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5 Tips for Planning a Wine Country Vacation

Planning a vacation can sometimes be tough, frustrating and nerve-racking.  Once you decide where you want to go you then have to decide what to do next. What to see?  Where to sleep?  Who to visit?  Where to eat?  The list goes on.  Lucky for me, I have a wife who is very organized and [...]

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The Kiwi’s Chardonnay

When you think of wines from New Zealand what comes to mind first?  Probably something with a strong tart pink grapfruit and cat piss smell in most cases… but, not from Kumeu River Wines near Auckland.  They are touting some pretty fantastic Chardonnay these days because they have found this variety performs best in their vineyards [...]

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