For some reason I got a kick out of this. Someone pulled a Creative Commons Licensed picture from my Vinotrip photostream and used it in the Wikipedia article on Cabernet Franc. The picture was used originally for Wine Blogging Wednesday #44.
No sooner did I formally break ties with Virginia than I found myself in the Shenandoah Valley tasting some of the wines that Virginia wineries have to offer. Wisteria Farm & Vineyard is a small operation where our tasting room pourer was also the owner and winemaker. That’s the kind of operation I like. I [...]
Maryland wine shipping got a lift on Chirstmas Eve in the form of an Editorial in the Washington Post. Being an editorial, the piece has the freedom to get a little snippier than most of the press that has been released on the issue. The industry’s arguments against direct shipments are lame. One is that [...]
Heard on @fiorewinery 21% off a case, serious stuff. None of this 10% nonsense that we’re normally accustomed to. Nor is it a sham where a store raises prices, then discounts from those inflated prices. Pick up a case to stock your cellar throughout the holidays. Better yet, if you’re in sales or some other [...]
I got a lump of coal in my decanter this year. Vinfolio, my former employer and current wine retailer of choice, has stopped shipping wine to Virginia. Word is that previously un-enforcable tax laws and laws governing third-party shippers are suddenly getting lots of attention. Many retailers who wish to play by the rules are [...]
Creative Commons licensed image from Flickr user mcw026 Last week, I quietly changed the tagline of this blog from: Vinotrip: A Maryland and Virginia Wine Blog to: Vinotrip: A Maryland Wine Blog What gives? I don’t live in Virginia, and the distance makes it harder to cover than I thought it would. I’ll still check [...]
I posted a short bit on Wells Discount Liquors and, thus, became a wine blogger. Fortune and Glory ensued. At the time, my goal was to cover Maryland and Virginia Wines as they tried to grow from also-rans into respectable wine regions. Since then I have published 217 posts (and at least 400 typos) about [...]
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