WineCompass

Yes it is, especially if you live in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. First, it's Virginia Wine Month . And as the Virginia is F...

In a couple days we are heading to Bristol Virginia for the annual Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion . On our travels south, we normally visi...

Tannat is a red wine grape , historically grown in South West France in the Madiran AOC and is now one of the most prominent grapes in ...

Last night during our weekly Wednesday #winechat , we tasted through a quintuple of Riesling wines from New York's Finger Lakes. These...

We've learned over the years that hops are not just used to balance the malt in beers. It can also be used to balance the honey sweetn...

After several years of home wine making, recognition in amateur competitions, and the support of his friends, Jerry Deal decided to turn h...

These are exciting times for the Maryland Wine industry and based on the results of the 2013 Governor's Cup Competition the recent expan...

I've found a new friend, hard cider in the can, courtesy of Jack's Hard Cider located in the Adams County - apple country - just...

This weekend my brother-in-law expressed a new interest in whiskey - without his normal tendency to mix anything with cola. Thus I subject...

Last night Old York Cellars hosted their second Virtual Wines online tasting where consumers can watch and/or participate in a tasting of...

Recently I had dinner had my favorite Vienna restaurant, Alegria , and for the first time, skipped the tequila and sampled some Mezcal. This...

Thanks to original founder Lenn (@lennthompson) and Tim (@WineCast) for resurrecting Wine Blogging Wednesday , starting today, with dry r...

For the past few weeks, Tina and Guy have been introducing us to Greek wine during their Mondya night #winestudio chats. Their schedule ca...

On July 17th, I was fortunate enough to be included in a #winechat tasting of several white wines courtesy of the Santa Barbara County Vi...

One of the many benefits of attending the annual conferences is exchanging wine with friends from other states. One of the wines I receiv...

One of the most interesting wines I sampled at this Spring's Wine American Congressional Reception , was the Wild Grape Wine from Sout...

This past weekend we spent a couple days in the seaside Victorian laced community of Cape May and found a plethora of local wine and beer ...

This past weekend we traveled to Cleveland to watch the Nationals play the Indians and to experience the Cleveland beer scene via theCompas...

After covering Croatian wines last month, #winestudio moved into northwest Italy and the Piedmont region ( #winestudio is a Twitter seri...

The central feature of theCompass mobile application is viewing establishments by the geo location of the device - which is extremely handy ...