OpenBottles

A New OpenBottles is Coming	Jul 27, 2010
We're always looking for new ways to improve OpenBottles. Over the last few months we've been collecting feedback and ideas on how to make OpenBottles more useful, fun and easy to use. Over the new few weeks, we'll be building a new and improved OpenBottles. I'll provide more information as we get closer to the launch.
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Free Tasting Journals	May 14, 2010
The wine tasting season is about to start. To celebrate, we're giving our members free tasting journals and pens. These pocket-sized notebooks are easy to carry and perfect for taking notes about wines you've tasted (so that you can then share them with the rest of us!). If you want a notebook, please send me a note with your contact information and which color you'd like (they come in black, red and purple). If you're not a member, join today!
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Arizona wine shipment restriction wins court battle	Apr 14, 2010
Arizona's law regulating shipments of wines to consumers won an important battle yesterday. The 9th circuit court of appeals ruled that Arizona's statutory three-tier distribution scheme didn't violate the Constitution. In my opinion, these types of laws should be repealed because they hurt the consumer and competition. Arizona's law provided an exception for wineries that produce less than 20,000 gallons per year and with respect to shipping wine to people in Arizona who actually visited the winery (but those shipments can't exceed two cases). While it is unclear how many of Arizona's wineries produce more than 20,000 gallons per year, I suspect that most of them do. Small wineries are not the ones worried about shipping to other states - they have enough to worry about in their local markets. These types of laws are generally designed to protect local wine producers, which is exactly the problem. This might be a good thing for Arizona wineries, but overall, the wine industry suffers when every state tries to protect its own wineries. When all is said and done, the wine consumer is the one that is hurt by these unconstitutional and anti-competitive laws.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day	Mar 17, 2010
I'm not a big beer drinker, but St. Patrick's Day is one of the few times that I'll put down my wine glass and pick up a pint (of Guiness!). Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Issue Resolved	Feb 18, 2010
I'm happy to report that the issue we were experiencing with our hosting provider today has been resolved. I apologize for any inconvenience this outage may have caused, and thank you for your patience while we worked through the issue.
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Happy New Year!	Dec 31, 2009
We wish you all a happy, safe, healthy and prosperous new year. 2009 has been a difficult year for many in the wine industry. We want to thank all the hard work so many have put into making wine, and with all of those that were impacted by the economic downturn the best of luck in 2010. We look forward to making 2010 the most successful year in OpenBottles' history. Thank you all for your support this far in our journey.
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Happy Holidays!	Dec 17, 2009
Happy holidays to everyone. We hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday season.
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