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Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm recently signed a bill that prohibits retailers from shipping wine directly to consumers, and specifically bans the use of third-party delivery services like UPS and FedEx.  This prevents retailers like Wine.com from shipping wine to its customers in the state of Michigan.
The law reverses a ruling in October 2008 by the [...]

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Thanks to Fox Home Entertainment, Grapeinabottle is excited to present the opportunity to win a copy of Bottle Shock.  This is the true story that put Napa on the map of fine wine.  By leaving a comment on this blog explaining who, real or fictional, you would like to share a bottle of wine with [...]

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As Mrs. Grapeinabottle and I were having dinner with our neighbors the other night in the dining room, we both gazed at the bare spot over the sideboard.  We recently redecorated the dining room in a glorious bird theme, but have not filled the area over the sideboard, until we came across this Blomus wall [...]

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As we all know by now, it is politically incorrect to order Chilean sea bass at diner these days, due to its association with high levels of mercury and the accidental catching of seabirds like the endangered albatross.  Fortunately it is becoming more popular to enjoy Chilean wines, which are becoming more accessible in the [...]

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Espana Foods has announced that it intends to release a new line of Spanish wines, Toro Loco, from Cordoba, Spain.  Toro Loco wines are intended to be a line of robust and unpretentious bottles, best of all, with a starting retail price of $4.99.
“Toro Loco wines are old world wines with new world appeal,” says [...]

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