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Don’t forget, today is Wine Blogging Wednesday, your opportunity to expand your wine knowledge and fun with wine lovers the world over. This month, we’re hosted by the Corkdork with Red Kiwi’s as the theme. (I’ll post about my wine tonight). A few months ago, I announced a little logo design contest for the event and the time has come to uncork the potential designs…and YOU GET TO VOTE FOR THE WINNER. I was going to put together a team of judges, but with only five entries, I thought it much more democratic to let "the people" speak and vote.…

The first Wine Blogging Wednesday of 2006 has been announced. John, known to those of us in the blogosphere as The Corkdork, is the host of WBW 17: Red Kiwis, so go out and buy a New Zealand red, tasted it, and write about it on January 4. Once again, I’ll be forced to leave my local wine region…but that’s part of the fun of WBW.

The results for Wine Blogging Wednesday #16 — Judge a Wine By its Label have been posted over at An Obsession With Food (And Wine). Check them out. Our host, Derrick, did something quite interesting with the round up…broke them down by previous participation (or lack there of in the case of the "Fresh Faces"). Great idea and great job pulling together the ever-growing number of participants. Keep an eye out for the announcement of Wine Blogging Wednesday #17. I won’t spoil the surprise…but once again I won’t be drinking Long Island wine…because it won’t fit the theme. www.flickr.com Check…

Hey, make sure you go out this weekend and pick up a bottle of wine with a pretty lable for Wine Blogging Wednesday 16, hosted by Derrick of An Obsession With Food. And, because innovation is always a good thing, this time around Flickr users an post their pictures in the Wine Blogging Wednesday 16 Flickr pool (thanks Joe & Lori). Flickr users and regular bloggers alike should add a wbw16 tag to your photos and your post, if you can (thanks Sam). Cheers everybody and we’ll see you next week.

Have you ever found yourself staring at a wall of wine at th wine shop, with no idea what you should by? Subconsciously or not, a wines label often jumps out at us all in that situation and affects our buying decision. I hate to admit it, but it’s happened to me to. (And the opposite is true, Nena and I often comment on the bad labels we see). Of course we know better — pretty labels often hide ugly wines — but we’re human and wineries put a lot of money and time into designing labels that will make…

Fatemah has begun the always-daunting task of writing the round-up for Wine Blogging Wednesday #15. Take a look and learn about some new wines you’ve probably not seen or heard of. And keep an eye out for the annoucement for WBW #16, which is hosted by one of Fatemah’s neighbors!

Fatemah said 250 cases with bonus points for a producer under 1000 cases per year. I drink a lot of wines from small, local producers (but then, you already know that). But I wanted to fine the smallest production wine I could. I think I’ve accomplished just that. The numbers on Waters Crest Winery 2001 Meritage? 50 cases were made. 186 cases total winery production that year. That’s right…I think I showed Fatemah who’s boss *wink* So,  I had the wine and the dual WBW to drink it for. But what to eat along side? I didn’t take pictures (I…