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On a recent trip to New York City, I stumbled upon a great wine bar - or should I say Champagne bar: Flute . There are two New York locatio...

On Christmas Eve, a dinner guest brought over a 2004 Sangiovese from Niner Wine Estates . After re-tasting today, this is the best Sangioves...

A short while ago, one of our local wine merchants, Norm's Beer & Wine, suggested a bottle of the 2003 Antis Malbec. We have been ba...

Last Saturday we visited one of Fauquier County's newest wineries, Vintage Ridge Vineyards . The winery is located in the historic villa...

The 2007 festival season is winding down and the Wine-Compass.com event database contains over 400 upcoming events in the United States an...

Somehow we stumbled upon one of our new favorite values wines: Marietta Cellars Old Vine Red Lot #44 . Located in Sonoma, Marietta Cellars s...

Over Thanksgiving we were asked by several family and friends if we had any good wine gift ideas. I decided to compile a list and post for a...

While reading through the Catholic Digest I saw an advertisement for The Grapes of Galilee TM , wine made from grapes grown between Mount Ta...

We have been drinking several different Zinfandel wines lately and our favorite has been the 2005 Zinfandel, Perotti Vineyard, Dry Creek Val...

Today we traveled out to the beautiful rolling hills of Virginia horse country to visit another of the state's newest wineries: Miracle ...

Recently a family member inquired if I had read Ellen Crosby's Merlot Murders: A Wine Country Mystery . She had enjoyed reading about th...

The Wine-Compass.com event database contains over 566 upcoming events in the United States and Canada . For those looking for wine festiva...

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...

Wine-Compass.com is pleased to be a contributer to a new music site: MyJoog.com . The site allows any user to add an artist, venue, or music...

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...