http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog Wine Weblog Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:06:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We all know that a “proper” wine tasting should be conducted with good lighting, using stemmed glassware to minimize fingerprints, neutral backgrounds, no odors, and so on. Our senses of sight, smell, and taste must be pure to create the ideal environment to analyze our fine liquid specimen so ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2007/09/10/tasting-and-music/ WineFetch is happy to announce that 5 new UK based wine retailers have been added to out search index. - Le Bon Vin Ltd - The Sussex Wine Company - Tanners Wine Ltd - Majestic Wine Warehouses - H & H Bancroft Wines We will be adding more European retailers throughout September. If you don’t ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2007/09/06/5-new-uk-stores-listed/ As you know, WineFetch is a leader in the online wine search space and we have added another 15 US based wine shops to our search index. - European Wine Resource in CA - Wine Gallery in MA - Vino 100 Cathedral City in CA - Vino 100 Fresno in CA - New Hampshire State ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2007/08/22/15-new-wine-stores-in-the-usa/ WineFetch is constantly adding new stores to its wine search index. We’d like to tell you about 5 new UK shops we added this past weekend: Christopher Piper Wines Ltd A & S Wines Albany Vintners Bordeaux Wine Investments Ltd Woodwinters Wines & Whiskies If you’d like us to add a specific store, please let ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2007/08/13/new-stores-on-winefetch/ New York, NY July 30, 2007 – WineFetch announced that it has released its Facebook application called “My Wine Life”. This functionality enables Facebook users to search the 1 million wine prices that appear on the WineFetch wine search engine from within their Facebook profile. Users can also ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2007/07/30/winefetch-launches-my-wine-life-on-facebook/ Late last week, CNBC did a story on “In the Money” about wine in a box. I know what you’re thinking - Franzia! Well… doesn’t appear to be that way anymore. Seems that wine in a box is making a comeback for some higher end wines for ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2006/09/11/wine-in-abox-2/ Last night, I was at Morrell’s Wine Bar in Midtown Manhattan with a friend who is preparing for the Master of Wine exam. We were chatting amongst ourselves when the gentleman next to us asks about the different “wine programs” we were discussing. Being the friendly people that ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2006/08/23/the-far-reaches-of-wine/ You may have seen the NY Times article this weekend about the major wine rating systems: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/business/yourmoney/13rate.html?pagewanted=4&ei=5087&en=604e8ee26f41a280&ex=1171166400&mkt=bizphoto I will say that I am guilty of using the rating systems as a guide. I think in today’s wine world you have to use something because there is too much wine in the ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2006/08/17/who-do-you-trust/ If those raisens were still around today they’d be reading it on The Grapevine. Today WineFetch launched its latest feature called The Grapevine into a beta phase. With this feature, you’ll be able to find and read wine reviews as well as see what wines other people are ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2006/07/26/i-read-it-on-the-grapevine/ After lunch, I went to 3 more wineries in the Paso area. First was L’Aventure. L’Aventure describes itself as “Bordeaux meets Rhone”. It was a nice change from the straight Rhone varietals and blends. I tried 8 different wines from L’Aventure: 2005 Roussanne Estate ($35), 2005 ... http://www.winefetch.com/wine-blog/2006/07/06/ca-central-coast-day-2-part-2/