Benefit Auctioneer Tom DiNardo to Judge California State Fair Wine Competition
Benefit auctioneer Tom DiNardo has been appointed one of this year's featured wine judges at the California State Fair Wine Competition. This event is firmly established as the oldest and most prestigious of American Wine Competitions in North America. For over 150 years, the California State Fair's panel of expert wine judges has recognized the best wines of the state and those wineries' and vintners' dedication to the Golden State's viticulture and enology industry.
The Rich History of the National Finals Rodeo
Even though the sport of rodeo has been around almost forever, the National Finals Rodeo, or NFR as it is commonly called, has a much more recent history. The first National Finals Rodeo was held at the Dallas State Fair Grounds in 1959, and since then, the NFR has gone through many interesting changes including a name change in 2001 to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Author, Wisconsin Native Amatore Mille to Make Annual Return to Wisconsin State Fair - From Wall Street Finance to Italian Sausage Concession: Book Si
Author and Wisconsin native Amatore Mille will make his annual trek from Wall Street finance to the Wisconsin State Fair to assist with managing Mille's Italian Sausage, his family's seventy-five-year-old Italian sausage concession. Mille, whose book Eleven Days in August: A Chronicle of Summers (Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1-4120-8648-5, Trade paperback, 223 pp, 5½ x 8, $19.95) presents a memoir and collection of anecdotes relating to the Mille family's tradition of selling Italian sausage sandwiches at The Wisconsin State Fair, will be available for press interviews and book signings.
