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A quick analysis of the #SauvBlanc Twitter tasting event

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Just like we did for the #CaliCabs Twitter tasting event back in February, we’ve pulled together a super-quick analysis of last week’s #SauvBlanc tasting event.
All told the #SauvBlanc tasting had significantly more participation than the previous month’s #CaliCabs tasting (~8,600 tweets sent vs. ~3,500 tweets), which also translated into a much broader reach (6 million [...]

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Photos: Early March in the Napa Valley

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As expected, things are getting super crazy for us here and will only continue to be that way for much of March. We did, however, manage to escape for a few minutes to soak in the wonderful signs of Spring that are all around the valley at this point.
Here are a couple photos we shot [...]

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Belated: The Cork Board Turns Three

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My how time flies! Believe it or not, we completely missed a very important date here at The Cork Board.
You see, back on February 20th this here blog turned three years old! Granted three years doesn’t sound like a long time, but in blog years that’s gotta make us 25 or so.

We’ve learned a [...]

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Friday Fun: a quick analysis of the recent #CaliCabs Twitter tasting event

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Late last week an interesting online wine tasting event took place using Twitter. The event was driven by Rick Bakas of Napa Valley’s St. Supéry Winery and was intended to, among other things, raise awareness of California Cabernet amongst wine drinkers on Twitter.
If you’re not super familiar with Twitter or didn’t participate, watch this video [...]

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The Cork Board Team set to expand…again

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Several months after we started this blog back in 2007 we welcomed our first child into the world.
The past two-and-a-half years have simply flown by. We’ve all grown so much and so many things have changed. Today, we’re happy to announce they’ll be changing once again here in a few weeks…

You see, The Cork Board [...]

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Napa Valley photos: a foggy, soggy Sunday morning

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It’s a typical winter morning here in the Napa Valley. Cool and crisp, beautiful low-hanging fog and a bit of moisture on the ground and in the vineyards.
We snapped a couple photos early this morning to share with you all, enjoy!

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Must see vineyard mustard is back

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It’s that time of year again, the rain to-date has been enough to help the beautiful yellow mustard rise between the vineyard rows here in the valley.
Here are a couple shots from early this morning in Oakville.

If you’re curious about the purpose of the mustard, check out our video from last year with an [...]

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