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538: 46: 587:. This will also present the perfect opportunity to take a picture of this wine in the glass for use in the article. If we have several photos submitted, we will take a vote among project members for which one is the best. Be sure to properly license and tag any photos that you upload with {{GFDL-no-disclaimers}} . 513:
if you have $ 100.00 a year to drop on the website subscription and then $ 70.00 a year for his magazine. I personally do not as I'm in Grad school, but I have used them both in the past for reference and they are excellent. This is another good site from Fine Wine Mag
116:, Scharks gave the Wine Project Home Page a new look with improved navigation links and more user-friendly interface. Now everything you need to know about the Wine Project is just a click away. Be sure to check out the page and let us know what you think! 448:
I try to personally be un-snobbish, otherwise it would be difficult to get people who are uninitiated to wine to enjoy it with those of us who have. I'm sure that there are people in general who find any intelligent wine drinker to be
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by Don & Petie Kladstrup I like a book that mixes the great parts of culture and the mundane as well into my favorite wine. Wine,war, espionage, monks and French culture all make for a great story.
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Individual wineries, as well as being less personal with their article writing. With encyclopedic articles, they should be about facts and not opinions which I find in allot of articles.
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We did it! Wine Project members accepted the challenge from our last newsletter to get every wine related article assessed by March 18th and accomplished that task with ease. We now have
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to an article that the Wine Project is proud to submit for GA consideration. We had several new pictures uploaded for the article, including the gorgeous picture you see to the left.
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Sometime during the next two weeks, Wine Project members are encouraged to grab a bottle of Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris to enjoy and share your thoughts about it on the
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With this knowledge, it is clear that the focus of the Wine Project should be on improving the quality of our wine articles. In addition to such features as our
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in the Hudson Valley region in New York when I was in eighth grade. At the time I had decided I wanted to write a paper for a class on becoming an
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has suggested that we share some wiki-love on this white wine grape of a dozen names and a dozen different histories. The article is currently at
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11 What are some wine related reliable sources (i.e. a wine book or web site) that you like using when editing wine articles?
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with the wine project banner. Though with the assessments now done, there are some interesting insights to be gleamed.
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has quite a few Australian wineries that could use this new template. Consider lending Bduke a helping hand.
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I've worked on a few professional culinary organization articles as well as professional cookery books.
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By the next newsletter (April 1st), lets convert at least 50 stubs to Start-class of better articles.
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designations a month. Since our last newsletter, two articles have achieved this designation-
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I don't have a particular answer for this one, perhaps I believe I would've said wines from
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for this beautiful view of a Languedoc vineyard set in the shadows of the Pyrenees
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grape to California first. It had not and it inspired me to begin editing pages.
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I read allot of academic wine books in general, but for reference texts I use
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as mentioned I plan on doing some research to support articles for individual
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7 What efforts on a wine related article are you the most proud of to-date?
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10 What area of the wine project would you like more editors to focus on?
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had been presented, especially on dispelling the myth of his bringing the
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9 Have you ever had a "Wine snobbish" moment? If so, tell us about it.
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including 76 articles considered of HIGH importance to the Wine Project
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4 What non-wine related activities do you also enjoy on Knowledge?
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My favorite wines are some of the single vineyard selections from
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With the 8 articles of Top Level Importance that are currently at
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6 What is the most under appreciated wine, in your opinion?
44: 572: 526:12. What is your favorite non reference wine book? 372:5 What is your favorite wine? Least favorite wine? 344:3 What type of wine articles do you enjoy editing? 217:Overall, let's try to achieve to an average of two 160:, lets work on some broader goals for the project. 72:Welcome to the latest edition of the Wine Project 108:has worked his magic again. 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Index

Knowledge:WikiProject Food and drink
Wines task force
Newsletter
Knowledge:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/03-18-2007

Wine Project
March 18
Newsletter
talk page
Wine Project Page
User:Scharks
Wine Portal
User:Charleenmerced
Riesling
Wine Improvement Drive
Category:Stub-Class Wine articles
Bordeaux wine
Burgundy wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Chianti
French wine
Sauvignon blanc
Sparkling wine
GA
Good Article
Carmenère
Christianity on alcohol
Top Level Importance
California wine

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