Twitter: What is ‘What’s In Your Glass’? (#WIYG)

Twitter: What is ‘What’s In Your Glass’? (#WIYG)

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The 12 Most Breakfast Friendly Wines

The 12 Most Breakfast Friendly Wines: If breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day, than why not serve it with one of the most beautiful, complex, and timelessly beloved beverages… wine! Cheers to those of you who need no excuse or special occasion to pair wine or Champagne with breakfast. Below you can find 12 wines that pair well with breakfast, depending on what you will be serving. Relax, let your hair down, grab your favorite bathrobe and enjoy!

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10 Outrageous Wine, Beer and Booze Tattoos…

Let’s have a little fun with crappy booze tattoos! Here are a few that I found amusing, ridiculous, and just plain goofy!

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Single in Seattle: Dating, Wine, and Seattle Wine Gal

Champagne Singles was created to draw Seattle’s most amazing single men and women together in the pursuit of friendship and the search for love! I am excited to announce that Champagne Singles has over 100 applications, via word of mouth and the occasional Facebook and Twitter post, well before the website was even launched.

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Seattle Wine Gal & King5: Amazing PNW Thanksgiving Wines!

Out of all of the traditional wine and food pairings possible, Thanksgiving dinner holds some of the years truly greatest opportunities! The most important thing to remember when pairing any wine with food, is not to over power the food, but rather compliment it with your wine choices. As I mentioned on King5 New Day Northwest (November 15th)….

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Announcing the WINNER of: Seattle ‘Stay-cation’ w/ SeattleWineGal,The Old Hen & Walter Dacon

SeattleWineGal, The Old Hen and Walter Dacon invite YOU to register to win a luxurious stay in the award winning The Old Hen B&B in gorgeous North Bend, WA Friday Nov 18th!

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Washington Wine on the NBC TODAY Show: We’re Movin’ on Up Baby!

I am going on NBC’s TODAY show this week to represent Washington wine; Here are a few of the wines I’m bringing with me, and some of the points I’d like to make about our state’s gorgeous wine!

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Down With Asparagus! Wine and Food Pairing No-Nos!

Food and Wine Pairing No-nos! I see much discussion of what wines to pair with what foods, and what works with what. What about foods that should never, or rarely be paired with wine? While some chefs love the challenge, the fact remains that not all foods pair well with wine

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Young Wine Consumers: Why We Deserve Respect

Young Wine Consumers: Why We Deserve Respect

Tweet The new target wine consumer demographic is not reading Wine Spectator, they are on Twitter and Facebook. The wine industry is changing forever, and it’s happening very quickly. Young wine drinkers are coming out of the woodwork to stake their claim in the industry- as consumers, shop owners, wine makers, and distributors. When I [...]

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Think Outside the Box: What’s With the Weird White Wine?

Think Outside the Box: What’s With the Weird White Wine?

Tweet Want to bring something besides Chardonnay to your next BBQ? It’s starting to feel like Summer again here in Seattle, so lets talk white Wine! I have been lucky to travel many parts of the world in the name of cheese and wine. During my travels I have discovered all sorts of white wine [...]

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Tasting 200 Wines in 3 Days: Sensory Overload?

Tasting 200 Wines in 3 Days: Sensory Overload?

Tweet Do you think an average wine blogger can really ‘taste’ wine and get a good assessment of it at the Wine Blogger Conference 2010 (#WBC10)? A discussion with Jay Soloff, owner of Delille Cellars (@DelilleCellars on Twitter). I’m sitting here having tea and gluten-free muffins with Jay Soloff, co-owner of Delille Cellars, which has [...]

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