WineCompass

This time of year we attempt to travel to NYC for that city's Wine and Food Festival; but this year we found a similar event closer to h...

Following up on our post yesterday about craft brewers, last night we were notified that two breweries on the Blue Ridge Trail , Devils Back...

A couple weeks back we listened to a NPR report on how craft breweries are moving towards canning their products; 45 craft breweries now ca...

The Roanoke Times published a nice article on southwestern Virginia wineries and how they are coping with the weather.

Although we will most likely not be able to attend either, we wanted to make sure readers were aware of two good local festivals scheduled f...

Another nice article on Norton; this one from the Columbia Daily Tribune .

As a general rule, we feel that any intervention by the government into the wine-beer-spirits industry usually causes more harm for both con...

Many American’s first experience with tequila is through over-sugary concoctions labeled as Margaritas or even worse, alcoholic induced shot...

One of the best features of FloydFest is that they provide a Beer Garden for patrons who would like to indulge while listening to music. Al...

Think back on items that you had to develop a taste for in the past. Coffee, hopefully unsuccessfully tobacco products, or maybe single mal...

While traveling to Thomas, West Virginia to listen to music at the Purple Fiddle, we discovered that the area was populated by two micro bre...

It is becoming common knowledge that some form of wine is produced in every state and within scenic West Virginia about 15 wineries call hom...

Nestled among farms and cattle ranches are the dozen or so wineries comprising the Shenandoah Valley Wine Growers Association .The oldest of...

On Saturday July 11th, we attended the first annual DC's Wine Country - Food and Wine Festival , not as an attendee, but as a volunteer...

We recently received a letter notifying us that our our newborn Marker's Mark barrel has finally arrived. That is, the distillery has f...

We wanted to remind our readers that the first annual DC's Wine Country - Food and Wine Festival starts in less than a week. This festi...

We just wanted to let our readers know that one of Arizona's oldest wineries, Arizona Vineyards , was destroyed by arson on June 5th. He...

On a recent trip to Scottsville we stopped into Sugarleaf Vineyards , a boutique winery located in the heart of the Monticello Wine Trail. ...

We just received an email announcing the winners of the 2009 Indy International Wine Competition and there are several surprises. Congratu...

The world's best bourbon was on display at the 2009 Beer Bourbon, and BBQ at National Harbor , as well as Tennessee whiskey, rye whiske...