Keeping It Cool
Is Your Wine Being Stored Properly? Buying and collecting fine wine is more than just a hobby—it is an investment [...]
Chill Out… Is your Wine Being Stored Properly?
Buying and collecting fine wine is more than just a hobby—it is an investment that holds emotional weight for many [...]
Moving? What About Your Wine Collection, Part 2
- Susan Nichol You took years painfully seeking out the perfect wines to have in your collection. You kept the [...]
Warm Weather Hits Silicon Valley, What Did You Do This Weekend?
Drought, yes, beautiful weather - oh yeah! If we can't have the much needed rain in Nor Cal, then I'm [...]
The Popularity of Home Wine Cellars
One day in a wine cellar planning meeting, I found myself in the center of a discussion with the homeowner [...]
What Do Frog’s Balls have in Common with Wine Bottling? Photo
By Kent Penning – Refrigeration Specialist, Wine Lover Martin Ranch Wine Bottling Event Well not much unless you are at [...]
Wine Cellar Cooling Systems: How to Protect your Collection
By Kent Penning This is a story of a wine cellar at one of our customer's estates that is about [...]
Wine by Mail May Become a Thing of the Past.
Dear Friend,Our ability to ship you wine direct is again under fire. I was recently perusing one of my favored haunts, the WineBerserker website, and was surprised to see that HR1161 now had 110 co-sponsors in the US House Of Representatives. HR1161 is one of the most anti-consumer proposals in years, seeking to strip away consumer protections recently upheld through the Supreme Court’s 2005 Granholm decision. Now wholesale lobbyists are back with the end-around HR1161 and trying to take away your right to buy wine online AGAIN! Hearings are coming up again in late October/early November and I wanted to make you aware of a couple of organizations you should join to stay up to date on developments and take action when the time comes – which it will soon. Protect your rights today by joining the following:
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