WineCompass

Rockville's East Gude Drive has turned into a mini craft beverage destination with Saints Row Brewing and True Respite Brewing Company ...

Thanks to the fine folks at Swig & Ramble for having me as a guest to discuss my favorite spirits of 2021.  In between Mark interruptin...

A recent pint at Silver Branch Brewing Company turned into a history lesson involving trans-Atlantic exploration, the Columbia Exchange, an...

During the Wines of Portugal tasting that I've previously written about, I spent a considerable time at one booth, sampling several exc...

Umbria, in central Italy, is a region of lush rolling hills, hilltop villages and iconic, historic towns. The latter are exemplified by Orvi...

Earlier this month the BevFluence team was invited to participate as judges in the Whisky Magazine Awards America 2022 . The awards ceremony...

While attending a recent Wines of Portugal tasting, I was intrigued by The Rare Wine Company's display of Historic Series Madeira - rep...

I purchased this bottle of Gazdinav Rakija Vilijamovka ($34) a while ago and just getting around to opening it. The Williams Pear is forefro...

In his honor, each November in the small historical town of Momjan, just north of Buje, the Feast of Saint Martin (“Martinje") is celeb...

During a recent trade tasting of Portuguese wines, I ran into Leslie Frelow, Owner & Chief Discovery Officer (CDO) of   The Wine Concier...

The roots of Madeira's wine industry dates back to the Age of Exploration when Madeira was a regular port of call for ships traveling to...

The Berlin Commons is a community green space located at 21 Jefferson Street in Berlin and on Friday & Saturday nights  The Buzz Meadery...

Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato : This landscape covers five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landsc...

IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is an Italian classification that was introduced in 1992 in order to allow a certain level of freedom to...

For Columbus Day we decided to visit a Virginia winery particularly since October is Virginia Wine Month and settled on the recently opened...

Imereti is one of ten wine regions distinguished by the  Wines of Georgia  and it is located in western-central Georgia and situated along ...

Courtesy of Vinhos Dão Wine The Dão viticultural region is located in north-central Portugal and takes its name from the Dão river, alon...

“Khvanchkara production” was started by the Georgian Noble Dimitri Kipiani in the 1880s. He made perfect demi-doux (semi-sweet) red wine fr...

During our return from the   2021 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion , and not hiking to Natural Bridge,  we stopped off at the  Great Valle...

During the Hudson Valley Taste Camp from several years ago, Clearwater Vineyard  poured perhaps the best Noiret wine I had ever tasted. This...