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Can You Fly with Wine?
One of the many, many great things about travelling is the opportunity
to bring home a part of your destination. For people travelling to places like
France, Italy, California, and other famous wine destinations, this could be in the form of some wine.
But how can you safely, and legally, fly with wine? Fortunately, flying with
wine is quite simple. There are only a few regulations regarding flying with
alcohol, making wine easy to accommodate on a flight, as long as you are
prepared.In al
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Aug 20th 2019
Winery Profile: Obvious Wines
Many of us know of the pomp and pretense that surrounds
wine. Obvious Wines wants to circumvent wine snobbery and help all wine
drinkers enjoy and learn about their wine more easily. Founded by Brice
Baillie, a “reformed wine snob”, from Champagne, France, Obvious Wines began in
Venice, California, after Baillie moved to the state to learn more about
American wine. After spending time talking with his new American friends and
family, he noticed a gap between an overall growing interes
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Aug 9th 2019
Winery Profile: MauiWine
MauiWine is the premier Hawaiian winery. A long and storied
history accompanies each bottle from this island vineyard. Having been a
plantation, a ranch, and, now, a winery, their location—nestled in the southern
slopes of the Haleakalā volcano—has hosted, sea captains, kings, entrepreneurs,
tourists, and many more. In fact, they
claim over 6 million visitors since they opened! From their website:Like so many on the island, we’re not just craftsmen but also
story tellers. Our vines a
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Aug 7th 2019
U.S. Remains Most Attractive Wine Market
According to Wine Intelligence’s Global Compass 2019 report, The United States has topped their list again as the most attractive wine
market in the world.It said the US’ continued Compass attractiveness rating
"rests largely on the willingness of American consumers to trade up in
terms of the price they pay for the wine they do buy, while other categories
such as craft beer and spirits compete more strongly for share of personal
alcoholic beverage consumption".The top five is rou
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Aug 6th 2019
Travel the Stars with New Star Trek Wines
Wines that Rock are introducing two Star Trek Wines, including a 2016 Chateau Picard Cru
Bourgeois from Bordeaux, France, and a Special Reserve United Federation of
Planets Old Vine Zinfandel.Star Trek: The
Next Generation fans know
that Chateau Picard is Jean-Luc Picard’s family vineyard in France’s La Barre
region. What they may not be aware of is the fact that Chateau Picard is also
the name of an award-winning, multi-generational vineyard in the Bordeaux
region of France. Wine that Ro
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Jul 31st 2019