Whether you just want to start learning about wine basics or want to focus on a specific region, starting a wine club with your friends is a great way to educate yourself about wine while having a...
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Good news, sports fans. Brunton Vineyards has crafted a new wine club just for you. The company's goods recently earned the distinction of becoming the official wine of California Speedway...
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In keeping with today's completely unintentional dog theme, I found another dog-related wine club. This one is run by Cru Vin Dogs. A percentage of sales from their wines and merchandise go to...
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If you're a dog lover as well as a wine lover, you might be interested in a new fundraiser th SPCA Tampa Bay is holding. They have partnered with a California winery to promote the Dog Lovers Wine...
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Although I've been aware of wine clubs for a long time, until recently I'd never been part of one. Several wine shops I've frequented through the years offered wine club subscriptions, and...
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Does the idea of receiving two bottles of handcrafted wine, direct from the winery, appeal to you? What if I told you that the bottles were at a discount? Sounds great, doesn't it? The only catch...
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by tammy on April 10, 2007
As a Florida resident, I will be affected by any change in laws dealing with shipping wine. This is just another "big brother" tactic by republicans who want to good ol' boy network gets...
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by tammy on April 08, 2007
I originally saw mention of this over at Luxist, about a new wine and winery aimed at baby boomer bikers called V-Twin. After going over to the company's web site, I discovered they actually have...
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You may or may not know that along with writing this wine blog for Creative Weblogging, I also write their Jewelry Weblog. So, when I heard about Jewel Wine, I was more than just a little curious....
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by tammy on November 02, 2006
Really! Is there nothing that some people won't do to make a dishonest buck these days? Like many other industries, wine is a big business, and that means some people actually invest in wine. And...
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by tammy on October 28, 2006
I found this excellent tip, thanks to my subscription to About.com's Wine site's newsletter, about the California Wine Club's holiday mix and match set up. With this club's mixed case...
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by tammy on August 30, 2006
Okay, before you get too excited, you don't get free wine through this free wine club. However, you do get a lot of other cool things such as access to WineNav, a web-based wine touring software...
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One of our first bottles from our new wine club, 600 Grapes, was this 2004 Torciano - Cabernet Sauvignon del Veneto (12%). This wine goes for about fifteen U.S. dollars and is described as follows on...
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Selling through home sales is a trend I'm seeing every where these days in retail. First, it was Tupperware. Then Mary Kay jumped on board. Then all kinds of other companies started doing it like...
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by tammy on July 05, 2006
Well, confession time....we joined another wine club. It's called 600 Grapes. The name comes from the fact that the average bottle of wine is made from 600 grapes. A clever name then for the club....
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by tammy on April 29, 2006
Since I've already been talking about my wine clubs, I thought it was past time for me to actually mention them by name. Both are from A Taste of California. One club, no big surprise, is their...
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In one of our recent shipments from A Taste of California, we received two different types of Merlot to try: Pendula Cellars 2002 and Austin Hayes 2004. My husband and I have a joke when we do this...
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by tammy on April 18, 2006
One sign of the popularity of wine is the amount of space it is taking up in your local grocery store. Mine has a wine section up front where all the "good stuff" is displayed, then one side...
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