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Frank Morgan at DrinkWhatYouLike has been working overtime supporting the Virginia wine industry during the CV pandemic - primarily using...

After Italy, Spain is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus and like most countries, their supply of cleaning solutions and sanitizers ...

As I mentioned in a previous post concerning Scattered Peaks , winemaker Nicole Salengo also attended our wine dinner at Officina and int...

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Agriculture is at the heart of the wine industry and every wine region faces some type of peril. ...

Scattered Peaks is a relatively new Napa Valley brand created by Derek Benham who is leveraging long-time Napa winemaker Joel Aiken to &quo...

We recently visited The Farm Brewery at Broad Run , a Northern Virginia farm brewery located just west of Haymarket and home to an apiary, r...

This weekend we leveraged a Four Mile Run fishing trip into a visit to Alexandria's Lost Boy Cider . Tristan Wright recently opened Vi...

This title was the byline for a brilliant tasting sponsored by Vinhos Dão Wines and Wines of Portugal and featuring numerous wines from ...

In Spain, Gran Reserva wines are prized for their dense fruit, structure, and integrated tannins - all the result of appellation regulatio...

On January 25th, revelers in Scotland will be toasting Robert Burns - the famed poet and Scots bard during Burns Night.  He was born on t...

Last week we posted on the first phase of the  Virginia Wine Chat  in Virginia Wine Chat - Virginia Governor's Case Wines - Part 1 . ...

The 2020 Virginia Governor's Cup Competition is currently being judged and the results will be released next month, so the 2019 Case Cl...

River Outpost Brewing may be the most entertaining family venture brewery in the U.S. This New York brewery features about a dozen craft be...

Francesco Ciummo is a pioneer - yes they still exist. He learned how to graft vines at 17, moved to Belgium at 20 to work as a coal miner, ...

"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...