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Accolades

www.wine-searcher.com

"For enthusiasts who can’t live without the exact vintage or variety, but who are also in search of a deal. Search prompt has a global feel.... Easiest means of price comparison on the Internet...May be intimidating if you don’t know what you’re looking for" (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Top-Rated Favorite in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

www.evineyard.com

"Free shipping (on orders more than $25) is the chief attraction of this site. Searches can be nicely tailored, but scanning the results quickly is tough.... Confusing design" (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Selection in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

Pop's Wine & Spirits
www.popswine.com

"Pop's Wine of Long Island, New York stocks over 8,700 different wines, including a vast selection of French and American wines at competitive prices. Though younger vintages prevail, the selection is deep" (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Selection  in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

Table and Vine
www.tableandvine.com

"While hosting a selection of cheeses from the British Isles and America as well as New England prime meats and game, this site still serves up one of the best wine lists on the Web—with great prices to boot. What really makes this site shine is its wide selection of French burgundies and bordeaux." (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Selection in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

The 301 Wine Shop
www.301wines.com

"If you're looking for California wine, here's your site. Hundreds of merlots and cabernets sauvignons make up the bulk of the list, with some older vintages at reasonable prices"  (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Selection in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

TechTV's Best Wine Shopping Sites Pick

www.tcwc.com

"Confusing site with loads of text and poor choice of fonts make for hard navigation, if not a dizzying visit. Still, The Chicago Wine Company, long known in the wine world for its auctions, offers a chance to bid on a fine collection of wine online"  (Forbes--click here for full review)

Forbes Selection in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

www.wine.com

"This site gets more attention than it deserves, most likely because of the domain name (the business originally operated as virtualvineyards.com). While the site is clean and easy on the eyes, selection was spotty... and high prices."  (Forbes--click here for full review)

Macworld Review:  "Not only does Wine.com offer a huge selection and detailed background information on wine but it also has a sense of humor. The "Virtual Sommelier" guides you to wines that offer the best "bang for the buck," and you can send questions addressed to "Ask the Cork Dork." Search for wines by type, price, origin, or style (sweet, dry, full-bodied, and so on). You can include a card with your purchase, but the site does not yet offer gift wrapping."

Forbes Selection in Best of the Web Forbes 9-11-00

TechTV's Best Wine Shopping Sites Pick

Bizrate

Best Wine Site : Macworld (January 2000)

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"Most of the wines here are Californian, but there are still deals to be found. Searching is a bit difficult since you can only use the most basic categories (Merlot, Chardonnay) to find the wine you want. Some wines have reviews, while other merely have a name and vintage listed" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Clunky, slow and hard to navigate. There’s little to do here but bid on wine, and even that is difficult" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Confusing site with loads of text and poor choice of fonts make for hard navigation, if not a dizzying visit. Still, The Chicago Wine Company, long known in the wine world for its auctions, offers a chance to bid on a fine collection of wine online" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Nice selection of wines from the Northwest--especially the pinot noirs of Oregon. Other offerings are spotty.... Well organized, text driven, loads quickly" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Sent us to Yahoo when we clicked on the wine list. The offerings here are paltry- only dozen or so wines listed from California" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Choose from a selection of over 1,000 bottles of wine, but if you're looking to find older Bordeaux, here's one place you'll want to scour....[but] unless you're a wine expert, you'll have difficulty, since there are no descriptions of the wines." (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Named the best wine shop in New York City by Zagat; Sherry-Lehmann's online selection is superb, with selections from around the world" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Great selection, occasionally at reasonable prices. But what good is an online wine retailer if you can't find out how to purchase a bottle?" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Humble little site from a store based in Los Angeles. Nice clean design makes for easy navigating, and searching the catalog is painless. Search by vintage, region and price or simply click on one of the regions listed on the page. Only real draw back is the lack of depth in this cellar, and the less expensive varieties reign." (Forbes--click here for full review)

"For now, Winebid has the online wine auction business more or less to itself, although it’s a field rapidly filling with competitors. Winebid charges buyers a 12.5% commission per bottle (plus shipping and handling), which may give surfers used to low-fee or no-fee auctions a jolt. But you get your money’s worth" (Forbes--click here for full review)

"Most of the site’s content, like the magazine it’s based on, is geared toward consumers...Reviews for various wines on this are tops, with a searchable database of 87,000 wines" (Forbes--click here for full review)

TechTV's Best Wine Shopping Sites Pick

"A comprehensive, well-designed site for the wine enthusiast, featuring crisply written news stories and feature stories that take full advantage of the Web" (Forbes--click here for full review)