Finally, after two years and a month of blogging -- almost two years to the day of installing Site Meter to count and analyse my site traffic -- I have reached the milestone of 100,000 page views. Not visits, unfortunately...

I just noticed that we have now published 100 wine reviews here at Winetastic in just under 12 months: 71 red wines, 19 white wines, 6 dessert wines, 3 sparkling wines and 1 fortified wine. 33 Shiraz, 14 blends, 11 Cabernet, 8 Riesling and 6 Semillon (a number that needs ...

My camera has been in the shop for WEEKS and it is starting to drive me crazy, because guess what has happened with M'hijo during those weeks?  Just about everything, is the answer.  He is changing very fast and every day is a new adventure.  The biggest adventure, of course, ...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Matt Harris Post Time: 04-30-2008 at 05:59 PM

More than 2400 Wines Available for Direct Shipment... AmericanWinery.com , a premiere destination to purchase distinctive U.S. wines online, has shown dramatic increases in site activity, sales and participating wineries for 2008. Through the third quarter of 2008, ending September 30, AmericanWinery.com reports: AmericanWinery.com Reaches Milestone With an Estimated 27 Percent of U.S....

It’s hard to believe that the Meritage Association is celebrating its 20th anniversary. For those of you who are either new to wine or unfamiliar with wine nomenclature, Meritage is the term used to describe wines blended in the classic Bordeaux tradition. It is an invented term combining the words ...

After a 4 percent gain in 2006, the U.S. wine market is projected to reach record consumption of 304 million 9-liter cases, according to the 2007 edition of "The U.S. Wine Market: Impact Databank Review and Forecast" , reports Wine Spectator .

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Robert Fleming Post Time: 06-06-2008 at 01:11 PM

Just noticed that I’ve racked up over 500 votes now on Local Wine Events, which bills itself as the World’s Largest Food & Drink Calendar. What’s also cool about the site is that it lists, as of today, 240 wine- and food-related blogs .   As with nearly all of ...

Wild Turkey Bourbon has picked up speed in the global market of late, prompting brand-owner Pernod Ricard to pour $35 million into an expansion project that will double the capacity of Wild Turkey’s Lawrenceburg, Kentucky distillery. Pernod broke ground on the project in recent weeks and anticipates construction to continue ...