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Friday, August 30, 2019

A Family Visit to Gonzalez Byass for Tio Pepe

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Regular readers of the WineCompass Blog will recognize the abundant number of posts regarding González Byass , the Jerez producers of Tio P...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Extreme Viticulture: DOC Colares Portugal

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Wines of Portugal Gusty, salt-laden winds that can burn leaves. Heavy autumn rains. Nutrient poor, sandy soils. These are the conditions...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Extreme Viticulture: Bodega Colomé's Altura Maxima Vineyard

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Source: Bodega Colomé Imagine an ideal grape growing region. This would most likely be a Mediterranean climate with abundant sunshine, h...
Friday, August 9, 2019

1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Jam Box for Brunch

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1718 Brewing Ocracoke is well into their second summer and with an obvious demand, the brewery is operating at full capacity to continuousl...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Kalfu Kuda and Chile's Leyda Valley

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Kalfu means ‘blue’ in the language of the Mapuche, the indigenous inhabitants of Chile, and for the Mapuche, Kalfu is synonymous with the m...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Mititei, Barbecue, and Bodegas LAN

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We have been eating Mititei for quite a while and for those unfamiliar with this Romanian Barbecue dish it is a mixture of beef, lamb and\o...
Friday, July 26, 2019

The Michigan Wine Collaborative's Riesling Roundtable

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"There are about 3,100 acres of wine grapes in Michigan, and approximately 700 of them are Riesling, the largest acreage for any of ou...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Missouri Wine: Kansas City and the Crossroads of Craft Beverages

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Kansas City is located in the epicenter of the continental United States and practically equidistance to our borders in each direction. For ...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Natural Wine at the Old Westminster Winery's Summer Solstice Festival

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"Natural Wine is farmed organically (biodynamically, using permaculture or the like) and made (or rather transformed) without adding o...