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Focusing on the world of wines, beer, and spirits that we experience through our travels at WineCompass.com and #theCompassApp.
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Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Zengő
The Etyek-Buda PDO has many unique characteristics regarding Hungarian wine regions. It is very small (1,652 hectares of vineyards) and the closest to Budapest... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Second Battle of Bull Run, St. Mary of Sorrows, Clara Barton, & Bunnyman Brewing
This weekend, Pentecost and Memorial Day landed on the same weekend and that served as an impetus to tour the historic St. Mary of Sorrows church and then, afte... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Mother's Day at Maryland's Rockland Farm Winery
It definitely was not an original idea to visit Rocklands Farm Winery on Mother's Day, but this Maryland farm winery had plenty of staff and tasting areas to... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
New York's Passive House Certified and Organic Seminary Hill Orchard & Cidery
This month I received two ciders from New York's Seminary Hill Orchard Cidery as part of the BevFluence New Perspectives on Cider campaign. Read more
Posted on 09 May 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Pannonian Area Blaufränkisch & Kékfrankos
Like the Wine Tour Across Borders between Baranja (Croatia) and Villány (Hungary), there is a similar scene between Neusiedlersee (Austria) and Sopron... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Loudoun County Spring 2023 Barrel Tasting
In Mid-April we purchased tickets to the Loudoun Wineries Association's Spring 2023 Barrel Tasting visiting five out of a possible 14 wineries in that county... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Neusiedlersee Zweigelt
The creation of the Zweigelt variety in the 1920s, a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent, only really gained recognition after the Second World War. Read more
Posted on 28 April 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Nationals Park Craft Beverage Tour
I noticed that the Nationals had a Josiah Gray bobblehead promotion and thought that was a good incentive to attend a game and while I'm there visit the... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Herbal Liqueurs: Zwack Unicum Szilva
In 1790, Habsburg ruler Joseph II had a bout of indigestion, and asked Dr. József Zwack, royal physician to the Imperial Court, for a remedy. Dr. Read more
Posted on 21 April 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
A Craft Beverage Road Trip Along Route 340 in the Shenandoah Valley
On a trip home from Waynesboro, I decided to ditch the tractor-trailer-laden Route 81 and ventured north on the more peaceful and bucolic Route 340. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Tihany Kék
Since I purchased six Szentesi Pince wines from the Taste Hungary wine club Szentesi’s Grapes from the Past shipment we will be moving rapidly from Kadarka to... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Laska
Since I purchased six Szentesi Pince wines from the Taste Hungary wine club Szentesi’s Grapes from the Past shipment we will be moving rapidly from Kadarka to... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Kadarka
The Etyek-Buda PDO has many unique characteristics regarding Hungarian wine regions. It is very small (1,652 hectares of vineyards) and the closest to Budapest... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: IGP Peninsula De Setúbal Castelão from Casa Ermelinda Freitas
I'm not sure how I came to obtain this 2021 Vinho Regional Peninsula de Setúbal Vinha Da Fonte Reserva from Casa Ermelinda Freitas but seeing it in the cellar... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Old Growth Orchard Ciders from British Columbia's Lonetree Cider
This month I received three ciders through the BevFluence® New Perspectives on Cider, Perry, and Brandy campaign that's from an interesting source. Read more
Posted on 13 March 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Sage Bird Ciderworks Pommeau and Ashmead's Kernel for #openthatciderbottle
When I heard that the American Cider Association's Open That Cider Bottle was returning on February 25, 2023, I leveraged a trip to Harrisonburg to visit Sage... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Five Takeaways from CiderCon 2023
The American Cider Association's CiderCon 2023 took place in Chicago from February 1st through the 3rd and the event offered "a full range of educational... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
How Many Craft Beverage Establishments Will You Visit in 2023?
In 2022, we visited a paltry 68 craft beverage establishments which was actually an above-average year since 2015 when we would average at least 100 visits. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Drinking with the Saints: St. Blaise and Malvasija Dubrovacka
Friday, February 3rd is the Feast Day of St. Blaise and this Armenian-born saint has been venerated in Dubrovnik as far back as 972. Tradition states that in... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK -
Grape Spotlight: Codru PGI Moldovian Pinot Noir from Chateau Vartely
Winemaking has been an occupation in the Eastern European country of Moldova for the past seven thousand years starting with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture – on... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK