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Ahem.
ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
Now that that’s out of the way, on to the links.

Yeast and sugar may be the answer to cheap power in Africa. Our mighty wine soldiers have so many fun uses.

According to the inventor, Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, this multi-chambered hamster wheel yeast spinner has the potential to “generate power [...]

Swank New Business Cards

So this post serves two purposes.
First, it’s a self-congratulatory little note on what I think are some pretty swell looking business cards. My goals were to come up with a design that was memorable and fun, but that also encouraged people to visit our tasting room. The ticket concept seemed like it fulfilled both [...]

Olive Oil Winner, Recipe, and Chance to Buy

Eric from Danville is the big winner of the longest wine name contest. He’s been notified and sounds stoked. Hope you enjoy it Eric!
According to the word processing software I ran them through, Eric’s long wine name weighed in with 132 characters vs. 130 for Morgan’s entry. Close but no cigar Zin Prince! Don’t feel [...]

Gangsta Gangsta

From a comment on Tom Wark’s most recent post ($50,000,000).
The last thing this world needs is a presumptuous prick like you telling everyone else that a system thats worked great for 70 years is corrupt.
You think you’ve got this figured out don’t you. If there weren’t any wholesalers you and your faggy California vintners would [...]

A Hard Look at Stormhoek’s Collapse

Thanks to Robert McIntosh at The Wine Conversation for pointing me to this story.
Orbital collapses into administration.
The worst news to come out of this is that the folks with the company (10 of them) have all been laid off. The somewhat better news is that there is still a chance that the business might still [...]