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Wine 101 is a FREE OnLine Wine Education Course Includes: Dionysus vs Diogenes | Why Wine? | Wine & Health | Social History | Sensory User's Manual | Wine Growing | Wine Making | Varietal Profiles | Sparkling Wine Consumerism information on Bottle Shapes and Sizes, Reading Labels, Selecting and Buying Strategies, Recommendations for Corkscrews and Glassware, Serving Order and Temperature, Cellaring, etc. Taste includes the compiled Wine Tasting Notes from our monthly panel, Reports on public tasting events and a Food & Wine section with Pairing Suggestions and even some wine-friendly Recipes. Aftertaste includes one section we call "Wrath", serving our Opinions and Editorials, and another we titled "Bacchanalia", with our Reading List suggestions and pages of Links to additional wine information. About contains information on Site Conventions used, stories of the Group Formation & Website Genesis, Acclaim & Awards, Biographic Sketches of our Tasting Panelists and Contact & Sponsor information. Return to the starting point.
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Awards & Testimontials:
Various web entities, as well as visitors, have provided support and encouragement to PfW in the form of praise, for which we are humbly grateful...

 
Chef2Chef
TOP 100 Wine Sites Hall of Fame

#1 Wine Site (reached in October, 2004)
Thanks to all who visited and voted
!
 
 
IAWMD Golden Web Award.
Awarded February, 2002, by the
International Association
of Web Masters and Designers
 

Robin Garr's Wine Lovers' Page logo. Favorite Wine Links > Education & Information

The Best of the Web
Professional Friends of Wine
"Professional Friends of Wine is a gem of a site, with lots of very fine and well-written material. Despite the name, this is not just for advanced wine pros; rather, it features experienced and knowledgeable wine lovers sharing their knowledge with the rest of us. Strongly recommended."

June 2001 "Site of the Week" on...Wine of the Week logo.
April 2001 "Site of the Week" on ...
BlueWine.com logo.
Starting Page award medallion.

"The editorial staff was highly impressed with PfW's depth of courses, content, navigation, and sense of humor..."

Best of the Web Bonze Award.
(Although there have been several updates to PfW since this award, I can't seem to get these folks to give us another look ...)
What Readers Say About PfW...
 

"I just wanted to drop you a quick message thanking you PROFUSELY
for the magnificent resource you have provided ... after about two hours of murking around your site I'm feeling my knowledge (and curiosity) grow."

--- Rob Zazueta (Fremont, CA)


 
"Your website is exactly what I've been looking for.
I've been reading your Wine 101 and Consumerism from beginning to end
since this morning and I'm delighted!"

--- Jessica Arthars, Short Hills, NJ


"Just a note to tell you how much I appreciate your web site.
Your articles are relevant, informative and playfully written;
the perfect antidote to personal agendas and self-aggrandizing bombast,
both of which seem to have infected the on-line wine industry."

--- Casca Longinus, Jacksonville, FL


"Nice site. Great contents."

--- James Wilson, Vinoté, Palmerston North, New Zealand


"One of the best and most informative web pages I've seen
(and I have bookmarked over 500 wine related sites !)"

--- Renato Cantoni, Arca Wine Club, Quebec


 "Winepros.org has amazed me with the wealth of wine information
so neatly put together, and best-of-all free."

--- Marty Morales, wineguy.org, Dallas


"I would like to sincerely thank you so very much for creating
such a wonderfully written, clearly informative and superbly fashioned
web resource. I suggest you make it into a book!"

-- Jessica, Spokane, Washington

 "Thanks for an excellent, and excellently done,
page and links on these fascinating subjects,
which you have made a lot more accessible!."
(RE:
Taste, A User's Manual)

--- Stephen Phipps,
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science,
University of Pennsylvania


"A delightful site -- very informative and approachable."

--- Leigh Ann Smyth, Home & Hearth, Pasadena, CA


"What a wonderful resource your website provides!
I will tell all who ask the inevitable question
'how do I learn about wine?' to go to winepros.org."

--- Craig Morphis, Domaine Select Wine Estates, New York City


"I really enjoyed your article on the three wine myths.
Not only was it edifying, it was also darn funny."

--- Linda Humphris, (location unknown)


"Your 'understanding wine labels' information
on proprietary wines is terrific."

--- Michaela Rodeno, Chairman, Meritage Association


"I think your web site is great and has a ton of very good information
for people who choose to educate themselves.
It's great that you provide info that helps consumers learn
about what they are purchasing, and the truth behind the hype."

--- Nik Mar, (location unknown)


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