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Vinfolio Launches Customer-Focused Initiatives – PR Web (press release)

Vinfolio Launches Customer-Focused Initiatives PR Web (press release), WA Customers now automatically qualify for 1-Cent ground shipping with a purchase of $500+ or 12+ bottles of in-stock wine and can automatically receive 1-Cent two-day shipping when they purchase $1500+ of in-stock wine. …

Chinese firms sign 320-mln-dollar purchase deals in Spain – Xinhua

Chinese firms sign 320-mln-dollar purchase deals in Spain Xinhua, China The contracts and agreements covered a wide range of industrial and agricultural commodities, including aircraft simulators, auto parts, steel, wool, marble, seafood, olive oil, wine and ham. Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming, …

Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine: 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and Style
For the thousands of people who know nothing about wine and want to rectify that swiftly and painlessly, Mark Oldman—the “Naked Chef” of wine—is here to help with the kind of information readers can use right now:
• Australian Shiraz is the most instantly likable red under $15
• Drink slightly sweet wine with spicy food
• Judge a wine shop by whether it has homemade shelf signs
• Don’t store unopened wine in the refrigerator for more than a week

Loaded with his personal recommendations—including the top 100 wines less than $15—Oldman’s Guide also includes the wine picks of an eclectic mix of collectors, from Le Cirque owner Sirio Maccioni to Morley Safer of 60 Minutes. This is a wine guide like no other and is sure to be savored by anyone who wants their wine without the attitude.

Customer Review: Make it your first book on wine!
If you are buying your first book on wine, let it be this one. I have previously bought some other books that were advertised as aimed towards non professionals, but I found many parts of them very hard to read. Oldman’s guide is worth reading, and it can awaken the love for wine in you. It is made as one or two page shortcuts which you can easily read, grab off the shelf when you feel like it or when you want to know more. This is the ultimate guide for beginners!

Customer Review: Brilliant, Very Funny and Entertaining
Love this! For wine there is no better tome to make you feel like you know what you’re talking about. Mark Oldman is brilliant, very funny and entertaining…and iconoclastic and ironic. The book is SO WELL PACED. Before starting it, I would say I was about a 2 in knowing about wine…now I feel like I’m at 7 or 8.

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