This page will give you access to people like yourself with varied interests in fine living, whether it is gourment food, searching for the next cult wine, creating new ideas for advertising or any aspect of living and fulfilling your dreams. Take a moment to explore the experiences from other savvy like minded individuals. Cheers!
Robert Clay
INTJ Entrepreneur; strategist; author; speaker and business mentor to aspiring market leaders. Digital native and foodie into cars, design, Apple and skiing
http://marketingwizdom.com
From Grapes To Glass
At From Grapes to Glass, we believe wine is an adventure to be enjoyed from grape to grape and from glass to glass!
http://www.fromgrapestoglass.net
Morning Star Vasquez
This site is about wine country ramblings, beginning on the backroads of Northern Sonoma County.
http://rambleaboutwine.com/
Encompass Life
An Outdoor Fashion, News, and Adventure Resource
http://encompasslife.net/
St. Paul’s English Academy
English For Winemakers (Spain) – Tendril – A grape vine’s anchoring growths. The arise from shoots and wind around the trellis wires. Trans: Catalan – Circell, Castillian- Zacrcillo
http://stpaulsenglish.wordpress.com/
Etched Images – Custom Painted & Etched Wine Bottles
Etched Images, located in California’s Napa Valley, deep etches (sand blasts) and paints wine bottles with your logo, label, or message.
http://www.etchedimages.com/
Sips Bites And Sites – Maria Valetta
Fine Wine Representative for International Wine Brokers Inc., Certified Specialist of Wine, Wine Educator, Freelance Writer, and Former Host of The Philly Dish. Connoisseur of Food and Wine With a Passion for Travel and Culture!
http://sipsbitesandsites.com/
Practical Wine Reviews
Reviews you can uses, the best wine values under $20. Reviews and ratings of good, affordable wine. Drink and be merry!
http://www.practicalwinereviews.com/
Bottle Junction
Where wine producers and distributors connect. Our Match Marketplace Provides a 24/7 Meeting Place. A new dynamic business-to-business portal for the wine industry. We are the premier marketplace for distributors and producers to make intelligent and powerful connections.
http://www.bottlejunction.com/
Red Wine Diva
From stomping grapes in a big wash tub (the kind they used for the old wringer washing machines) in her grandmother’s kitchen to diving headlong into the wonderful world of wine via social media. Talking wine, sipping wine, promoting the wine industry and traveling to great wine destinations.
http://red-wine-diva.com/
Winemakers Direct
WinemakersDirect is a FREE online directory of wineries, winemakers, and their wines. It’s purpose is to help wine lovers support winemakers by facilitating the purchase of wine direct from the wineries of the United States.
http://www.winemakersdirect.us/
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The numbers are in and they tell a story of abundance. The 2018 wine grape harvest in Sonoma and Napa Counties was bountiful by any standard and the quality is equally outstanding. Each year we provide a breakdown of the current weighted average wine grape prices for popular varietals in Sonoma and Napa. […]... Read more