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 [...]
Taverna Corvino, the restaurant the replaced Junior’s in Federal Hill, is open. Beer in Baltimore has some scoop. I stoped by before opening today and perused the bar menu, a range of appetizers in the $6-$9 range, as well as cheese plates (three cheeses $11); dinners reportedly hover around $16-25. Grape Leaves Online reports that [...]
After a prolonged absence, my Maryland and Virginia Winery Map is back up and running. It’s a little clunky at the moment because I didn’t keep pace with Ruby on Rails’ blistering build-test-release-breakeverything cycle. Soon I’ll have it up running with Passenger and Capistrano and blah blah geek nerd geek snooze…. If you’re interested in [...]
Savoy-Lee Winery near Smith Mountain Lake is up for sale, asking price is $1.79 million. Looks like a turnkey opportunity for someone who wanted to own a winery. Tasting room, offices, and wine making supplies: it’s all there. From the post on OWC. …located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on 117 acres, [...]
With all my wines now stored safely in my wine fridge (as opposed to safely in off-site storage), we’ve been drinking well at Casa de Vinotrip. Here are some notes I’ve scribbled down. 2003 Drinkward Peschon – Cabernet Sauvignon Entre Deux Meres: This wine is a cult favorite. It sells out quickly and once it [...]
Since unloading my bounty from wine storage last month, I haven’t had anything local to drink. Decided to change that, so I picked up the 2006 White Hall Petit Verdot from The Wine Market for $17.99. I had a glass while cooking dinner. The wine is dark, slightly translucent deep red/purple. It smelled oaky, oxidized, [...]
Anything Wine posted a “how’s it going?” update from Jim Law at Linden Vineyards. To many, Linden is the bar to measure against when it comes to Virginia wines. The whites sound like they’re off to a good start. White wines from 2008 will be very mineral driven (similar to 2006) with bright acidity, low [...]
Piece ran today in the Washington Post about Oasis Winery and the long-running efforts to sell it off to anyone who will shell out a couple of million for a winery in Fauquier County. The Oasis Winery in Fauquier County, one of Virginia’s oldest, has been on the market since May 2007 and is now [...]
Washingtonian outlined four great winery trips in Virginia and Maryland.
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