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This is a clear explanation!

Cooper Mountain Vineyards is always a sexy and romantic place to be. Even the Today show is recognizing this fact:

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Here is a copy of an article published in Seattle Times (02/21/2007).

Because we are a winery, I will not make any comment about this article except that this is very well written.

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Here is a pretty good article about Oregon Organic CERTIFIED Wineries. However, I need to note that the journalist did not really understand what I meant. I have no idea why but I can imagine she was thinking: "Oh my god, this French guy is a crazy one".....

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http://tilth.org/IGT/Articles/17v/OregonOrganicWine.html

Proposal to require labels to ID presence of allergens such as eggs, fish, milk, wheat used in winemaking alarms industry

Copy of the article published in "THE PRESS DEMOCRAT" by Kevin McCallum

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Copy and paste this link http://www.carleton.ca/catalyst/t3.html

In 2002, Some wineries (including Cooper Mountain Vineyards) have officially agreed to sign the famous “Charter of Quality”.
The purpose of the “charter” is to enhance the role of the terroir and therefore the pure concept of the appellation expression. In conclusion, this system requires that the winemaker will do his best to let express the terroir notion by avoiding manipulations and additions in the wine.
There are three classifications on this charter: From One to Three Stars.

Here are the rules and conditions in order to sign this charter:

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