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Have you ever wondered why wine glasses were different than beer or liquor glasses? Maybe you've wondered why there are so many different kinds of wine glasses. The fact of the matter is that there's a good reason for having all those different kinds of wine glasses. Believe it or not, wine will taste different in each one of them. Don't take my word for it, give it a try yourself. Take the Riedel Challenge.

I am looking to purchase about 30 (maybe more) 50-55 gal. cabernet or red wine barrel's for aging our barley wine in. We have done a couple of test batches and are excited about the results. If your vineyard or another you know of that has "quality" barrel's for sale please contact me. We are looking to get this project started fairly quickly.

Cheers

Chris Mallon

Brewer, Clipper City Brewing

Baltimore, MD

cmallon88@comcast.net

chris@ccbeer.com

Hello everyone, with the slowing down of things on the site (again sorry for lack of content recently) I have decided to try and get things moving a bit again.  So I want to start up a new forum topic for you to share some of your best wine experiences.  whether it was a fun trip you took intentionally or a happy consequence of something you do regularly, or even just an amusing wine story, please share with us here.

Another article I found interesting regarding technology and wine. I still can't stand twitter, but if only I had a smart phone, I would probably be using apps to select wine at the grocery store while buying dinner. :)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31907781/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Maybe some of you will find this article interesting as well. Just thought I'd share.

Hey everyone, I figured I might update people as to the progression of my wine closet that I wrote an article about here.  When I wrote the article me and my dad had just finished building it in an extra closet I had at my place (again thanks Dad).  The whole thing was pretty simple then with a board and trim going accross to make a counter top (a surprisingly sturdy one at that) along with a few store bought wodden wine racks.

This thread is really just a question to ecadmin about some questions I have about the videos but I hope others will chime in as well.  I am curious about how often you will be making the videos and what all are you wanting to cover with them?  Is this going to become a more common thing on the site or just an occasional thing?  Thanks

Hey everyone, hope you had a good memorial day weekend.  I was curious if anyone knew anything about this Democracy vineyard.  I passed by a sign for it over the weekend and wanted to know if anyone has had their wines.  Just wanting to check and see if it's worth my time to stop in if I'm back in that area at some point.

Okay, I have been playing with this one for a while and have finally gotten it to work right.  So now when ever you comment on something on the page you have the option to be notified by email when some one else posts after you.  This makes things a bit more convenient for those of you who don't check the site daily, like myself.

And of course if you don't want the email reminders you don't have to have them.  You have to actually select the option when you post a comment, so if you don't want to be notified then just dont click the box.

Did anyone see this Slate article? http://www.slate.com/id/2217806/?GT1=38001 It has a pocket sized cheat sheet to wine importers with dependable taste.