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March 7th, 2010 | Tags: chill out, relax, want, yes please | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Marylanders for Better Beer and Wine Laws will be holding a press conference on Friday, March 5 at 12:15 PM on Lawyers’ Mall in Annapolis. The press release mentioned that there has been “an understanding reached with the alcohol industry concerning HB 716/SB 566.” Sounds juicy.
The hearing to follow will be at [...]

March 4th, 2010 | Tags: democracy in action, go and be heard, hb-716, mbbwl, press conference, pulpit, sb-566, soap box | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Maynard James Keenan fronts the band Tool whose second album Undertow dominated my sophomore year in high school. Word is that Keenan is off in Arizona making wine now and, to my great pleasure, someone had the good sense to make the movie about it. The trailer:

I hope the filmmakers did the right [...]

February 4th, 2010 | Tags: arizona wine, maynard james keenan, tool, wine | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Marylanders for Better Beer & Wine Laws (MBBWL) is holding a press conference to circle the wagons and announce some good news. The press conference will be held Wednesday, February 3rd at 3 PM in the Southern Maryland Delegation Room (318) of the House Office Building The as-yet-un-numbered direct wine shipping bill has [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: direct wine shipping, maryland wine shipping, mbbwl | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (1)

If you’re going to do something, do it right. Hampden isn’t the first neighborhood you think of when you think of “wine bar,” so if you’re going to put one in Hampden you may as well make the front bright orange and drop some futuristic Jetsons-style bar stools in it.
That’s the first [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: 13.5%, baltimore, bandol, hampden, here's george jetson, orange, really orange, Wine bars | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Over on the right sidebar (I’ve included the graphic below for you RSS people) you’ll see a new Vinotrip sponsor, WineChateau.com.

WineChateau is offering 50% off shipping of 6 or more bottles at their online wine store with coupon code “fourjan” Pick up a case or two and have it shipped to your [...]

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: sponsors, steppin out, we're in the money, winechateau.com | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

According to CEO Stephen Bachmann’s blog post earlier today, Internet wine retailer Vinfolio “undertook a form of restructuring known as an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.” Operations will continue during the restructuring, according to the post.
As I’ve posted on this blog, I worked for Vinfolio for almost two years in 2006-2007. [...]

January 17th, 2010 | Tags: sad, sad dog is sad, vincellar, vinflio | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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 [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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 out Virginia wineries and drink [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment