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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Virginia Cider Week & Cider Smackdown: Attack of the Crab

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Virginia Cider Week started last Friday and runs through November 20th and we attended the kickoff event Cider Smackdown: Attack of the Cra...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

New Perspectives on Wines of Uruguay

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Last week the Uruguay Wine Fall Tour landed in Washington DC where 16 producers poured several wines each at  La Cosecha (voted one of Ame...
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...