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Riesling Hour . What hour of the day shouldn't be devoted to this wonderful grape. For those unfamiliar with Riesling, here's what w...

We continue our brief profiles for SAVOR , the amazing craft beer festival that comes to Washington, D.C. on June 3rd-4th. This really is a...

I know we've been covering the beer world for the past week for or so for American Craft Beer Week and that trend will continue as the ...

Under overcast skies and threatening rain we attended the 2011 National Harbor Wine & Food Festival . What makes this event different th...

We started a little Wednesday tradition at the day job, sort of a team building exercise, by sharing a growler of craft beer. Our first bre...

With the start of American Craft Beer Week , On Tap Magazine hosted a kickoff party at the Arlington Rooftop Bar. Since the day job is loca...

We recently posted on The Wine Grapes of Virginia based on a discussion of Viognier being named the Signature Grape of Virginia. We were th...

There's an interesting discussion occurring over at Drink What YOU Like regarding the Virginia Wine Board's decision to designate ...

Quick Question. Why do we like best the festivals that serve both beer and wine? Obvious, right? More choices for everyone. Well now our fri...

Besides the South Beach Wine and Food Festival , perhaps our favorite festival is the Wine and Food Festival at National Harbor , which occu...

This morning we noticed that there are over 1,450 upcoming events listed at WineCompass . More half of these are occurring in Virginia. So f...

Reading this article how Spain lost their 'Rioja' name battle with Argentina reminded me that I had failed to post on a trade tasti...

No, not from England and watching the Royal Wedding? We are talking about Craft Beer and independence from bland mass produced rice laced l...

New wine trails are being created all through the Commonwealth, but one you may have missed is situated right here in Northern Virginia. The...

This has already been a busy year for Linganore Wine Cellars . First, in February they retro-fitted the winery so that 100% of the electrici...

Joseph Schumpeter‎ referred to it as "Creative Destruction" - the fact that even in growing economic conditions, companies cease o...

Its not often that a wine festival pops up in virtually your back yard, but that is the case next weekend when the Great Grapes Wine, Arts &...

While in Delaplane filming some live music for Virginia Wine TV , we stopped into the grand opening of yet another new northern Virginia win...

Last week we were invited to two wine tasting events scheduled for the same day, the 2011 Les AOC du Languedoc Ambassador Tour and Drink Ri...

This past Saturday we visited three Virginia wineries that host live music for a feature on Virginia Wine TV. We've been to wineries whe...