Snooth.com with Philip James

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snoothAmong other things, Snooth.com has innovated in the flexibility of their search feature. It’s obvious this site was designed after considerable thought to make it useful and easy to understand.

Marshal Sontag from WineQ.com

WineQ.com is an innovative site that adds a social networking component to your interest in wine. You can join an existing wine queue or make your own. It’s the sharing element that makes this site so original. The site beautifully designed and easy to navigate.

Thomas Duroux recalls Robert Mondavi

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the wine i drank tonightIn this special segment: Thomas Duroux, who today runs Chateau Palmer, spoke to us about his early career which included terms with Mondavi both in France and then Italy.

The First Wine Brand

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Branding of wine is controversial. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 7 of “Wine Brands“, by Evelyne Resnick about the fame of Haut-Brion in Olde England.