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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Grappa, Brandy, Vidal, and Sangiovese at Maryland's Fiore Winery & Distillery

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Since attending my first Maryland wine festival about 20 years ago and through various festivals and trade tastings over the successive year...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Studying for the Certified Cider Professional Level 1 Exam with Sage Bird Ciderworks Virginia Hewe's Crab

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I finally began preparing for the  Certified Cider Professional  (CCP) exam this week as part of the BevFluence New Perspectives on Cider, P...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Languedoc: The New French Wine Scene by Vins du Languedoc

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Recently I attended a seminar and wine tasting titled Languedoc: The New French Wine Scene and presented by Vins du Languedoc . I thought I...
Saturday, October 8, 2022

Grape Spotlight: AOP Limoux Blanquette de Limoux Mauzac Blanc

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Blanquette de Limoux is considered to be the first sparkling white wine produced in France and it was created long before the Champagne regi...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Wine Tour Across Borders: Croatia and Hungary; Osijek-Baranja County and Villány

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A cross-border region where rivers connect, not divide During our Spring trip to Croatia and specifically in the historic city of Osijek, I ...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Organic and Vegan Wines from Italy's Corvezzo Winery

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"Skins are thicker and this helps wines develop better aromas. For this reason, I believe that organic grapes have the potential to gen...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Grape Spotlight: DO Navarra Ribera Alta Graciano with Bodegas Alconde

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Navarra’s reputation for making exceptional wine blossomed during the late Middle Ages, as pilgrims traveling along the Camino de Santiago—a...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Inventing the Catoctin Mountain Craft Beverage Trail

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According to wikipedia , the "Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mount...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

Ilok and Croatia's Srijem Vineyards

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Ilok is a city and region located in the far eastern end of Croatia - adjacent to the Danube to its North and surrounded by Serbia except fo...