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In this edition:

• News & Notes Updates on Wine article assessment ; Wine Portal, Barnstars; and Notability of Masters of Wine

• Wine Sub-projects- Ongoing need for Wine labels with tips on removal. Project drive to get Wine article up to GA.

• Wiki-Winos This week's feature User:mroconnell

• Wine Improvement Drive - Languedoc wine plus update on last WID article Carmenère

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In this edition:

• News & Notes New look for Wine Project Page; Wine Article assessment; Operation Stub-killer; New Template for Australian Wineries; New wine stub categories proposed.

• Wiki-Winos This issue's feature Christopher Tanner, CCC

• Wine Improvement Drive - Pinot Gris plus update on last WID article Languedoc wine

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In this edition:

• News & Notes New Grape Infobox; Standard Grape article format; Wine photos; New wine stub categories created; Wine related deletion notices; and more

• Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

• Wiki-Winos This issue's feature Steve Moulding.

• Wine Improvement Drive - Sauvignon blanc plus update on last WID article Pinot gris and comments on the new B Article Adoption

This newsletter is sent to those listed under Participants on the Wine Project page. If you wish to no longer receive this newsletter please include Decline newsletter next to your name on the Participant list.
If you have any Wikipedia wine related news, announcements or suggestions drop a note in the Comments/Suggestion area of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter.

In this edition:

• News & Notes New wine product members, Wine GAs and DYKs and more

• Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

• Wiki-Winos This issue's feature is one of our resident winemakers - The Bethling.

• Wine Improvement Drive - Bordeaux wine and splinter articles plus update on last WID article Sauvignon blanc

In this edition:

• News & Notes New wine members, maps wanted, fame at last

• Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

• Wiki-Winos Why port is poison and a special night in Chinon - this issue features your stand-in editor, FlagSteward.

• Wine Improvement Drive - was Cabernet Franc, currently Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC

In this edition:

• Back in black...or rather wine stain burgundy Yes, the newsletter is back and we catch up with the some of the great work being done by Wine Project members like Kharker, VirginiaProp, BodegasAmbite and more!
• Updates on Operation Stubkiller, GAs, and DYKs As well as advice and links for finding photos and illustrations for our wine articles

In this edition:

• News & Notes - Could Zinfandel become the project's first Featured article? Great opportunities for wine related illustrations, a new 1855-Bordeaux template, Did you knows and MORE!
• Wiki-Winos - User:Jmjanssen and the mysterious Woop Woop
• Wine articles on the Web - Find out how our Port wine, Chardonnay, Retsina & other wine articles have been referenced on the web and what do outside folks think about the overall quality of our wine articles?

In this edition:

• News & Notes - Portal:Wine up for Featured Portal status, WANTED-GA Coordinator/liaison and wine region maps, and can you guess which wine-related article was viewed over 85,000 times in December?
• Wiki-Winos - Amatulić and his joke that may make you think twice about accepting an unknown glass of wine from a stranger
• Wine articles on the Web - Did the Shiraz grape originate in Iran? Where did the Ah-so bottle opener get its name? What is up with that petroleum smell in some Riesling wines? And what the heck is Domaine de la Romanée-Conti doing planting Pinot noir fin? These are the questions that people out on the web are asking. Find out what answers they get when they turn to our Wikipedia wine articles.

In this edition:

• News & Notes - Portal:Wine is a now a Featured Portal! National WINE PRIDE will be on the line as we see which wine country articles got the most page views in the month of Jan-and you maybe surprised at which countries beat out the US & California. The Judgement of Paris it's not.
• Wiki-Winos - VanTucky Meet our new GA liaison and find out what in the world is he doing with those sheep?
• Wiki wine articles on the Web - A Graciano, Monastrell and Mourvedre grape walk into a bar and meet Carole Meredith....find out how an expert proved a Wikipedia article wrong. Also, our Sparkling wine production article braves new frontiers in the annals of rock band naming games. Plus, find out how our Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine article helped out Wine blogging Wednesday, what makes red wine red and whether riserva Brunello is better than standard Brunello.

In this edition:

• News & Notes - Every American Viticultural Area now has an article! Keeping up with the B class wine articles and find out which start class article of top importance was viewed almost 43,000 times between Dec-Jan.

Plus, find out which wine related Did you knows helped to dispel the myths around the Shiraz grape's origins and which Bordeaux wine chateau was a last minute addition to the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855-not without some controversy.

Also, what wine articles have the most potential to reach Good article status?

• Wiki-Winos - Meet User:EvanProdromou! Evan who? Well let just say that another "wiki-wino" has come out the closet to say Hi and share what his project Vinismo can do to help Wikipedia's wine articles.
• Wiki wine articles on the Web - Guess which prominent wine personality thinks that Wikipedia is one of the best wine resources on the web? Also find out who thinks our Mission grape article is lacking and how our Plavac Mali article cleared up some confusion about the grape's relationship to Zinfandel. Plus, was Mick Jagger really singing about Sommeliers in the Stones' song Beast of Burden?