Monday, September 26, 2011

Wine Clubs

I was asked earlier today to describe my wine clubs and what makes them different than all of our competitors. I talked some about our differing price points ($20, $50 and $100 per bottle) and how we refuse to include shipping in the prices charged for our wine clubs. Unlike many of our competitors we [...]

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Anne Marie Kortright April Scott Arielle Kebbel

Hitler yelling

Check out this “Hitler yelling” parody that several people tweeted to my attention. Even if it’s 18 months old, it’s still sufficient for your Saturday LOL needs.

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Diora Baird Dita Von Teese Dominique Swain Donna Feldman

Emilio Lustau, Sherry Dry Amontillado, ?Los Arcos? NV

Like a lot of American wine lovers, Sherry is a personal blind spot. It’s not that I haven’t had good or great Sherry ? in fact the only wine I have ever rated 100-points is a Sherry ? it’s just the style is hard to get your head around. �For starters, many Sherries are intentionally [...]

Emilio Lustau, Sherry Dry Amontillado, “Los Arcos” NV originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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Christina Milian Christina Ricci Chyler Leigh Ciara

Wine Word of the Week: Bung

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is bung. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: A bung, made of glass, plastic, rubber, earthenware, silicone, or wood, is a barrel?s stopper, analogous to the cork of a bottle. It is inserted in a bung-hole. ?. Since oxygen tends to enter a barrel [...]

Wine Word of the Week: Bung was originally posted on Wine Peeps. Wine Peeps - Your link to great QPR wines from Washington State and beyond.

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Bali Rodriguez Bar Refaeli BeyoncÈ Bianca Kajlich

Veraison 2011: a Time to Assess Progress (Late) and Yield (Light)

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Brittany Snow Brittny Gastineau Brody Dalle Brooke Burke

Crushing at CrossRoads in Frisco, Tx

The grapes are moving in and the crushing has began at CrossRoads in Frisco, Tx.  Grapes are looking good and promising for the 2011 year.  Hot Texas weather has made the grapes push for a early harvest and from the looks of it in North Texas looking promising. I had the opportunity to for just […]

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Adriana Lima Adrianne Curry Adrianne Palicki Aisha Tyler

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Wine for Tonight: 2009 Boomtown Cabernet Sauvignon

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won?t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week?s selection, the 2009 Boomtown Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State. Our selection criteria include: [...]

A Wine for Tonight: 2009 Boomtown Cabernet Sauvignon was originally posted on Wine Peeps. Wine Peeps - Your link to great QPR wines from Washington State and beyond.

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Estella Warren