WineCompass

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...

After a couple years off we attended the 2021 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival which is one of the liveliest festivals. He...

"Plavac Mali is used to craft some of the finest Croatian red wines, especially when it comes from the barren, steep southern slopes of...

During our August trip to the Salento Peninsula, our hosts organized a tour and tasting at Cantine Cantele , one of the most well-known wine...

Vermentino is a white wine grape grown in various locations, and under various names, around the western Mediterranean -- most notably in no...

One of the most eventful excursions during our three-week European vacation was a tour of Terra Madre Winery led by oenologist Marko Šuman ...

The  Brindisi DOC is a sub-region in Puglia that was created in 1979 and dedicated primarily to the production of Negroamaro wines. Yet the...

Germanic descendants of the Tili family have been farming the hills of Assisi since the 12th century. They came to the area after fighting f...

Was there any doubt that I wasn't going to purchase the  Padre Peppe Elixir  ($20) when I saw it in the DM grocery store? This walnut l...