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Monday, October 28, 2019

The Federalist Zinfandel: A Triad of Styles and Regions

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We have written about The Federalist Wines in the past and now their portfolio includes three Zinfandel wines from popular California appel...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Keep Warm During Halloween with Exitus Bourbon Barrel Aged Red Wine

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During previous Halloween's, I would accompany the little boy with a coffee mug filled with either bourbon or red wine. Now that a chape...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Visiting a Trio of Winston-Salem Craft Breweries

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Over a decade ago, Foothills Brewing launched the Winston-Salem craft beer scene with a solid core lineup including People's Porter , T...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Michigan Wine - Reach for the Pinot, Not Just the Riesling

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During the BevFluence Experience Denver , the Michigan Wine Collaborative (MWC) coordinated with a few wineries to provide the experience...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Nomad Outland Whisky - Distilled in Speyside, Aged in Jerez

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We continue our series focusing on our trip to Tio Pepe and González Byass in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain with the Nomad Outland Whisky ...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Charles Woodson Launches Intercept - Affordable Wines from Paso & Monterey

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Photo Credit: Lu Chau, Photagonist For those who didn't follow college or professional football during the late 1990s through the mi...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Two Hands Shiraz - Take out the Peanut Brittle

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Two Hands Wines was established 20 years ago with the goal to produce the best Shiraz-based wines from throughout Australia. To that end, T...
Monday, September 30, 2019

From Aveleda - the Adega Velha 6 Years Old Reserva Brandy

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Flying home from Lisbon last month I sounded my pockets (1) and found a few extra Euros in which I converted to a 500ml bottle of Adega Ve...
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Friday, September 27, 2019

Apple & Honey & Grape at Loew Vineyards

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I last visited Maryland's Loew Vineyards back in June 2005 - an unusually long absence in revisiting wineries. I seemed to have gravita...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

All Maryland Beers at Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm

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On May 22, 2012, then Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed Senate Bill 579, which established a Class 8 Farm Brewing license for the Free St...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Gonzalez Byass Lepanto Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva

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During our summer tour of the Tio Pepe winery in Jerez, we learned that  Gonzalez Byass  has been distilling grape brandy since the found...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

#BevFluenceExperience Denver: Golden Moon Distillery

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One of the first tours of BevFluence's Denver Experience was to Golden Colorado and the Golden Moon Distillery . For good reason. T...
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Monday, September 16, 2019

Murrieta's Well - Live on Snooth Media

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Murrieta's Well is an extremely reliable wine producer located in the Livermore Valley and we have written about this Wente family c...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The Federalist American Craft Wine and Candy

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During a recent #BevfluenceExperience  in Denver our group experimented pairing various wines with candy: Whoppers, Oreos, Twizzlers, Skit...
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...