WineCompass

The next Beer Centric profile is Kellerbier -- a style that we are seeing more often -- most recently at Juicy Brewing Company with their...

Few ingredients in the world of food carry as much heritage, versatility, and symbolism as olive oil. For thousands of years, this golden li...

Last week we attended an event through Embassy Experiences held at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia.  We were drawn to the ev...

This past weekend while visiting  Nepenthe Brewing Company in Baltimore, I realized that the Helles Lager is my favorite beer style. The ra...

The Marquette grape was developed at the University of Minnesota as a high quality, cold hardy, and disease resistant wine grape and through...

The Slavonija wine region occupies the eastern inland third of Croatia, forming the largest wine-producing region in the country both in ar...

I recently met Church historian and sommelier Steve Weidenkopf who is leading a curated pilgrimage blending sacred history, daily Mass, and...

Teroldego is an ancient grape and it most likely originated in the Piana Rotaliana -- a large alluvial plain located in northern Trentino,...

Mljet is the southernmost island in Croatia, located between Dubrovnik and the island of Korčula,  It's nickname, the “Green Island”, i...

The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for September 2025: The Amaro Spritz . Simply add the amaro to a drinking vessel, add spa...

The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for August 2025: The Sparkling Wine Whiskey Cocktail . Simply add the rye whiskey, honey,...

It's been a number of years since I visited Bristol Tennessee-Virginia and loved spending time on State Street during the MLB's Spee...

While traveling through Italy last month, Prosecco was everywhere - by the glass or as a spritz - and usually the sparkling wine of choice f...

Bonagiunta da Lucca; e quella faccia | Bonagiunta from Lucca; and that face di là da lui più che l'altre trapunta | beyond him more embo...

Sonoma County includes multiple AVAs which in turn, include even more sub-AVAs. One of the coolest and foggiest of these is the Green Valley...

The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for July 2025 is the  Limoncello Spritz . Simply add limoncello to a glass and top with s...

Throughout Puglia we had seen bottles of Amaro Salento Classico in various grocery stores and restaurants and by chance we were passing near...