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"Petit Manseng is one of the key white grape varieties of South West France. Used predominantly in Jurancon and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh,...

Christmas is celebrated in remarkable fashion on December Saturday nights in Frederick Maryland with lighted streets, smores stations, pho...

Photo Credit: Please The Palate Alba, Asti, Barolo, Barbaresco, Dogliani, Langhe, and Roero. These are a few of the iconic Piedmont regi...

We've been augmenting our eggnog with Portuguese or Spanish brandies this Christmas season; they just seem to blend in nicely.  This Bod...

Belgium has provided the world with a plethora of historic beer styles most likely because the industry wasn't hampered by government ...

St. Nicholas giving dowry gold © Elisabeth Ivanovsky And that is not a rhetorical question, I honestly do not know why Saint Nicholas is...

Looking for a Hallmark Christmas destination that has the one important feature that these movies lack? I'm referring to a craft beverag...

This month Cotton & Reed Distillery celebrated its third anniversary as DC’s First Rum Distillery. One of their many celebration activi...

Be honest. When you think of wine from Argentina you think Malbec.  That's what I thought, that is, until this week during a  #Thankfu...

On the days preceding and subsequent to Monday, November 11th, Europeans and Catholics celebrated the Feast of St Martin -- in honor of th...

The Shenandoah Spirits Trail consists of 49 breweries, cider houses, distilleries, and wineries within the Shenandoah Valley and located ...

"I'm not a huge enthusiast of the sexual stereotyping of wines but even I can see that Cabernet Franc might be described as the fe...

November 4th through the 11th has been designated International #SherryWeek by Consejo Regulador de las Denominaciones de Origen "Jere...

October was Virginia Wine Month and we were able to visit a few wineries while traveling along U.S. Route 29 to and from Winston-Salem, N...