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Give a Kickstart to Entrepreneurs: Worthy Kickstarter Projects to Fund

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“You have to speak your dream out loud” – Kelly Corrig Wine Harlots are huge fans of Kickstarter, a new way to fund projects by crowdsourced funding. We’ve told you about the successfully funded products the wine rack STACT and the Mason Cocktail Shaker. Today we have three more worthy of your consideration for funding. [...]

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Happy Bitch :: Lucky Bastard

logo for the happy bitch rose sparkling wine from hudson valley new york

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman’s got to hold on to.” ― Stephen King “Farewell, bastard.”  ― William Shakespeare How about a Valentine’s Day tale? Where a Happy Bitch meets a Lucky Bastard and they live happily ever after? Dream on dumbasses. This is the real world. You only get a happy ending if you pay [...]

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Sauvignon Blanc: Tale of Two Countries

photograph of two bottles of white wine in front of a cord board backdrop with bottles of Baron de Rothschild Lafite Reserve White Bordeaux Los Vasocs Suavgnon Blanc and Los Vascos Sauvginon Blanc

 “You looked like the sun I was the only one Who could stare until you were done shining on me And as we drank our wine and let the world fade away The sunrise tried to end it while we tried to stay” Joshua Radin Sauvignon blanc says summer like no other wine. Lemony and [...]

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Mer Soleil Silver Unoaked Chardonnay 2009

bottle shot of Wagner Family of WInes Mer Soeil Silver Chardonnay packed in a grey ceramic bottle with a backdrop of a stone wall

“Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.” — John Updike “Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.” — Galileo Galilei Naked? On the rocks? If that’s how you like it, Mer Soleil Silver [...]

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Red Wine May Reduce Women’s Breast Cancer Risk

logo for the Los Angeles Hospital Cedars Sinai Medical Center. logo is the name of the hospital in red ruby block letters on a white background

A nice red might be what the doctor ordered. It is generally accepted that alcohol consumption increases the risk of breast cancer in women. But a Cedars Sinai study suggests that moderate red wine drinking may aid in reducing women’s breast cancer risk. The study will be published in the April 2012 edition of the Journal [...]

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Allegrini Amarone Classico DOC 2006

Allegrini Amarone Classico DOC 2006 imported by Winebow and sold by Wine Chateau with a red arrow emphasising the name with amarone with

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” — Italo Calvino  Allegrini Amarone Classico is a wine that is a classic, and is never finished saying what it has to say, even after the bottle is emptied; the Amarone lingers and haunts your memories forever. The wine rich [...]

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Blithe and Bonny Eco Dish Soap

photograph of Blithe and Bonny Eco Dish Soap in a rustic kitchen setting at Anthropologie

Looking for a perfect hostess gift? Look no further. Blithe And Bonny have created an environmentally friendly, bio-degradable dish soap that is packed in recycled wine bottles and sealed with wax. As elegant way to wash up after your next wine tasting. Perfect for your favorite oenophile. Choose between lavender and grapefruit scents. The soap [...]

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CARE Enough to Kill HR 1161

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“Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.” — George Bernard Shaw Last year I asked you to take ten minutes and contact your congress person in House of Representatives to express your opposition to the CARE Act of 2010, a piece of junk legislation designed [...]

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Zinfest 2011

Lodi Zinfest Poster. A flaxen-hair woman thirstily drink a glass of zinfandel wine in from of the blue waters of Lodi Lake

The Lodi Zinfest event gets a mention based on the poster alone. She clearly looks like a Wine Harlot to me! The Zinfest is billed as Lodi’s premiere wine tasting event and is being held on May 14th at Lodi Lake Park with advance tickets priced at $45 USD and $55 at the door. poster created [...]

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One Day Without Shoes

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Welcome to Philanthropy Thursday Monday, where we profile people, products, and organizations that showcase the best nature of humankind. Join us tomorrow by spending One Day Without Shoes to heighten awareness of the challenging conditions the developing world experiences that we in developed nations take for granted. Not wearing shoes isn’t just painful, it can [...]

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