Went on a quick ride out to Frederick and Carroll Counties to visit two wineries this past weekend. First was Elk Run Vineyards, a rustic winery about 15 miles east of Frederick, Maryland. Elk Run was founded over twenty-five years ago making them ancient in terms of Maryland vineyards. All the fruit for the flagship [...]
April 26, 2009, 1 – 6 pm Highlandtown Wine Festival, Baltimore, MD. $20 in advance gets you goats, bocce, and some of the best homebrew wines this side of Italy. I’ll be there working and pouring some wines. Info April 25-26, 2009, 12 – 6 pm Great Grapes! Wine, Arts and Food Reston Town Center, [...]
Finally made it by The Wine Source in Hampden last week for their Rhone Rangers tasting. The Wine Source runs these things all the time: five or six wines poured for free in store. While tasting, I wandered around the store snapping pics on my worthless cell phone camera. The requisite Avalon Cabernet. This is [...]
Creative Commons licensed image from Flickr user armykat1014 Red color, very dense. Very fruit forward with good hints of cherry and raspberry flavors. Sort of a sour aftertaste on the finish but not all together unpleasant. Boordy continues to deliver consistent quality across their Icons of Maryland series. That level of stability is critical in [...]
Totally awesome Creative Commons licensed image from Flickr user ulterior epicure Anything Wine posted an update on Virginia Senate Bill SB1445 which seeks to clear some of the confusion surrounding exactly when wineries can solicit for memberships in a wine-of-the-month club. From the bill summary: Clarifies that the holder of a wine shipper license or [...]
On almost every American wine map, there are four states: California, Oregon, Washington, and New York. There is constant rumbling that Virginia is poised to breakthrough and make it five states on the map, but the rumbling has yet to to produce anything. To see how one would vault into the elite club, it’s best [...]
Creative Commons licensed image from Flickr user Zach Klein In a sure sign that the wine industry is being heavily influenced by technology, Chateau Petrus has started a Twitter account and will be tweeting regularly about all aspects of their business. Petrus has been in production for over 200 years and management is famous for [...]
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