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• 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

• Yebiga BELA Rakija -> Award Winning Rustic Plum Brandy

  

  Imagine being the founding member of the rock band Faith No More and in 1992 opening for Guns n' Roses in Budapest, yet the most memorable event at that... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2023 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Herbal Liqueurs: Amaro Montenegro 1885

  

  We are sticking with Amaro in our Herbal Liqueur series with the Amaro Montenegro 1885. As the name suggests, this liqueur was launched in 1885 by Stanislao... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2022 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Grape Spotlight: Uruguay Wine 101

  

  Last week I participated in an Uruguay Wine 101 seminar hosted by Uruguay Wine and INAVI (Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura) and presented by Martina Litta... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2022 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Ron Rubin Winery -> Pam's UN-Oaked Cabernet + Chardonnay 2021

  

  We've been casual followers of Ron Rubin ever since he purchased the River Road Family Vineyards Winery back in 2011 and his subsequent Ron Rubin Winery... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2022 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK