WINE

Nearly everything you need to know about wine is available on the Internet: what's new, what's good, what's worth buying, and where to buy it, along with tasting notes and pairing suggestions.

Experts have poured their wine knowledge into online magazines and blogs. Find out how to buy wines on a tight budget. Read wine blogs targeted toward the younger generation, or check out the posts of prestigious critics. And there are some sites that focus on wine as well as beer and other beverages.

You can also read tasting notes and enjoy adventures in pairings.

Meanwhile, sites like WineChateau.com and TheWineBuyer.com wine selections that consumers can purchase online and have shipped to their homes.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “WINE”

• Sour Grapes! Neil Pendock on the Closing of The Weekender

  
  NB — Authority: 429
  Wine writer Neil Pendock, author of Sour Grapes , found reason to expand on the theme of his book’s title following the announcement of the closing of The Weekender newspaper. That’s another wine column lost, he writes: The bombshell that this is the last weekend of the Weekender evoked the usual progression ...
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• FOOD/WINE – Jaspers Restaurant: Whispering Brook Seafood Degustation Dinner

  
  MiSociety — Authority: 142
  [ November 26, 2009; ] * Time: 7.00pm for a 7.30pm Cost: $110 per person startJaspers Restaurant54 Alexandra StHunters Hill NSW 2110For bookings please call 02 9879 3200More info  www.whispering-brook.com / www.jaspersrestaurant.com.au
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• How would a bullfrog named Jeremiah go about getting some mighty fine wine?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 165
  I mean, if even his good friends could never understand a single word he said, then how do you suppose a wine merchant could know what kind of wine a frog would want? And how did he get a hold of this wine anyway? A bullfrog can’t carry a wine bottle!
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• Restaurant Awards 2009

  
  Eating Las Vegas — Authority: 427
  Here is the on-line link to Desert Companion magazine: http://issuu.com/philatknpr/docs/desert_companion_2009nov ; Where you can read all about the lucky recipients of our fifth annual restaurant awards for News 88.9 FM KNPR-Nevada Public Radio. Or you can pick up a copy by going to any of the locations listed ...
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• Canadian Ice Wine

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 130
  About Ice Wine Many people have yet to hear of ice wine. Ice wine is a type of a dessert wine that is made from grapes that have been allowed to freeze while still growing on the vine. Although the grapes and the water will freeze on the vine the grapes sugars and other dissolved solids don’t. With the water ...
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• Award Winning Wines

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 130
  One of the best things you can do instead of researching your wines all of the times to find out which ones have won awards, which ones are rated highly, etc… and then trying to hunt all of them down you should look towards doing one of the wines of a month club. You’ll find that some of the best wines you could ...
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• Wine Cellar Temperature

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 130
  Overview Having a wine cellar if you’re a serious collector is the perfect addition to your home. It will give you a very refined and stylish look for you to be able to display all of your beloved wines as well as allowing for the right atmosphere to store them in so they age well rather than have the potential of ...
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• When demand slopes upwards

  
  Felix Salmon — Authority: 717
  At least between, say, $3 and $6 per bottle : Supplying wine to sell at $5, $4, $3 or even two bucks per bottle is not that difficult once you set out to do it. Cheap surplus grapes, cheap surplus wines, low-cost winemaking processes and economies of scale all contribute to extreme value supply. Nope, supply is ...
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• Bail-out tax gets poor reaction

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 461
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown surprised G20 finance ministers by urging them to consider a tax on global financial transactions, but the idea got a lukewarm response. Brown said the levy, often called the Tobin Tax after the US economist who devised it, would force financial inst-itutions to be more respon-sible ...
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• Bordeaux bloodbath

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 461
  In a textbook case of a bubble burst, US retail prices for Bordeaux wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of millions of dollars. US importer Diageo Chateau and Estate Wines (DC&E), a subsidiary of the British drinks giant Diageo, has abandoned Bordeaux wine after 35 ...
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• Absolut Motherfucker recipe

  
  Beer Wine Liquor — Authority: 446
  There are so many different beverages available in the shops that it is not easy to know what to get. One of the best ways to discover which the best wines are is to check out reviews. At least that way you will have some idea of the kind of wine it is as well as the quality of the wine. Reviews are really one of the ...
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• Have Someone that You Know Who’s Awkward to Buy a Gift for? Send them a Customized Hamper or Gift Basket

  
  Talent Agency 411 — Authority: 128
  There are times when apparently almost impossible to locate things for the people you know, regardless whether it’s for your nearest friend or just some remote acquaintance, if they live close to you if not in another country. That’s where computer shopping and gift baskets can be useful. You can opt for Wine ...
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• Holy wine boost for Coonawarra

  
  The Border Watch — Authority: 144
  Coonawarra wine and the Blessed Mary MacKillop will be at the forefront of Australia Day celebrations at the Vatican next year. Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See, former deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, will promote the region at his official January 26 celebrations on the left bank of the Tiber River, just ...
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• MorsiVino

  
  Logo Design Gallery | LogoFury.com — Authority: 136
  MorsiVino is a new design in our logo gallery. Please take the time to rate it by clicking on the title..
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• Bryan Batt on Wine

  
  Off The Presses — Authority: 467
  Wine Spectator just published, on-line, one of my periodic interviews of non-industry people talking about wine. This ones with Bryan Batt, who plays art director Salvatore Romano on "Mad Men." Here it is: Mad Mens Bryan Batt The actor who portrays the art director in AMCs Mad Men enjoys exploring new wines, along ...
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• STARS of Cabernet

  
  Wine Imbiber — Authority: 106
  Our Weekly Prize Giveaway continues! Enter and win! As I mentioned in a recent post, Ian Blackburn’s Learn About Wine organization sponsored a blind taste test at The Food Event 09 and the Wine Imbiber was one of the winners, having identified the mystery varietal. That earned us two tickets to last Thursday’s ...
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• Tasting Note: 2005 Catena Alta Cabernet Sauvignon, Bodega Catena Zapata

  
  The Wine Case — Authority: 404
  The Catena family is one of the major and one of the most interesting players in the world of Argentinian wine. They produce a wide range of wines in all sorts of price range, with consistent quality at all levels, from the more generic Alamos label to the Catena Zapata wines, the top cuvées created [...]
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• Ms. Bics Mejillones a la Vinagreta

  
  Bic's Place — Authority: 432
  Although we call them "Spanish Mussels" at our house. Whatever you call them, they are one of the very best mussel dishes in the world. People who think they dont like mussels often love these.Last night we had some good friends join us for dinner. The main course featured "Leaping Frog Chicken." Its a great grilled ...
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• The Vineyard Cookbook – Anon

  
  BookOffers.com.au — Authority: 145
  With a forward by Aussie chef Toby Puttock, The Vineyard Cookbook is a celebration of food and wine from Australia’s grape growing regions. Nothing compares to the experience of sitting with family and friends to enjoy fabulous food while surrounded by stunning architecture, the hum of conversation, and ...
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• Why I Won’t Buy Bottled In BC Wine

  
  The Blog According to Buzz — Authority: 424
  I had dinner with a friend who represents some wineries from the Okanagan this week. The talk quickly turned to the “Cellared In Canada” scandal that has plagued Vincor and Peller Estates for the better part of the fall. Here’s the short version: to combat with cheaper international wines on ...
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