Information & Links
We feel strongly about sharing
information that has been useful to us. We have links to
PDFs of articles that we've written over the years that
help provide insight into the wine industry and other
sites. These sites have proved invaluable in one way or
another.
Rackings
Information, explanations, how-to's, and advice
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Wine Industry
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WineAmerica
Formerly known as the American Vintners Association;
a national association of American vintners and wineries.
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Wine Institute and
WineLaw
An excellent information source on wine industry issues.
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Family Winemakers of California
Promotes the rights and interests of all members to
freely produce, market and sell their products.
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Free the Grapes!
Coalition of consumers and winemakers promoting interstate
direct shipping.
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Specialty Wine Retailers Association
An industry association formed to encourage states to
create a borderless national wine marketplace that offers
consumers more choice, lower pricing and more convenience,
and offers states increased tax revenues.
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Wine Market Council and
WineAnswers.com
An industry organization promoting wine to consumers,
with WineAnswers.com as a resource for consumers about
wine.
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Women for WineSense
The premier worldwide grassroots organization for women
interested in wine.
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ZAP
(Zinfandel Advocates and Producers)
An organization celebrating zinfandel.
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Consorzio Cal-Italia
An organization of winemakers promoting the grapes and
wine styles of Italy ... but made in the USA.
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RAP
(Rosé Avengers and Producers)
An organization celebrating traditional-styled pink
wines.
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Wine Library Associates of Sonoma County
The Wine Library Associates is a nonprofit group that
supports the Wine Library of Sonoma County by raising
funds, sponsoring
events, and providing volunteers. The Sonoma County
Wine Library is a special collection comprising of 5,000
books on wine and related subjects, subscriptions, and
backfiles to more than 80 wine-related periodicals.
The Wine Library is located inside of the Healdsburg
Library.
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National
Association of Beverage Importers, Inc.
The National Association of Beverage Importers is a
national trade association that represents the interests
of beer, wine, and spirit importers at state and federal
levels.
- Wine
& Spirits Wholesalers of America
WSWA members represent over 90 percent of the wines
and spirits sold at wholesale in the United States.
- Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, US Department of the
Treasury
Like it or not, this is the branch of government that
makes federal policy on wine industry issues.
- State of California's Department of Alcohol Beverage
Control
Like it or not, this is the government branch in California
that makes policy on wine industry issues.
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Business and
Technical Reference
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Worthy Causes
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AlGore.com
and
ClimateCrisis.org (www.algore.com
and
www.climatecrisis.org)
The time to tackle the climate crisis of global warming
is NOW. Visit these websites to learn more about the
issues, and to find out what you can do now, and how
you can help locally, nationally, and globally. (Have
a green business that is interested in the wine industry?
Contact
- we might be able to help.
- American
Civil Liberties Union
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Amnesty
International
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Arya
Tara School
The flagship project of the Nuns' Welfare Foundation,
is a unique institution providing high-quality, secular
education alongside traditional Buddhist training for
nuns. Education is provided free of cost in the hope
that our students, in turn, will be equipped to act
on their vows of compassionate in practical ways: as
teachers, health care workers and community leaders.
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Defective by Design
Don't buy music, movies, and playback equipment made
defective by design by the entertainment companies.
Support FAIR USE rights.
- Electronic
Frontier Foundation
A vital organization that monitors privacy issues in
technology and the internet, as well as mobilizing resources
to protect privacy and Constitutional rights.
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Friends of Healdsburg Library
An organization that helps create interest in, and hosts
annual events and activities to raise funds for the
local library.
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Greenpeace
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival
A non-profit organization that celebrates the jazz art
form among Healdsburg's lush vineyards and in intimate
venues. An annual festival in early June showcases legends,
names, and rising stars from throughout the jazz community.
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Network for Good
Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to using the internet to help people get more involved
in their communities - from volunteering and donating
money, to speaking out on issues you care about.
- Rainforest
Action Network
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Save Darfur
It's up to the citizens of the U.S. to make our
leaders act to stop the genocide in Darfur. 300,000
to 400,000 have already died, and 2.5 million have
been forced out of their homes. We must make it
stop.
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We Can Solve The Climate Crisis
A nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel
laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal
of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates
the political will to solve the climate crisis.
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"Give a person
a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that
person to use the Internet and they won't bother
you for weeks." -- Author Unknown
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Of Interest
We would like to introduce some of the fun
businesses and websites we have come to enjoy. While these
are not the fanciest or most exciting websites, the people
behind them and the enjoyment they provide are what draws
us to them:
Last Update:
01/05/10
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