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Readers’ Choice Awards
BEST WINE SHOP
The Wine Shack
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Runner-up: The Cellar on 10th, Astoria
Honorable Mention: The Wine & Beer Haus, Seaside
By NANCY McCARTHY
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Cannon Beach, is open from 11 a.m. to
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Readers’ Choice Awards.
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A Gypsy’s Whimsy is full of an assortment
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