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  Wine Bloggers Conference 2013 Hotel Room Giveaway

  Hello Fellow Wine Bloggers! We are getting excited for Wine Bloggers Conference 2013 here at The Wine’dUp. Just as we did last year for WBC12, The Wine’dUp has partnered with MyWineConcierge.Com to give away 2 free nights at the host hotel for #WBC13, The Penticton Lakeside Resort.  We’ve got a free “LakeSide View Room with 2 Queen Beds” booked for your weekend trip up there. The room is on us, you’ll just be responsible for tax and whatever incidentals you buy. Sorry, no free room service! This Year, Your Entry Will Also Help Support the WBC Scholarship Fund! If you have been…

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  Hightower Cellars- The Top of Red Mountain

  Profile: Hightower Cellars Location: Washington State AVA: Red Mountain Owners: Kelly and Tim Hightower Winemakers: Kelly and Tim Hightower Vineyards: Estate, Red Mountain, and purchases from other growers Varietals Grown: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Viognier Annual Production: Approximately 2,600 cases Wine Club: Yes You have to seek out Hightower Cellars tasting room. It’s on Red Mountain, at the very top of Sunset road; take a left on to the gravel road, and take the second right. The new tasting room has an expansive western view of their vineyards and the valley below. A wonderful location…

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  Women in Wine, Italy, Le Donne Del Vino

  It used to be that the most famous wine makers were 70 year old men. That’s changed; the torch has been passed to younger generations and to women. It is an international movement and I find the swelling ranks of women who make wine, own vineyards, or are in other influential positions in Italy very exciting. You see Italian women make very good wine, and only very good wine. In fact, women all over the world are creating amazing wines; wines which are true to nature and to their place- wines worth seeking out. So when Matthew asked what I…

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  Terra Blanca Winery – Red Mountain Treasure

  Profile: Terra Blanca Winery Location: Washington State AVA: Red Mountain Owners: Keith and ReNae Pilgrim Winemaker: Keith Pilgrim Vineyards: Estate, Red Mountain Varietals Grown: 45+ Annual Production: Approximately 35,000 cases Wine Club: Yes ——————————————————– When I first moved to the Columbia Valley, I paid no attention to the lump of sagebrush, tumbleweeds, and cheatgrass known as Red Mountain. However, it was shocking to learn that people were trying to grow grapes on Red Mountain. What kinds of people do something like that? Washington wine pioneers have taken risks, invested their life savings, and worked very hard to realize their dreams;…

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  The Sinfully Delicious 7 Deadly Zins

    Mischievous berry flavors blend with disobedient spicy notes and seductively naughty ruby hues to create the ultimate in evil pleasure, 7 Deadly Zins. This recalcitrant red is a sinfully tasty collaboration of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Petite Verdot artfully conjured by Michael David Winery, named after its two founding brothers. But, this is not their only succulent offering, there are seventeen to be exact and they even have a few more surprises in the works!  I visited Michael David Winery this past fall in my regular hunt for wineries in Northern California.  The tasting room in Lodi, California is…

• Wine Bloggers Conference 2013 Hotel Room Giveaway

  Mar 4, 2013

• Hightower Cellars- The Top of Red Mountain

  Mar 3, 2013

• Women in Wine, Italy, Le Donne Del Vino

  Feb 17, 2013

• Terra Blanca Winery – Red Mountain Treasure

  Feb 4, 2013

• The Sinfully Delicious 7 Deadly Zins

  Jan 30, 2013

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