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It's officially SAVOR week as the annual American craft beer and food experience occurs Friday and Saturday nights June 3rd and 4th. ...

Mac's Creek Vineyards & Winery came through with another interesting wine at the annual Wine America Congressional Tasting. Thi...

theCompass view of Greenvale Vineyards It's been difficult procuring wines to continue the United Grapes of America series, but t...

Saturday I made my second visit to Sehkraft Brewing and this time they had five of their house brewed beer. This brewery, restaurant, but...

This week we released the first major upgrade to the Android version of theCompass Winery, Brewery, Distillery Locator App. The new version ...

During the height of Greek civilization between 800-400 B.C., the Celts, who we now associate with Scotland and Ireland, ruled over most of ...

Ladew Gardens Mother's Day lead us to a day trip to Maryland's horse country and Ladew Topiary Gardens and Harford Vineyard &...

It seems like Spanish wine is trending, with #WineStudio's Rias Baixas Wines , Finca Hispana , and a recent care package from CVNE an...

Whereas the first month of #WineStudio's Rías Baixas focused on Albariño, this month we are discussing other allowable varieties even t...

 I've lived in northern Virginia for almost two decades but I never knew to visit Reston's Lake Anne Plaza until the Lake Anne Br...

Since An Introduction to Galicia's DO Rías Baixas was published three weeks ago, I've been able to sample the half dozen wines th...

theCompass view of the W&OD between Sterling and Vienna Beltway's selection on 4/23/2016 On Friday afternoons and Satur...

This week I failed to grab the newest Anderson Valley Brewing Company Gose release, Briney Melon Gose , so I decided to drown my sorrows ...

The Mosel Valley is one of the few areas where phylloxera won't survive in its porous sandy soils. Thus vines are planted "ungr...

With the conclusion of the 2016 Governor’s Cup® competition, the Virginia Wine Board and Virginia Vineyards Association have organized fou...

This weekend I returned to Right Proper Brewing Company - in reality the legacy Shaw Brewpub & Kitchen as the brewery has also opened a...

Last August during Wine Bloggers Conference 2015 I was able to sample a few Bordeaux styled red wines from Lebanon's Chateau Ksara .  T...

Spain wine regions are usually noted for their dry desert-like conditions and bold red wines. The major exception to this rule is the Gali...

I needed an inexpensive tequila for a party and choose the Lunazul Reposado ($21) - 100% Blue Agave. Being a reposado, the tequila reste...

Moonshine isn't the only game in town in East Tennessee. Wine has gained traction west of the Smokies with over a dozen operating east o...