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Since 1990, club owners Bruce and Pam Boring have traveled California's wine country searching for limited production wines from small, family-owned wineries dedicated to the art of making fine wine. Whether for yourself, or a gift, it is a wine adventure that will not be experienced anywhere else.
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A New Zealand winery's 4000-case shipment of pinot noir has been rejected by a German company because it said the level of copper in the wine was well over the European recommended limit. via The New Zealand Herald
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Promising liberation, beauty and joy, Juno Cape Maidens offer more romance than any other range of wines on the market. The result has been a very positive reaction by female consumers in particular, the brand showing signs of developing into a people’s favourite.’
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Dessert wines are usually enjoyed at the end of the meal with the dessert, but can ... be paired with a variety of starters as well, or enjoyed by itself after a meal. via Sierra Sun
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"Through this amazing partnership, we can finally offer our customers the ability to shop for wines designed to complement our existing gourmet product line," says Spencer Chesman, founder and CEO of igourmet.com. "For years igourmet.com has looked to find a practical way to offer wines on the site, but with strict alcohol compliance regulations it wasn't realistic, until now."
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Despite some winery grumbling, BevMo has made the combination of point scores and the cards briefly describing the wines a central component of its marketing strategy. It found that shoppers gravitate to 90-point wines because they see the number as a quality threshold.
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