Okay, so the ink’s been dry a while, but still of interest… Paul Vigna of the Patriot-News writes that Black Ankle, Serpent Ridge, and a number of other Mid-Atlantic wineries are investing in Iberian grapes, particularly the white Albarino. I can personally recommend Serpent Ridge’s Albarino, and I often see it in stores. The Spanish grapes [...]
“Cheap, gross, oily, swill, garbage, lame, snobby, trash, syrupy, only good for a buzz, local wine is not. If you like dry, dessert, red, white, chilled, mulled, varietal, blended, fruit, sparkling, dandelion, mead, boxed, bottled, homemade, or anything in between, stems up! Maryland has wine for you.” Local bloggers are celebrating Regional Wine Week, an outgrowth [...]
For two months now, Maryland has had the privilege of direct shipping from wineries. I’ve been hearing a lot around the web about ways to get wine now. You like lots of choices, right? Richard Gorelick of the Baltimore Sun wrote at the beginning of August about Lot18 starting to ship to Marylanders. Save that [...]
Just in case anyone thought Maryland wines were still flying under the radar… ECoast Wines reviews Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard’s EVOE! at the 2011 Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was drawn to the label but stayed for the wine. Also at the conference, VA Wine Diva of Swirl, Sip, Snark enjoyed another Bordeaux-style red, [...]
… get out of the kitchen. Or drink some chilled white wine. Anecdotally, I can tell you it’s what many folks are drinking as this summer shatters heat records across the country. Matt and I have Keswick Vineyards Viognier (VA) in the fridge right now. Friends served Basignani’s Elena the other evening. Then again, we [...]
… would seem to have little to do with each other. But the professor is Dr. Patrick McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania. He’s working with the folks at Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth Beach to reconstruct an ale from a millenia-old Egyptian recipe. Okay, it’s not Maryland or wine, but it’s still pretty cool. [...]
A brief summation of what is going on outside of Maryland Wine Shipping. Richard Leahy reports that the first-ever Virginia Wine Week is coming up starting March 22. Kinda cool how whenever the tourism office wants to promote something, then just make it a week. Wine sales down? Wine week! Local farmers complaining? Buy local [...]
Attempting to set the record for most winery visits in one month, the Bloggers at Swirl Sip Snark have been blasting out a ton of posts on Virginia Wineries over the past few weeks. The writers over there are pretty blunt, so you know you’ll be getting an un-abashed review of the ins and outs [...]
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 [...]
Caught the trailer for Bottle Shock last night when it ran before The Dark Knight. I joke that I’m a wine snob even though I’m not but I am a full-blown movie snob in every sense. Bottle Shock looks good and I’m pumped for it. Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, and Dennis Farina usually turn in [...]
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