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Join me on #WineChat today at 9-10pm EST as myself and others go through some amazing Grüner Veltliner from Austria. The wines I’ll be tasting through are: Traisental DAC: Weingut Markus Huber Gruener Veltliner 2010 $16-18 Wagram: Weingut Leth Gruener Veltliner Steinagrund 2010 $18 Weinviertel DAC: Weingut Pfaffl Haidviertel 2010 $26 Kremstal DAC: Weingut Turk Kremser [...]

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In case you haven’t heard yet, the Taste of Tulalip is right around the corner and presents itself as being a prime opportunity to taste not only some of the best wines from Washington State but from California and Italy as well. A few names to look for: Shafer Stags Leap Turnbull Chateau Montelena Long [...]

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Here’s to a very happy Champagne Day to everyone! I hope you’re either enjoying a glass of it now or have plans to! You can join in the conversation on twitter by using #champagneday. Here’s what is in my glass – a Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut:

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By Duane Pemberton As you may have noticed by now, I changed the website tag-line from “Stomping the snob out of wine” to “Trekking down the wine lifestyle”. When I first started the site over three years ago, I had no idea that it would evolve into what it has today – a “wine website” [...]

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Lately, I’ve been wondering why it seems so many wineries are releasing such young red wines – many of which, clearly need more time in the bottle. I fired off the following questions to some experts up here in the Washington Wine industry: • Why do you think we see so many red wines in [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Michigan is known for a lot of things: cars, Lake Michigan, Detroit, “Motor City”, and more recently, it’s wine. Of all places, Michigan has a bustling wine scene that is strongest in its white wine quality with some red varietals gaining momentum such as Cab Franc and Pinot Noir – for my [...]

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Today at 3PM PST, I’ll be doing a live tasting with the Jacob’s Creek team in Australia with its latest single-vineyard wines:

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We’re giving away two tickets for the upcoming “Blend” event in Seattle! All you need to do is sign up for free to our forums and become an active member by posting! The more you post, the better your chances are of winning – the winner will be picked from a group of top posters. [...]

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It’s an all too familiar story now in the wine industry – farmers turn to grapes which eventually leads to a winery. Mike and Laura Mrachek bring that story to the forefront in the great Wenatchee area – in fact, their team produces some of the best wines I’ve tasted from that area – they [...]

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I had the chance, last year, to sit down and taste through a bottle of this highly prized and sought-after wine. Wine Spectator’s Report: http://www.winespectator.com/display/show?id=43759

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