“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 [...]
May I produdly present my tasting note for the Solomons Cab Reserve, easily one the of the strongest Maryland reds that I’ve had. Deep ruby color that got darker and more purple as the night went on. Very light nose. Herd to get much of anything from it. Herbal if anything, some floral too. On [...]
Many things in this world are much better when experienced at the source. Guinness is better in Ireland, pizza is better in Italy, and Shiraz is better down under in Australia. I never thought much of Gruner Veltliner as a marquee grape until I went to Austria and drank the juice from where the grape [...]
Back in September, I blogged about the Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon and how one wine drew such confliting reviews out of the wine world. On one side was Robert Parker and his “best under $15″ designation. On the other you had be me and bunch of people on the Internet wondering what we did to deserve [...]
The Elk Run Gewurztraminer has gotten a lot of run around Maryland, winning the 2008 Governor’s Cup for best off-dry wine. The off-dry designation is a bit strange. It may be just a touch sweet, but nothing that will turn off dry-wine devotees and it certainly isn’t up there with peach wine or blush. The [...]
