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Most cultivated grapevines are hermaphroditic -- meaning that their flowers are both male and female and thus, can self-pollenate. These g...

Key West is known for its many interesting features such as home to the Southernmost Point in the Continental US, Truman's Little Whit...

Last October, the Embassy of Montenegro poured an excellent Plantaze  Vranac ProCorde Special Reserve Dry Red Wine wine during an Interna...

On September 6th, 2019 Hurricane Dorian made landfall in North Carolina causing widespread destruction particularly in Ocracoke due to rever...

Through July 4th weekend my family visited four Virginia tasting rooms primarily just to get out of the neighborhood but it also allowed us ...

For two decades now, while driving to South Florida, we have been inclined to include a detour into St. Augustine to visit the historical s...

"Blaufrankisch is a variety that has shown it can not just grow well here, but can also make stylistically unique wines that can stand...

Pitorro is Puerto Rican moonshine -- and not of the corn whiskey persuasion that we are familiar with within the United States. It is, in ...

During the COVID lockdown, I replaced my normal routine of simply pouring a neat glass of my favorite spirit and instead became more creativ...

Pinot Blanc, the pale-skinned Pinot mutation that shares a genetic fingerprint with Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, is favored in cold climate re...

Kadarka is the Hungarian equivalent to Pinot Noir, both in the glass and in the vineyard.  Once planted, Kadarka vines are temperamental -...

In the early 1740s two brothers, Charles and George Hottel, traveled a well-known route among German immigrants from Lancaster, Pennsylvan...

The Mediterranean climate that attracts viticulture in Croatia's coastal regions do not end at the Adriatic but extend into Herzegovin...

American Craft Beer Week (May 11-17) is the annual nationwide celebration of small and independent U.S. craft breweries. Join the celebratio...

St. Donat  Kopaszhegy Olaszrizling 2018 The most widely planted grape variety in Croatia (Grasevina). The most widely planted grape va...

My mother's father's maternal line flows forth from the Shenandoah Valley in an area ranging from Strasburg to Edinburg and dominate...