WineCompass

For Spring Break we leveraged a trip to South Florida to watch the Nationals play the Marlins in their new stadium: Marlins Park. The stadiu...

I've been finding several beers from southwestern Virginia's Parkway Brewing making its way into the DC market. One of these is t...

On April 2nd, the Willamette Valley Wineries Association hosted 54 Willamette Valley winemakers in Washington DC for Pinot in the City . A...

Georgia has a burgeoning wine culture with most of the wineries situated northeast of Atlanta. One exception is Butterducks Estate Winery (...

Staying with the local theme, I picked up a bottle of Virginia Sweetwater Distillery (Appalachian Mountain Spirits) War Horn Whiskey ($34...

On Thursday April 17th I participated in World Malbec Day by sampling through seven Argentinian Malbecs through Argovino's #WhyILove...

Moving on to our third #WineStudio Session XII – Germany’s Lesser Known Varieties from the Rudi Wiest Selections Portfolio session. This ...

As a corollary to the Pinot in the City activities, I attended a lunch focused on one of the Willamette Valley wineries - Alloro Vineyard...

Moving on to our second #WineStudio Session XII – Germany’s Lesser Known Varieties from the Rudi Wiest Selections Portfolio session. This...

This past weekend I refused a request to bring home a bottle of Absolut and instead picked up a bottle of Blue Ridge Vodka ($25) from Chesap...

This weekend Corcoran Brewing Company reopened at their new Purcellville brewery, after outgrowing their Waterford barn next to the fami...

Last night Old York Cellars hosted their quarterly #VirtualVines online tasting; this time featuring their Stagecoach Red & Blackberr...

Every Tuesday I normally tune into Protocol Wine Studio's #WineStudio Twitter chat in order to learn about under appreciated wine re...

Blue Danube Wine is my primary source for Eastern Europe wine and they supplemented my passion by hosting this week's #winecha t discus...

This week I was invited to an intimate tasting of German and Austrian wine hosted by Rudi Wiest Selection , the "leading importer of fi...

Volume and Sales Reach Record Levels as Market Share Surpasses Seven Percent The Brewers Association (BA), the trade association repre...

On April 2nd, 54 Willamette Valley winemakers arrive in Washington DC to host Pinot in the City , a wine tasting event held at the Long Vi...

Or at least that must be how the FDA sees the world. Why else would the agency propose rules that "require that spent grain for anima...

One of the wines we tasted while learning about oxygen management during my trip to Nomacorc was 2012 Nyakas Budai Chardonnay.  I immedia...

This weekend I realized that it had been almost eight years since I last visited Willowcroft Farm Vineyards , located just southwest of L...