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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 through 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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By Duane Pemberton Visit Maison Bleue on the web at: www.mbwinery.com Former dentist and owner of his own practice in Kansas City, MO – this career professional had enough of what the medical industry offered. A number of years ago, Jon Martinez took a trip to France and while there, fell in love with Rhone [...]

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Our friends at DiscoverBeaujolais.com are hosting a photo contest from now until the end of the year, in which there will be monthly winners of free wine of that region. All you have to do is submit various pictures, depending on the current theme of that month, and you could be picked to win! Click [...]

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