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Videos, wine reviews, product reviews, celebrities, music, free downloads and your experiences! SuppleWine is evolving daily! What am I tasting? What goes with my food? How can I easily impress my date? Get your answers without hurting your brain.

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It's time for change! It's time for energy, new wines, information that matters, answers to questions you care about! Which wine will impress a date? Which wine will impress her parents? When is a wine actually worth the higher price tag? What red wine can I drink with chicken? What should I cook if I'm drinking Syrah?

The underground movement has swelled to a breaking point, and no longer does wine belong only to the rich, crabby, snooty, pompous and the French. (Don't read too much into that last one - it is a throwaway joke that everyone expects, and this website will extol the virtues of French wine endlessly.)

We are on the rise! There are more wine drinkers in the US than ever before, and there are also more wineries than ever. Sure there are many wine resources but most of them feed the same old machine: pay for a subscription and read about the same expensive wines over and over. Where can we turn?

This site is aimed at providing you not only with all the free information you could want, but also keeping you entertained. We know that your favorite online content is you. So get involved! Contact us about submitting your photos to be a Supple Hottie, get your band off MySpace and into general circulation, submit your own wine related comics (one of our current favorites is Achewood - click here and here).

SuppleWine.com is building a fully searchable database of thousands of wines available in your local stores. We'll describe the flavors and the quality, and most importantly, we'll tell you which ones are worth the money. There will also be plenty of videos of winery trips, wine product reviews and more. We'll even give you a chance to voice your opinion about the wines we rate.

Why Supple Wine? "Supple" is a cork-dork term meaning a wine that is approachable and ready to drink. Coincidentally it's the last name of the guy behind all of this madness: Mike Supple. He watches football, plays video games, watches tv, goes to movies, goes to bars, drinks beer and works too hard - just like the rest of you. And oh yeah, he loves wine. For him, wine is all about fun, food and friends. He's been on all sides of the industry, and he's not afraid to tell it like it is. If a wine is great, then so be it. But if it sucks or isn't worth the cash on the price tag, all bets are off. Do you have to be a snob to enjoy good Burgundy? No. Do you have to know where Burgundy is to enjoy wine? No!

For Mike wine is a passion. He reads all the books so you don't have to. While he studies for his WSET (and eventually his MW), you get the benefit. All the fun, none of the work. Do you want to sip and spit 80 wines in a day? Hell no! Mike is here to keep you informed of all the latest wine news and to bring you things in ways you won't hear anywhere else. And if you can't make it to wine country, then he'll bring wine country to you with the latest webcast of his travels.

This is a site for the people, so share your experiences! Contact us to tell us what you want to see, what you want to read about, what regions we're skipping, and what you've had recently that you love or hate.

All of this free content does cost money, and that is where our advertisers come in; we would not be able to do this without them. That being said, maintaining integrity about our information and Mike's wine Reviews/Grades is of the utmost importance to us, and we only do business with people we support and trust irregardless of advertising dollars. [I'm aware that irregardless is a controversial word, and that the Merriam-Webster dictionary itself concedes that while it is a word, it should not be used. I can't think of a better reason to use it.] Most of our advertisers are hand picked to bring products that we hope are relevant to you, so let us know if we're right by checking them out!

Disclaimer: This web site is designed to promote wine education and in no way endorses under age drinking; obey all laws in your area. [But it's never too early to start questioning and learning!]