In This Issue

Weekly Column

Come join the editor Jennifer Barnick as she searches for the Champagne Life....

Sparkling Wine

Feature Speaking with Fred Frank about his father Willy Frank

Sparkling Wine Review Real champagnes with real terroir by John Euclid

Arts & Sciences What's the deal with sulfites in wine and why the warning? byTimothy Smith, PhD

Industry News ...a brief survey of sparkling wine news

First Person

HelloGoodbye Cassandra H. Katsiaficas says hello and Wayne Scheer says goodbye

Passion ForumSuzie Sims-Fletcher shares the joy blue fake fur and PB&Js

Under the Goldlight—True Tales of Drinking ChampagneDave Brown sets out to see if lightning can strike twice

Life Before Ten The sneaky mean bully exposed by Rose Tolstoy

Art & Literature

The Marcia Reed Virtual Gallery The paintings of Marcia Reed

Drinker's Poetry Deborah M. Priestly and Robert Slattery

Fiction "The Woman" by La Vonne Schoneman

TRUE new non-fiction by J. Blake Gordon

Film in ReviewAnna Luciano reviews a current release; Fritz Voigt ponders a current DVD rental, and David Sirois gives us a great movie that won't be checked out

Other Goodies

Founder's Page Greeting from Dr. Timothy Smith

Letters to the Editor click for full list

Photo Gallery Click for Pics

	Co-founder, Editor and Columnist— Jennifer Barnick
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	Co-Founder, Science writer, and regular contributer —Dr. Timothy Smith
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Wayne Scheer is the writer of this issue's Goodbye in HelloGoodbye
	La Vonne Schoneman is the writer of this issue's Fiction
David Sirois—Staff Writer and author of this issue's Closet Classic Film Review photo by Iana Sophia
	Elizabeth Olejnyik—Regular Contributor
Staff Writer—Andreas Matern
	Dave Brown— Staff Writer and the writer of this issue's "Under the Goldlight: true tales of drinking champagne"
Anna Luciano (middle)-regular contributer and our offical movie reviewer
	Felisha Foster—Sales and Marketing
J. Blake Gordon— regular contributer and writer of this issue's TRUE new non-fiction
	Suzie Sims-Fletcher —Regular Contributor and writer of this issue's Passion Forum column
Deborah M. Priestly is our featured poet
	Paul Donaldson—West Coast Correspondant
Marcia Reed—Painter and Gallery Namesake
	Poet in Residence—Robert Slattery