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On an unseasonably warm day, we drove out past Leesburg to visit one of several new wineries in that area, Casanel Vineyards . Beforehand we...

Fresh off our research of American Rum Distillers , we decided to pay a visit to a local craft bourbon distiller, A. Smith Bowman Distillery...

One of the first mead we tasted, and still one of our top favorites, is Pirtle Winery Missouri Mead. The wine is light, semi-sweet, with s...

We have been asked repeatedly by friends or family members about suggesting wine related gift items. So here you go: There are a few excell...

One of the best souvenirs we've purchased at a winery was the Foppiano Lionel Train courtesy of Foppiano Vineyards . This a replica of ...

While driving from Somerset to Seven Springs Mountain Resort we've always passed Glades Pike Winery on Route 31, but have never stoppe...

While viewing the results of the 2008 International Rum Competition, sponsored by Polished Palate , I was quite surprised to notice that sev...

Over the last couple of weeks it seems that every wine retailer and blog has given their Thanksgiving wine advice. So instead, we are goin...

A year or so after country singer Miranda Lambert launched her music career with her debut album - Kerosene - the Lambert family started ex...

We have been receiving reports lately about the Grand Opening of Black Ankle Vineyards , but really took interest when we learned that the w...

The Virginia Wine Lover Magazine published our article on Virginia Meaderies in their November newsletter. We also received our copy of th...

For our semi-weekly Norton tasting we opened a bottle of 2001 Norton from Augusta Winery . The winery was established twenty years ago by T...

One of our favorite breweries is Delaware's Dogfish Head Craft Brewery . Sam Calagione and brewmaster Andy Tveekrem craft truly historic...

After many months of delay, we finally visited Barrel Oak Winery , another new winery in Fauquier County. Sharon and Brian Roeder official...

We recently received a copy of WineWise a new book written by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss, all CIA Professors in Wi...

At Sunday’s Grand Tasting at the New York City Food & Wine Festival we returned to wines – and in particular those that we hadn’t taste...

This past weekend we attend two days of the New York City Food & Wine Festival , a northern replica of the popular Food Network South Be...

WineCompass.com is pleased to partner with the Foodbuzz Publisher Community , which officially launched this week. This online community off...

For anyone traveling to Orlando, or are looking for a reason to, Epcot at Disney has been hosting their annual International Food & Wine...

This week we stayed in the Midwest and opened a bottle of Cynthiana from Holy-Field Vineyard & Winery . Located in eastern Kansas - not ...