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New York Cork Report nominated

Big news for regional wine -- Lenn Thompson's New York Cork Report has been named as a finalist in Saveur's first Food Blog Awards in the "Wine Blogs" category.

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New England wines win awards

From the Dowd's Wine Notebook blog: "Wines from five different states took double gold honors in the 3rd annual Big E Gold Medal Wine Competition, part of the annual exposition held in Springfield, Mass."

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Wines from where?

DrinkLocalWine.com's Dave McIntyre reports: "Wines are now made in all 50 states - but would you know that by looking at a typical wine list or store shelf? Andrew Stover, the hyper-energetic millenial generation sommelier at two hip Washington D.C. restuarants, is trying to change that perception."

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Wine bloggers in the South

The Benito's Wine Reviews blog is looking for wine bloggers who live in the South. Let's hope he wants them to blog about Southern wine.

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"We like buying local"

Or so says Danny Brager of the Nielsen Co., which tracks consumer attitudes: We like buying local to support local industry, and we're sharing our opinions about different wines more than ever through online social networking sites.

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U.S. wine is everywhere

From the Palm Beach Post: "American wine is shocking us lately by cropping up absolutely everywhere. New Mexico? Had a very interesting glass of it in December. Ohio? A Pinot Gris from Ohio won Best of Show in the American Fine Wine Competition." Thanks for noticing, Palm Beach Post.

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Marketing regional wine

From the CellarBlog: "These efforts are different because they aren't marketing a style of wine, instead the focus is on the region."

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The 100-mile liquid diet

From the Swirl, Sip, Snark blog: "So you may wonder, what’s with the focus on local wine? Well, it’s a place where it actually IS possible to rely on a product grown and produced in our backyard."

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Norton in the Deep South

From the Wannabe Wino Wine Blog: "Dern, we are talking about a stretch of road that consumes thousands of miles to find 27 vineyards in six states; it would have been easier to visit all the National Parks than zigzagging around finding these Norton vineyards."

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The Wine Spectator and regional wine

Brian Kirby at The Other 46 blog has some interesting facts and figures, including that of the magazine's 17,500 wine reviews in 2009, 84 were from states that weren't California, Oregon, Washington and New York -- .48 percent.

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