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• Doctor Wine's The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine 2018

  

  To understand Italian wine you must study the regions -- Daniele Cernilli, aka DoctorWineDaniele Cernilli stressed this point at a luncheon at Maxwell Park in... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Route 15 Wine Road: Maryland Wine's Catoctin Breeze Vineyard

  

  The 530 plus miles of Route 15 transverses through several wine regions at it helps transport people and products from Durham North Carolina to New York's Finge... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• USBevX 2018: #Wine Writers, What Are They Looking For?

  

  Photo Courtesy of Kathy Lang Wiedermann -Virginia MadeA huge thanks to Jenn Nelson of Wine Antics for live blogging the Wine Writers, What Are They Looking... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bierzo D.O., Bodegas Godelia, Mencia, and Godello

  

  Who's familiar with Bodegas Godelia? Or for that matter Spain's Bierzo D.O.? Well not me as of last week -- until I received the two wines below. The Bierzo D.O... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• #NationalPizzaDay at Il Canale with Cusumano Winery Nero d’Avola

  

  "Sicily is a continent. It has diverse climates, terrior, and food", Diego Cusumano Just by happenstance, Terlata Wines had organized a trade tasting at... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Finding Craft Beer on Las Vegas Blvd: Sin City Brewing Company

  

  After spending a few days in Las Vegas we found that most casinos craft beer menu is solely defined as Ballast Point Sculpin, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Craft Beer in the Laurel Highlands: Kegg Brewing Company

  

  Kegg Brewing Company is the most unique nano-brewery I have visited in recent memory. The brewery is located in the basement of a house, located along a narrow... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Angel Funding Wine Makers Through NakedWines.com

  

  Crowd Sourcing has been a capital raising phenomenon for a number of years and NakedWines.com has leveraged that idea to fund dozens of winemakers across the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Visiting A Couple Craft Breweries in Rockville, Maryland

  

  This past September Saints Row Brewing joined 7 Locks Brewing and Gordon Biersch Brewery as the only two craft breweries in Rockville -- the third largest... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• When Its Cold Outside Reach for Port - Here's Two from Warre's and Graham's

  

  This winter the buzzword appears to be bomb cyclone, which replaced polar vortex, which replaced Alberta Clipper, which sometime in the past replaced the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Visiting Tall Pines Distillery in Pennsylvania Ski Country

  

  If you are heading to the southwestern PA ski resorts like Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Hidden Valley Resort then stop by Tall Pines Distillery - the... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• New Years with Vilarnau Brut Reserva Cava

  

  In 2017 Catalonia independence was a dominant topic in European news, but the province is also a notable wine region particularly with Penedes Cava. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Remembering the 2017 Maryland Winter Wine Showcase

  

  I just registered for the 2018 Winter Wine Showcase, an annual tasting at the B O Railroad Museum where Maryland wineries feature two of their top wines. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• New Years with Prosecco & Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG Sparking Wine

  

  What is Prosecco? Is it a region, a wine, or a grape variety? Before 2009 this term described all three; but in that year several reforms were implemented to... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 2017 Maryland Wine Governors Cup Award Ceremony

  

  "Agriculture is such an important part of our history, our heritage, and our economy," said Governor Hogan. "That is why it is in the best interest of our... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Say Hello to Xion and Pazo Cilleiro Rías Baixas Albariño

  

  Looking for an alternative to Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc? Then check out Albariño from Rías Baixas, Galicia - situated in the northwest corner of Spain. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• More John Adams & Blandy's Madeira Wine - 10 Year Old Malmsey and Sercial

  

  “I drank Madeira at a great Rate and found no Inconvenience in it.” — John Adams Diary 1774. Thursday. September. 22.The founding fathers sure enjoyed their... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• More Spirits and Craft Beer in Ocean City, Maryland

  

  This past Thanksgiving weekend provided an opportunity to re-visit the growing Ocean City Maryland craft beverage scene. There are currently three breweries, tw... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bourbon Barrel Aged Wine with Barrel Road Red Blend

  

  Bourbon barrel aging is standard practice in the craft beer world and this practice is slowly making its way into wine. Maryland's The Urban Winery Bourbon... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Tale of Two Zins for National Zinfandel Day

  

  Wednesday November 15th was National Zinfandel Day and we received two Zinfandel wines for the occasion. They are from two different geographic locations in... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK