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Virginia is becoming well known for producing two very good vinifera wines: Viognier and Cabernet Franc. Recently we opened a bottle of perh...

On a recent trip to the Graves Mountain Lodge Apple Festival we snuck into nearby Christensen Ridge , located a few miles south on Route 23...

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If you are looking for something a little different we recommend the Austrian wines from Anton Bauer . A 4th generation winemaker, Mr. Bauer...

While driving through the small village of Middleburg, I noticed that Boxwood Winery's long anticipated satellite tasting room had fina...

Lately we have been able to taste four very good dry rosé wines from Maryland and Virginia that are welcome alternatives to the sweet blush ...

This week I tried my first Pinotage wine, the 2005 from Beyerskloof Winery . The wine was recommended by one of our local wine stores, Out o...

Today we visited the newest winery to open in Virginia, Bluemont Vineyard . Located in Loudoun County the winery is located between Berryvil...

The Wine-Compass.com event database contains over 1,029 upcoming events in the United States and Canada . For those looking for wine festi...

On September 28th-29th several mid-Atlantic wineries will participate in the Thirteenth Annual Wine Fest at the Beach. This event will take ...

This month we stumbled upon an interesting source for wine news: Wine and Dine Radio . Hosted by Lynn Krielow Chamberlain, the show is "...

We try many different wines and sometimes we open one that makes us say, "Wow, that's really good." That happened this week wh...

On Saturday September, we were fortunate to attend the First Annual National Norton Festival in St. Louis Missouri. Organized by the Missour...

Chokeberry was an essential ingredient in the native American diet, either dried for winter use or mixed with fat and buffalo meat in pemmic...

The Wine-Compass.com event database contains over 1,441 upcoming events in the United States and Canada. For those looking for wine festiva...

Frequent readers of the Wine Compass Blog, Compass Tours , and Wine 101 are familiar with our fascination with different grape varieties. ...

While travelling home from North Carolina, I stopped at Virginia’s oldest winery, Mountain Cove Vineyards . Located half way between Lynchb...

This past weekend I was able to visit two very good, but completely different wineries near Raleigh, North Carolina. The first, A Secret Gar...

Today, the winners of the 2007 First Annual Norton Competition were announced with Missouri's Sugar Creek Winery & Vineyards winni...

At a recent birthday party, the hosts served Target® Wine Cubes, produced exclusively for Target® by Trinchero Family Estates . These wines ...