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\n \nNatalieMacLean.com

\n \nTwitter.com/NatalieMacLean\n
Facebook.com/NatDecants 
\nInstagram.com/NatalieMacLeanWine
\n \n \nNote from Nat ...

\n \nHowdy Wine Lovers,

\n \nI'm not able to address issues posted here, so please e-mail me if you have a feature to suggest or there's a bug to fix: natdecants@nataliemaclean.com

.\n\n

The new label scanner will improve with your help in adding new wines and labels. Let's make this app even better together!\n\nThis is a labor of love for me as a journalist: it has cost me personally more than $100,000 to create and keep updating this app ... so please be kind and patient ;)\n \nCheers, 
\nNatalie\n \n
P.S. Please upgrade your smartphone to Apple's most recent operating system (iOS) to optimize app performance. It's free to do this: apple.com/ios

\n \n \nNatalie MacLean is an independent journalist and author of the bestselling books \"Red, White and Drunk All Over\" and \"Unquenchable\" both published by Random House. She has won six International Association of Culinary Professional (IACP) awards and four James Beard Journalism Awards, including the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. 

\n \n\nVideo tips to get the most from the app: 

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