WineCompass

The smallest bonded winery in Loudoun County, and perhaps the entire state of Virginia, is Zephaniah Farm Vineyard . Located just south of L...

For the past six months we have been trying to find a suitable replacement for the Old Dominion Brewing Company's Ashburn brewpub - whic...

This week we received a sample pack from Recchiuti Confections due to our membership in FoodBuzz . This San Francisco based company is the ...

I have been drinking Maker's Mark for a number of years now, and a few months back I signed up for their Ambassador program. As an Amba...

Like the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, the University of Minnesota instigated a grape breeding program to assist wine grow...

For a couple years we've been negligent in not visiting Materella Winery , located just north of Warrenton Virginia. Luckily business br...

During another trip to Seven Springs, we visited the closest winery from the West, Stone Villa Wine Cellars . The winery is a sh...

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...