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Friday, May 29, 2015

#WineHour with #FLXWine from the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance

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The week wraps up Finger Lakes Wine Month and to continue its marketing the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance sent our samples for a #WineHour Tw...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

#WineStudio's Prelude to Turkey With VinoRai - Part II

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May's #WineStudio continued it's focus on VinoRai 's program to import Turkish wines into the United States. Last week we le...

#VABreweryChallenge: Beer and Wine at Quattro Goomba (#17)

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Loudoun County is full of great wine destinations and one popular site has always been Quattro Goomba’s Winery . Following the Corcoran ...
Friday, May 22, 2015

#VABreweryChallenge: Vienna's Caboose Brewing Company's (#16) Grand Opening

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One difficulty in completing the #VABreweryChallenge is that new breweries continue to open in the Commonwealth. The latest is Vienna's...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Time to Start Thinking About Sauvignon Blanc - Sonoma's Dry Creek Valley

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As Spring hits peak bloom and Summer on the horizon it's time to start thinking of refreshing white wines and a good place to start is...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

#WineStudio's Prelude to Turkey With VinoRai - Part I

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May's #WineStudio presents another opportunity to learn more about VinoRai 's en devour to import Turkish wines into the United...
Monday, May 18, 2015

#VABreweryChallenge: Leesburg's Crooked Run Brewing (#15)

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Sunday we continued the #VABreweryChallenge with a visit to Loudoun County and Leesburg's Crooked Run Brewing . The brewery is one of...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Pennsylvania Wine & Beer near Longwood Gardens

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theCompass view of Longwood Gardens This Mother's Day, we headed to eastern Pennsylvania and the former DuPont estate, Longwood Ga...
Monday, May 4, 2015

Rum Review: Cognac Ferrand's Kaniche Reserve

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Whenever I visit Florida I make sure I spend some time at a local Total Wine since these stores also carry spirits - unlike in Virginia. I...
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Friday, May 1, 2015

Reminiscing about #DLW12 & #COWine with the Garfield Estates 2011 S²

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Facebook happened to remind me last week that three years ago I (somehow) joined a prestigious group of wine writers and bloggers on a fi...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Discovering Bodegas Paniza Cariñena Garnacha with #WineStudio

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The final week of the #WineStudio focus on Cariñena Garnacha centered on two wines from Bodegas Paniza . This winery was founded in 1953 a...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

#VABreweryChallenge: Old Bust Head Brewing Company (#13) and the Tin Cannon Brewing Co. (#14)

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This Sunday we continued the #VABreweryChallenge with a visit to the Gainesville area and Old Bust Head Brewing Company and the Tin Cannon...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Discovering Cariñena Garnacha with #WineStudio

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This Tuesday is the final chapter in Protocol Wine Studio's focus on Cariñena Garnacha - Grenache to most of us. D.O.P. Cariñena is a...
Friday, April 24, 2015

#DCBreweryChallenge: Bluejacket Brewery - Historic Beers

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Before a Washington Nationals game this week, I hit Metro early in order to visit Bluejacket Brewery - located just two blocks north of t...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Florida Beer Tour for Spring Break using theCompass Winery Brewery Distillery App

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My son's 10th birthday and Spring Break coincided with a trip to Florida with the stipulation that I can visit a brewery where ever we v...
Monday, April 20, 2015

#VABreweryChallenge - Purcellville's Beer Triangle

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This Saturday we continued the #VABreweryChallenge with a visit to Purcellville in DC's Wine Country - Loudon County. Known mostly t...