Just as Wordpress published my scheduled post on Maryland Winery Modernization (SB-858), word came from MBBWL Facebook page that the bill has been tagged with an amendment to allow direct wine shipping.
Marylanders for Better Beer & Wine Laws: THIS JUST IN: Hooray for Sen Bobby Zirkin! He offered an amendment today to SB [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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