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Be sure to attend "Savor the Central Coast" Sept 30-Oct 3 where you can sample the region's wines and food as well as attend a variety of classes given by notable chefs and related experts in the wine industry. Sunset Magazine and the SLO County Visitors and Conference Bureau have created the...

Local winemaker Austin Hope launched his innovative new label, CANDOR, last year from the parent company, Hope Family Wines. Hope Family Wines includes his labels Treana, Liberty School, Westside and Austin Hope. Candor label merlot won Best Red Wine at the California Mid-State Fair...

A big Congratulations to Winemaker Justin Smith for the perfect 100 point score awarded him by Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate fame. Justin received this honor for his Saxum Winery 2007 Proprietary Red. Justin, 39, started Saxum Winery and has owned it for just seven years. Justin is...

Is anyone planning on going to the Wineries Unlimited Trade Show & Conference in Philadelphia in the next couple of days? Be sure to stop by Booth 180 (MoreWine) to check out the brand new XpressFill level filler, designed to fill by bottle level rather than volume. Enjoy the show!!

What will you be toasting with this Christmas and New Years?

The "Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health" recently released a study finding that half a glass of wine each day can boost life expectancy by 5 years! The study followed men from 1960 to 2000 and monitored every aspect of their health, daily habits, etc. Those who drank a moderate...

Recently read in the "Economist" that some winemakers are turning to cartons to store their wine rather than bottles. Even though some argue that cartons can allow oxidation to occur, new studies are showing that keeping wine in cartons can actually soak up chemicals that can destroy the taste...

Just saw this article discussing the benefits of marinating your steak in wine or beer before cooking it to reduce cancer-causing chemicals that result from frying it. Interesting! Anyone have any more information on this? I found the article in the Telegraph from UK.

Looking for a portable, easy to use and affordable bottle filling machine? Check out Vigneron Specialty Products. We have machines that are perfect for bottling small to medium size batches of wine. Happy bottling!

Vigneron / XpressFill has NEW owners who have spent the past 2 years completely revamping the machine and the company. Randy Kingsbury is a Professional Mechanical Design Engineer with over 25 years experience, and Judes Kingsbury has 20 years of Restaurant, Winery and Customer Service /...