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Cubanisimo Vineyards kindly mentioned our presence at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival on their Cubanisimo Blog. If you get a chance...

On Saturday April 14th, several Virginia wineries will be pouring their wines at the Reston Town Center as part of the first Great Grapes f...

Muscadine or Vitis rotundifolia is often considered “America’s First Grape” and was consumed by the earliest explorers and settlers. In 184...

Recently we were able to visit the newly opened Maryland winery, Frederick Cellars . Just before opening, the winery was able to purchase C...

For quite some time, we've wanted to review one of Carlson Vineyard's wines, but just couldn't decide which one. So instead, we...

Blaufränkisch, Limberger, Kékfrankos, Franconia, Blauer Limberger, Lemberger. Six distinct grapes? No, each is a synonym for the same grape ...

On Saturday and Sunday, March 10 & 11th we attended the 2007 Washington D.C. International Wine & Food Expo, held at the Ronald Reag...

“And the song of the Wine/This greeting of mine/The wines and the birds shall deliver/To the Queen of the West/In her garlands dressed/On th...

At our winery directory at Wine-Compass.com we have implemented a new Weekly Compass tab that contains the latest feeds from your favorite...

Silver Springs Winery , located in Seneca Lake New York, has introduced an interesting concept for wineries - online tutorials at Wine101.TV...

A relative recently gave us a bottle of Michel-Schlumberger's 2005 Pinot Blanc that they had received through their California wine of ...

In 1812, Joseph Bonaparte, the former King of Spain and brother of Napoleon, fled political chaos in his home country and settled in Bordent...

On February 23rd-25th, Wine Compass editors participated in the 6th annual Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Held in South B...

We've been drinking alot of dessert wines lately and one of our favorites is Alba Vineyard's Delaware Dolce . The wine consists of...

One perk in operating a wine blog is we occasionally receive free items to review. Last week we received a new book written by Carolyn Hammo...

Many people are surprised to learn that the third most planted grape in terms of hectare grown is the ancient vinifera, Rkatsiteli. Thought ...

Just a reminder for those in the Washington D.C. area. Its time for the Washington D.C. International Wine & Food Expo from Thursday, M...

While two of our editors were enjoying themselves at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, the rest of us drowned our sorrows by cleanin...

This week we opened our last bottle of Linganore Winecellar's Maryland Merlot, the winner of the 2005 Governor's Cup. This is a gre...

In 1873, the international wine community was stunned when a Norton wine was declared the “Best Red of All Nations” at an International comp...