Valley - Visitor information, things to do, wineries, dining, shopping, and lodging information.
• Napa Valley Vintners Association - Promotes Napa Valley wineries. Offers a winery finder, regional winegrowing information, event listings, and trade resources.
• Paso Robles Wine Country - Facts and figures about one of the fastest growing vineyard and winery regions in the state.
• San Diego County Vintners Association - Features information about members along with pictures of their events.
• San Luis Obispo Vintners and Growers Association - Promotes the wineries of Edna, Arroyo Grande, Avila valleys and Nipomo in San Luis Obispo County. Includes a winery map, regional history, and event listings.
• Santa Barbara County Vinters' Association - Representing the wineries of Santa Barbara county. Appellation information, member wineries, tourism information and a store.
• Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association - Includes a map of the region, a list of wineries, event listings, and other tourist information.
• Sonoma County Wineries Association - Representing Sonoma County wineries. Member directory, events, local history and tourist information.
• Sonoma.com - Information on the regions of Sonoma and its wineries. Also lodging, restaurants and events.
• Steve Manick's California Wine - Information and reviews of the state's wineries, wine basics and links.
• Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association - Contains details on member wineries, online purchasing of event tickets, and information about lodging, dining, and local attractions.
• TotalEscape: California Winery Guide - Listing with map of all of the state's production regions. Direct links to winery sites.
• Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley - Information about Dry Creek Valley wineries, growers, events, and a winery map.

Random Indian Recipes:-

• Satyanarayana Prasad
  Clean rava and fry in hot ghee till light brown on slow flame. In another pan mix milk and water and keep to boil. Pour the milk mixture on fried rava. Make pieces of kaju and almond. Chop the banana into small pieces. When rava cook add sugar and cover the pan. Add kismis,kaju,almond and banana pieces. Mix well and cover the pan for 2-3 min. Lastly add elaichi powder. Prasad is ready.
  
  
• Nimbu ka Meetha Aachar
  Wash lemons cleanly. Dry the lemons with a clean muslin cloth. Cut the lemons into 4 pieces. Apply salt and keep them in a jar. Place the jar in the sun for 4-5 days. Dry roast the whole masalas together. Grind them coarsely. Add the freshly ground masalas & crushed jaggery to the lemons. Keep the jar of lemons in the sun again for 4 days. Open the jar and ...
  
  
• Mango Sasav
  Wash,peel and cube mangoes. Dry roast 1/2 tsp mustard seeds in a pan till they crackle. Add to the coconut and grind fine paste along with jeera,turmeric powder,red chilly powder and peppercorns. Heat oil and add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds and allow to crackle. Now pour the grind paste. Add jaggery,tamarind pulp,salt,mango pieces and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and simmer till all the water dries out. Add more jaggery if necessary. Serve hot with rice.
  
  
• Paanipuri ki puri
  In a big bowl take maida,rava,salt and 2 tbsp oil and knead a dough using little water. The dough should be hard. Cover the bowl and put in a refrigerator for 2 hrs. After 2 hrs make small balls and roll out small puris very thinly. You may roll out big thin chapati and then cut small puris with...
  
  
• Baingan ka Bharta
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place eggplant in pan, cover with foil. Roast until eggplant is soft. After eggplant cools, peel and chop coarsely. Chop onion, green chilly and coriander leaves. In a big bowl mix all ingredients and serve immediately.
  
  
• Kadboli
  In a pan heat butter and add rice flour,maida,Sesame seeds,red chilly powder and salt. Mix well and knead dough using hot water. Cover the dough and keep aside for 40 min. After 40 min knead again and make small balls out of dough. Now make into rope and give kadboli shape. Heat oil in a kadai and fry kadbolis on low flame till dark brown. Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.
  
  
• Bhogichi Bhaji
  Peel the carrots and potatoes. Make small pieces of ghevada. Cut potato,brinjal and carrot into pieces. Remove green chana from the pods. Make fine paste of coriander leaves and green chilly. Roast groundnut and sesame and make powder. Now in a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Allow to splutter then add turmeric powder. Add potatoes,carrots,green chana and ghevada. Fry for a min. then add green paste. Cover the pan and allow to ...
  
  
• Potato Burfi
  Boil potato and mash finely. Grate coconut. In a thick bottom pan mix mashed potato,coconut and sugar. Allow to cook on a low flame (appx. 45-50 min). When the mixture bacame thick remove from the gas. Add elaichi powder and mix well. Pour the mixture on greased platform. Roll out the mixture with roll pin to make 1 cm thick. Cut the pieces as shape as you want. Allow to cool.
  
  
• Puranpoli
  In a big bowl take maida,oil,salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and add enough water to make soft dough. Keep aside for 30 min. In a pan boil dal till soft. Remove extra water and add ...
  
  
• Smoke Chicken
  First clean the chicken and apply ginger garlic paste,curd,salt and red colour and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour in a pan take 2 tbsp oil and fry onion for 4-5 min. Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder and fry for one min. Now pour marinated chicken in pan and allow to cook. When oil started to seperate from the mixture add garam masala powder. Burn koyla on gas. When koyla burn fully put this koyla in ...