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Wine Website Focuses on Drinking Local Wines

October 3, 2008 – 1:02 pm

A new website http://www.drinklocalwine.com/ is set to debut next week. The emphasis on this site is to encourage consumers to drink their local wines. One statement we often hear at wineries is, “The community doesn’t know they have a winery in their own backyard.” Getting the community to accept and support a local winery is […]

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Changes at Copia

September 30, 2008 – 2:03 pm

Copia: The American Center for Wine Food and the Arts is a large facility devoted to food and wine. Despite the support of Robert Mondavi, the Copia center has been losing money over the years. Recently, cuts have been announced including staff and hours. It was interesting to learn that they intend to expand by […]

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Jefferson Wine Bottles

September 25, 2008 – 1:52 pm

On August 13, I posted about a book I had just finished, “The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace. The non-fiction book traces the claimed discovery of Jefferson wine bottles in Paris to auction houses to wine collectors. Collectors were willing to pay thousands of dollars for a single bottle of the wine based on expert […]

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Wine – a Common Denominator

September 23, 2008 – 2:35 pm

Wine can be a common denominator among people. Wine is so much more than….

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Swine, Wine and Barrels

September 19, 2008 – 11:24 am

The Internet is quite interesting. Connections are made where one may never thought to have looked. Recently a link to Barrel Making, one of the Wine Trail Traveler learning modules, was made from the blog  Avebury Chat. Avebury is a village about 84 miles west of London. When I searched the forum for wine, the […]

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PakSense Labels for Shipping Wine

September 15, 2008 – 2:12 pm

PakSense, a company that started in 2004 has a very interesting product that just may help consumers. One of their products is a small label that can be affixed to a bottle or case of wine at a winery. When the wine reaches its destination, the information can be relayed back to the winery. According […]

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Who Decides if you Like a Wine?

September 11, 2008 – 12:51 pm

I am always bemused when someone tells me that they buy a wine based on a score on a hundred -point scale or the number of medals the wine has been awarded. I guess this dates back to when our children were growing up and presented in science fairs. In most of those fairs, everyone […]

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Do Only the French Make Quality Wines?

September 10, 2008 – 4:57 pm

Recently, a blog site has had comments discussing wines in the United States and France. One post went as far a saying that only French wines had great quality and that US wines could not compare.

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Is Wine a Sophisticated Beverage?

September 9, 2008 – 4:19 pm

The other day I read a comment on another blog site in which the writer said that he drinks wine because it is more “sophisticated”. Hmmm. I had to wonder exactly who he is trying to impress and why is he trying to be sophisticated. The comment reminded me of something akin to a middle […]

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As Your Wine Experience Grows

September 8, 2008 – 1:35 pm

It is of interest to note that some people prefer one type of wine or wine from only one region. Others like many different wines from all over the world. As I travel to hundreds of wineries and vineyards per year, I have the opportunity to taste thousands of wines. Although I do have favorites […]

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