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Cheap Champagne – What’s The Best Tasting Economical Champagne? Taste It To See The Difference

How does a wine newbie choose a fine tasting, yet cheap champagne? Not every connoisseur can easily appreciate the refined good taste, afford the price or score an invitation to the dinner table of Tycoon Bill Koch for a drink of 1787 Chateau Lafite. The infamous wine considered to be from the cellar of Thomas Jefferson. Koch acquired it at auction for $160,000-the most costly bottle of Champagne on the globe! But it doesn’t take 6-figures to offer a perfect bubbly for that special event. Continue reading

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Napa vs Sonoma: Geography

There is no doubt that Sonoma and Napa wines are lauded worldwide and have put US winemaking on the map. Both these counties have unique climate and geographic strengths which make them excellent for wine. Continue reading

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“Green Cred” Wine and “Green” Wineries

I am taking a somewhat skeptical attitude towards “green” wines. I suspect if you’ve got to market your wine based on features like the winery’s carbon footprint, then there is potentially a reason that you haven’t been able to sell your wine based primarily on its quality. Having said that, what I want in a bottle, (after establishing that it’s good), is uniqueness and expressiveness. Continue reading

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Queen of California Vines?

There’s no question that California wines are praised worldwide and have put US winemaking on the map… But who is responsible? Continue reading

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Families in McLaren Vale

McLaren Vale, the home of the Curtis Family Vineyards, is just 45 minutes drive south of South Australia’s capital of Adelaide, has been making wine for one and a half centuries. That’s not as long as wine has been made in Italy, but the results are just as encouraging. And how a family with its ancestry dating back to the 15th Century has brought its expertise to McLaren vale with a new range of wines with an impressive European lineage. Continue reading

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Luxurious Wine Chateaus and Wineries in the United States

It would have been unusual to build a solid industry for wine travel, even if wine and wine hotels have been considered top luxury products or services. But now it is a thriving and distinct industry. Below are some of the top luxury products or services on wine travel that can be seen in the United States. Continue reading

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McLaren vale cellars open

Select wine merchants Buying wine online is a useful and convenient way to source wines from unusual wine varieties. There are many advantages, and a couple of pitfalls to buying wine online. Continue reading

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Wine Stores On the Net

In recent years, like a lot of people, I’ve been buying more of my wine online. The picture I would prefer to hold of myself is the fellow who faithfully patronizes (perhaps plagues?) the local wine shops rather than browses some brightly arrayed screen. To be sure, I’d rather be there in person, discussing a wine’s qualities with an enthusiastic merchant rather than passively scrolling through professional tasting notes. And I believe in the importance of neighborhood proprietors (whether they sell wine or house paint) to a vital, thriving community; they’re the hubs of the real social network. Continue reading

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McLaren Vale, Wine and Vineyards

McLaren Vale, the home of the Curtis Family Vineyards, is just 45 minutes’ drive south of South Australia’s capital of Adelaide, has been making wine for one and a half centuries. That’s not as long as wine has been made in Italy, but the results are just as encouraging. And how a family with its ancestry dating back to the 15th Century has brought its expertise to McLaren vale with a new range of wines with an impressive European lineage. Continue reading

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New generation in wine stores

Select wine merchants Buying wine online is a useful and convenient way to source wines from unusual wine varieties. There are many advantages, and a couple of pitfalls to buying wine online. Continue reading

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