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The first mention of wine in modern literature occurred in the Book of Genesis’s story of Noah’s Ark. After the Ark landed on Mount Ararat, ...

On Saturday April 14th several Virginia wineries participated in the inaugural Reston Great Grapes wine festival. The day was overcast with ...

This week we received our quarterly newsletter from New York's Warm Lake Estate . This winery is located in the Niagara Escarpment, a ne...

Grape juice with a kick. That is a common description of Steuben wine, a native hybrid labrusca. Similar to the Concord grape, Steuben produ...

Thanks to the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino for alerting us that the results of the 2007 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition have been ...

Recently we got our hands on a few French wines distributed in the United States by OWS under the Chamarré label. According to their websit...

"Science overcomes harsh growing conditions to enable colder climates grow quality grapes." This headline describes Cayuga, a grap...

Recently the results of the 2006 Wines of the South competition were posted online. This competition is open to thirteen southern states fr...

"The medicine chest of the common people." This is how American Indians and early settlers described the Elderberry - one of the m...

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 ...