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This week we spent several days in the St. Pete - Clearwater area in order to attend a couple MLB games (saw Vlad's three dingers) which...

Genesis 9.20:  Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. Archaeological evidence uncovered in 2010 shows that grape growin...

In a previous post on the Grape Spotlight thread Jura Savagnin & Vin Jaune , I related the Vin Jaune oxidative winemaking practice and...

Veramonte Vineyards is a Chilean producer that follows organic practices in order to "express the fullest potential of the terroir&quo...

During a recent day trip to Pittsburgh, I used theCompass Craft beverage Finder to target a distillery and discovered one in the historic S...

IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée) is a French wine category that superseded Vin de Pays in 2009 and lies between Vin de France and Ap...

In November 2020, the Prosecco Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) consortium allowed sparkling rosé wines to bear the DOC designatio...

This spring, BevFluence has partnered with Ryland Peters & Small and CICO Books to review several Cocktail books starting with  Negroni...

Debit is a white wine grape that has historically been planted along Croatia's Dalmatian coast but may have originated across the Adria...

The Loire Valley is a major wine region in western France that follows the course of the Loire river as it meanders through France, from the...

For Christmas, I received this advent calendar created by Jim Beam and featuring miniatures of their popular flavored releases as well as t...

The most widely planted grape variety in Hungary is Olaszrizling, also known as Welschriesling to a wider European audience.  In many cases,...

Continuing our venture into Mezcal, we recently purchased the  Mezcal El Silencio Espadín ($30), a very traditional product produced in Sa...

One night this week my soon-to-be-driving son asked if we could drive for a couple hours so that he could earn night-time driving hours. Of ...

In 1982, the Shenandoah Valley AVA became the first  American Viticultural Area established in Virginia - and for that matter in West Virgi...

"Each January in Burgundy, France, locals celebrate the Festival of Saint Vincent, the patron saint of winegrowers. The celebration tak...

Last week I was introduced to the Salute! distillery through a tasting kit purchased by a friend. The kit included 14 unique liqueurs creat...