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For those who pay attention to the Virginia Wine scene, this is already old news, but for those of you who don't, last night Paradise Sp...

The House Judiciary Committee responsible for voting on the anti-consumer, anti-winery HR5034 occurs today. You can watch live here (RealP...

Check out this article on the state of New Jersey wineries. Apparently they are flourishing; time to head to the Garden State. Jack Tomasel...

A new wine social networking site called, Wine Club Zone , has just launched. By registering with the site you can keep informed of activiti...

Next door at MyJoogTV, we just released Episode 4 which features the band soihadto in a discussion of beer and music while sipping beer fr...

So says the title to this article regarding the proposed privatization of state liquor stores. But do they? Privatization was a major campa...

For those like us who couldn't attend the 2010 Great American Beer Festival , here is the list of winners. A special shout out goes to ...

While attending the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion , I noticed one winery present among the various craft vendors: in Vincent's Viney...

Our friend Dezel, from My \Vine Spot has been touting Mountfair Vineyards for a year now so we finally took his advice and visited the wi...

Thursday morning, the first two episodes of MyJoogTV will be released. MyJoogTV is a collaboration between Wine-Compass and MyJoog w...

The Maryland Wineries Association just released the results of the 2010 Maryland Governor's Cup Competition with the cup going to Fiore ...

For the past couple years we've been following the Skyla Burrell Blues Band - seen them in Florida and Baltimore - but never at a regul...

Boy, have times changed when screw caps were the ugly duckling. Take a look at this BBC report: Putting the screw on wine corks

Courtesy of the Norton Travelers: Disclaimer: The writer is a member, but not associated with the Harvest Hosts organizers. Do yo...

It's hard to believe but the pioneering craft brewer, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary. To commem...

For the first two days of this week, First Lady Maureen McDonnell will conduct a series of wine tours in Northern Virginia as a part of Th...

Last night we filmed our third episode of MyJoogTV , where we pair musicians with makers of wine, beer, and spirits. This show feature...

Yesterday I escaped the suburbs for a taste of wine in Loudoun wine country by visiting Sunset Hills Vineyard . I had intended to sample som...

We've always lamented the lack of brewpubs in Northern Virginia. Yes there are a few, but with traffic, they might as well be two states...

When Wine-Compass.com first started we published a regular Wine 101 series featuring relatively unknown grapes - primarily of the labrusca ...