Apparently 500 Harborview Drive in Federal Hill has gone through a few incarnations since being built. The Wife and I walked down to the Harborview waterfront expecting to grab dinner and some wine at Lillie’s Restaurant. After walking around the building and scratching our heads looking for the place, we asked the Dockmaster if this [...]
Just on a whim today I looked up Wine Advocate reviews on Virginia Wines. Half expecting not to find any at all, I instead came up with 20-25 reviews. None cracked the 90-point barrier, the unfortunate threshold of notoriety and price with many consumers. The only one of interest to me was an 88 point [...]
Forgot to mention two things in my previous post on Vineyard Wine & Spirits. 1) They have a large selection of cheeses and a big board showing parings with wine. Good stuff. 2) There’s a box next to the register with bottles in paper bags to facilitate blind tastings. Essentially, you don’t know what you’re [...]
It’s been unseasonably warm here in Baltimore and today I walked up to Light Street to get my bike tire fixed and peek into Vineyard Wine & Spirits to see what was going in in there. Vineyard is small (‘cozy’ as a Realtor would put it) so much so that my newly repaired bike tire [...]
Just some follow-ups to yesterday’s post: Stephen Bachmann, CEO of Vinfolio, had some thoughts in the Squires thread here. Steve mentions the Specialty Wine Retailers Association, who along with Free The Grapes, works to allow wine shipping to all fifty states. Donating money, writing your congressperson, or simply patronizing local wine merchants who are members [...]
Allegedly, Wine.com has been ordering wine from competing retailers and having it shipped to no-ship states (like Maryland), then turning and blowing the whistle to the proper authorities. I don’t like to throw bombs like this on pure hearsay, but Vinography.com (a well respected blog) posted about it today and included a link to the [...]
For Christmas, my cousin gave me Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch. I know I’m a little late to the party and most winerds have already read the book, so I’m looking forward to catching up.
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