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. [...]
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 [...]
Your regular blogger has let me pop in again and share a little Maryland wine tour.
If there’s one thing Maryland wineries can learn from Virginia, it’s signage. The very first sign we saw for Black Ankle Vineyards was the one directing us to turn left into the driveway. Virginia, on the other hand, [...]
Murphy-Goode, a winery located in Sonoma’s Alexander Valley, was faced with a problem that lots of small businesses grapple with: how to get on the social media train that so many people are yammering about. They did the smart thing and set out to hire someone who is plugged into this sort of thing.
So [...]
Went on a quick ride out to Frederick and Carroll Counties to visit two wineries this past weekend. First was Elk Run Vineyards, a rustic winery about 15 miles east of Frederick, Maryland. Elk Run was founded over twenty-five years ago making them ancient in terms of Maryland vineyards. All the fruit [...]
Feeling really disappointed about this right now, but I don’t know why. Early on, I felt that this thing had no chance. There was a bigger groundswell this year though led by the blogs, the twits, and the MWBBL. Through letter writing and showing up to hearings, people did a great job [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gazette.net reports that the 2006 Blank Ankle Crumbling Rock, a Governor’s Cup winner, is selling like hotcakes.
“We have probably sold 150 cases. It’s been going like crazy,” O’Herron said recently.
Clearly my snarky jabs at the wine prices at Black Ankle aren’t working. Forty dollars a bottle and the wine is flying out [...]
Washingtonian outlined four great winery trips in Virginia and Maryland.
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