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Diggin’ on the video released by the Discover California Wines folks. It highlights all the incredible wine regions and locales I’ve been able to explore for the past ten years in the business. California is, indeed, magical… Read more: September is California Wine Month: Watch the excellent video Everywhere I go in northern California — and I do mean everywhere — I’m hearing about the marijuana-laced red wine that seems to be all the rage. I met a guy at a foodie party in San Francisco last weekend (where, incidentally, they were smoking pot across the patio) who has tried it. He said, somewhat dreamily, “It gives you just a nice, slight buzz.” Read more: New California trend: Pot wine — two great tastes that taste great together? 
Thanks to Al Gore and the miracle of the internet, I can, from the slothful comfort of my couch, order shoes, clothes, guns and, of course, pharmaceuticals that will firm, tighten or enlarge various body parts. A friendly (and invariably hot) UPS guy will bring these much-desired items straight to my door with a Playgirl-worthy smile that leaves me wondering what else Brown can do for me. And now, with alcohol regulations relaxing in states across the country, the Men in Brown can also bring me my most-loved vice: Wine. You can choose from flash sales wine sites, winery wine clubs, companies that sell club memberships or cases, and internet retailers. It’s a diverse bag of opportunities, one you will want to open and inspect carefully. Read more: Finding your perfect match online: Wine clubs, retailers and winery websites 
Sexy, sultry, sensuous, luscious — ever wondered why these words are used to describe wine? Could it be that wine leads us down the road to romance? To desire? Wine certainly pairs with Valentine’s Day. But does romance have to rule the day on Valentine’s? What if this Hallmark holiday conjures up bitterness and resentment rather than romance? For the “singles” out there, it might be black and depressing. So I started wondering about how this day has become inextricably linked with romance. Read more: Wines for Valentine’s Day: For romance, love or massacres? Each year, it can be a struggle to find just the right gift… the right mixture between snarky and original yet useful. Frankly, if someone is into wine or food, gift selections are a bit less challenging and cheaper than an electronics nerd or car enthusiast but if you’re going on ten years with a foodie, the gadgets might have run out. Or have they? I wrote about 25 pretty cool, unique items last Christmas that you might want to check out, but here are five food and wine items new to the market. Read more: Online holiday and Christmas shopping: Five great wine and food gifts An update about what’s going on in the business of wine, HR 1161 and consumer wine choices, California grape harvest 2011, Ken Burn’s Prohibition documentary and how to get a job in the wine business. Read more: Wine news, Prohibition documentary and California grape harvest 2011 Introducing Grape News Network, interviews and fun stuff from around California’s wine country. Scott (www.smilingtigervideo.com and @videosonoma on Twitter) and I had a few minutes to chat with Judy Jordan, president of J Vineyards and Winery, and new winemaker Melissa Stackhouse at the J Vineyards’ 25th anniversary party. Hear what they had to say about the winery’s past and future. Yes, our lives are glamorous and fabulous. Don’t be hatin’ on us. Read more: Grape News Network: J Vineyards and Winery celebrates 25 years Hilarious video, especially if you: 1) Have a dash of wine geek in you; 2) appreciate European wines; 3) think Robert Parker just might be the downfall of American wine. Warning: quite satirical and about 4 minutes long. Read more: Wine video: Downfall of a cult (Napa) winery and Robert Parker There are limited options of storing a half-drunk bottle of wine at the end of an evening (well, some people)…whose freshness might not make it ’til the next day. I’ve been using the Vacu Vin pump, a kitchen staple for many a wine lover, for countless years. It’s a gadget with a rubber stopper and pump that sucks the damaging oxygen from a half-full wine bottle. You can buy it on Amazon.com for about $12. But a new product called Wine Shield wants a sliver of that wine-saving love. Read more: Keeping wine fresh after opening – Wine Shield versus Vacu Vin A few weeks ago, I undertook a homegrown winemaking experience with a 64-ounce plastic bottle of Welch’s grape juice, a packet of yeast and two finger crossed that the outcome wouldn’t be completely offensive. Read more: How to make wine at home for fifty cents per glass – the result |
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