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• Michigan Wine - Reach for the Pinot, Not Just the Riesling

  

  During the BevFluence Experience Denver, the Michigan Wine Collaborative (MWC) coordinated with a few wineries to provide the experience with several signature... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Nomad Outland Whisky - Distilled in Speyside, Aged in Jerez

  

  We continue our series focusing on our trip to Tio Pepe and González Byass in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain with the Nomad Outland Whisky ($49.99). Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Charles Woodson Launches Intercept - Affordable Wines from Paso & Monterey

  

  Photo Credit: Lu Chau, PhotagonistFor those who didn't follow college or professional football during the late 1990s through the middle of this decade, you may... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Two Hands Shiraz - Take out the Peanut Brittle

  

  Two Hands Wines was established 20 years ago with the goal to produce the best Shiraz-based wines from throughout Australia. To that end, Two Hands releases... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• From Aveleda - the Adega Velha 6 Years Old Reserva Brandy

  

  Flying home from Lisbon last month I sounded my pockets (1) and found a few extra Euros in which I converted to a 500ml bottle of Adega Velha 6 Years Old Reserv... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Apple & Honey & Grape at Loew Vineyards

  

  I last visited Maryland's Loew Vineyards back in June 2005 - an unusually long absence in revisiting wineries. I seemed to have gravitated more to Black Ankle,... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• All Maryland Beers at Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm

  

  On May 22, 2012, then Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed Senate Bill 579, which established a Class 8 Farm Brewing license for the Free State. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Gonzalez Byass Lepanto Brandy De Jerez Solera Gran Reserva

  

  During our summer tour of the Tio Pepe winery in Jerez, we learned that Gonzalez Byass has been distilling grape brandy since the founders purchased their... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• #BevFluenceExperience Denver: Golden Moon Distillery

  

  One of the first tours of BevFluence's Denver Experience was to Golden Colorado and the Golden Moon Distillery. For good reason. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Snooth Murrieta's Well

  

  Murrieta's Well is an extremely reliable wine producer located in the Livermore Valley and we have written about this Wente family clone multiple times (view... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Federalist American Craft Wine and Candy

  

  During a recent #BevfluenceExperience in Denver our group experimented pairing various wines with candy: Whoppers, Oreos, Twizzlers, Skittles, and several... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Family Visit to Gonzalez Byass for Tio Pepe

  

  Regular readers of the WineCompass Blog will recognize the abundant number of posts regarding González Byass, the Jerez producers of Tio Pepe - a fino style of... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Extreme Viticulture: DOC Colares Portugal

  

  Wines of PortugalGusty, salt-laden winds that can burn leaves. Heavy autumn rains. Nutrient poor, sandy soils. These are the conditions faced by vineyards in th... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Extreme Viticulture: Bodega Colomé's Altura Maxima Vineyard

  

  Source: Bodega ColoméImagine an ideal grape growing region. This would most likely be a Mediterranean climate with abundant sunshine, hot days transitioning to... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Jam Box for Brunch

  

  1718 Brewing Ocracoke is well into their second summer and with an obvious demand, the brewery is operating at full capacity. During our weekly visit to this... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Kalfu Kuda and Chile's Leyda Valley

  

  Kalfu means ‘blue’ in the language of the Mapuche, the indigenous inhabitants of Chile, and for the Mapuche, Kalfu is synonymous with the magnificent Pacific... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Mititei, Barbecue, and Bodegas LAN

  

  We have been eating Mititei for quite a while and for those unfamiliar with this Romanian Barbecue dish it is a mixture of beef, lamb and\or pork with spices... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Michigan Wine Collaborative's Riesling Roundtable

  

  "There are about 3,100 acres of wine grapes in Michigan, and approximately 700 of them are Riesling, the largest acreage for any of our wine grape varieties. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Missouri Wine: Kansas City and the Crossroads of Craft Beverages

  

  Kansas City is located in the epicenter of the continental United States and practically equidistance to our borders in each direction. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Natural Wine at the Old Westminster Winery's Summer Solstice Festival

  

  "Natural Wine is farmed organically (biodynamically, using permaculture or the like) and made (or rather transformed) without adding or removing anything in... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK