Yesterday, someone from the Baltimore City Public Schools took an hour out of their day and ran through every listing in my Maryland and Virginia Winery Map. I’m pretty sure it was manual and not a bot or search engine spider because it took them just a hair under an hour to get through all [...]
Been working out of my satellite office in the Quality Inn on 54th St and Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Couple of wine/alcohol related ramblings… Mackey’s, a beachy bar across the street, makes margaritas with Jameson instead of Tequilia. They are awesome. Outside of an Exxon I saw a sign advertising Sutter Home White Zinfandel [...]
These days, lots of wine critics claim that they didn’t want to score wines, but their readership couldn’t process their results without numbers and turned into beer-swilling barbarians. The reality is that nobody takes you seriously unless you crown a winner. Remember back in little league when the kids were too young to keep score? [...]
Coming from up in the mountains of Floyd, Virginia, The 2006 Chateau Morrisette Cabernet Sauvignon was lighter in in the glass than most Cabernets. Those accustomed to big, powerful Napa heavyweights will find that this wine looks and behaves more like a Dolcetto or middleweight Rhone varietal. The wine smelled Earthy, something that I haven’t [...]
Baltimore Sun reported today on a great program that the Governor’s office puts on to support made-in-Maryland wine. The Governor’s Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape is offering $147,000 in grants this year to be used for the variety of projects to put more made-in-Maryland wine in the glasses of consumers. The cash can [...]
Break out the bubbly! The Wine Market carries the Kluge Blanc de Blanc in the wonderful half bottle size. The Wife and I split one over steamed crabs and corn on Friday night. Without knowing it, we were ushering in the boiling Baltimore summer. It has been humid and hot nonstop this past week in [...]
Picked this up from the LA Times of all places: Both Brooks Robinson and Eddie Murray have lent their names and likeness to a series of commemorative wines that will be sold for charity. Brooks Robinson Chardonnay and Eddie Murray 504 Cabernet Sauvignon are both on sale now and will be shipped in mid-June. Perfect [...]
Somehow I totally missed this when it came around. Boordy Proprietor Rob Deford was interviewed for Grape Radio in December. Grape Raido put together a nice video blog about it and it’s worth a look. Link
You’ll rarely find a Virginia wine that’s six years old. Most aren’t built to age and, even f they are built to age, the bottle get popped long before they collect much dust in the cellar. I picked up the Kluge Estate New World Red after it won my BWIT at the Virginia Wine Showcase [...]
Notivia Vineyards just opened up in Loudoun County. Catch up on the openings and follow along with their winemaking on their vineyard blog. Dezel already has a through review of Notavia Vineyards posted.
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