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Back in September, I blogged about the Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon and how one wine drew such confliting reviews out of the wine world. On one side was Robert Parker and his “best under $15″ designation. On the other you had be me and bunch of people on the Internet wondering what we did to deserve [...]

February 24th, 2009 | Tags: avalon cabernet sauvignon, cheap wine, death cab for avalon, good deal, yum | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Just a quick pop because I wanted to get this up before Monday. Adam Borden, grand poobah for Marylanders for Better Beer and Wine Laws is offering up a bottle of 2003 Opus One to the person who brings the biggest entourage to the hearing in the Maryland House of Delegates on Monday, February 23rd. [...]

February 20th, 2009 | Tags: free wine, hb1262, opus one, sb338 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (3)

Savoy-Lee Winery near Smith Mountain Lake is up for sale, asking price is $1.79 million. Looks like a turnkey opportunity for someone who wanted to own a winery. Tasting room, offices, and wine making supplies: it’s all there. From the post on OWC. …located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on 117 acres, [...]

February 20th, 2009 | Tags: buy a winery, conquer bordeaux, make wine, only two million?, sure why not, take this job and shove it, Virginia | Category: Deals, Virginia, Wineries | Comments (3)

Pinot Law went into a great in-depth post about where underage kids get their alcohol. I ramble on and blowhard about things from time to time, but it’s nice to see people actually doing the legwork and producing actual numbers. Regarding the data, Pinot Law asserts: Although the chart identifies the numerous ways in which [...]

February 19th, 2009 | Tags: dog ate my homework, geek factor 5, i wish i would have studied more, internet, maryland direct wine shipping, math, sb-338, statistics, wine | Category: I thought that was obvious, Maryland, Wine shipping | Leave a comment

Thanks to commenter Regina for pointing out that the Maryland Senate is holding a hearing on SB-338 (HB-1262). Here is the nitty-gritty detail to go get down: Hearing is at 1:15 MD Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee 2 West, Miller Senate Building 11 Bladen St Annapolis, MD 21401 Map Full hearing schedule slate [...]

February 17th, 2009 | Tags: america the beautiful, democracy in action, distributors, ecommerce, fedex, go baby go, hearing, internet, maryland general assembly, ups, zippy chance this works | Category: Maryland, Wine shipping | Leave a comment

Grades are getting better. Are our nation’s school kids getting smarter? Maybe. Are grades getting higher? No doubt. Kids are coming out of high school with a 4.3 GPA, a meaningless number when paired up with the GPA of a kid coming out of a school with unweighted classes. The number means nothing out of [...]

February 13th, 2009 | Tags: bell curve, burghound, chart, community tasting notes, geek factor 5, parker, scores, vincellar | Category: I thought that was obvious | Comments (4)

The Elk Run Gewurztraminer has gotten a lot of run around Maryland, winning the 2008 Governor’s Cup for best off-dry wine. The off-dry designation is a bit strange. It may be just a touch sweet, but nothing that will turn off dry-wine devotees and it certainly isn’t up there with peach wine or blush. The [...]

February 6th, 2009 | Tags: a pleasant review for once, any friday is fine, cold friday, elk run, good stuff, how on earth do you pronounce Gewurztraminer, Maryland, warm friday, white, yum | Category: Maryland, Tasting notes | Comments (2)