WineCompass

Besides being two great baseball cities, St. Louis and Boston are also great craft beer, wine, and craft spritis cities.  Budweiser an...

I know it's already late in the pumpkin beer season and am sure people have tired of pumpkin beer reviews; but I'll beat a dead hors...

Last week I was fortunate to be invited to a blogger's tasting at arguably the best wine shop in the District of Columbia, MacArthur Bev...

This weekend I met my parents at their Silver Spring office and we decided to watch a few football games at a new brewpub that opened down...

Perfect timing, the day I received the November 15th Wine Spectator , which includes an article on Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon , I rece...

Apple Pumpkin Pie in a bottle; that's the Ace Cider seasonal offering: Pumpkin Hard Cider. The cider is made moderately sweet with pl...

This past Friday night, October 13th, I was fortunate to participate in a special #winechat featuring Imagine Wine and their '07 Win...

I was pleasantly surprised with the Crispin - The Saint. The Trappist beer yeast masks the apples in the nose; with the apple flavor appea...

Recently I enjoyed this Yauquen Torrontés from Bodega Ruca Malen and didn't recognize the Salta region of Argentina . Mendoza yes, S...

While designing theCompass Alcohol Locator, we downloaded several other similar Android mobile apps to research the strengths and defici...

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...