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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Brotherhood, America’s Oldest Winery Cabernet Sauvignon

April 24, 2010 – 8:32 am

Last night we enjoyed a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from a New York State winery, Brotherhood, America’s Oldest Winery. This 2005 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in oak for six months was delightfully fruit forward with a very smooth taste and finish. Dark fruit berry nuances followed from the aroma through to the finish. It’s a […]

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Elk Run Vineyards- a Maryland Winery

April 23, 2010 – 11:21 am

Yesterday we decided to visit Elk Run Vineyards in Maryland. This winery is one of the Maryland wineries that will have wines offered at the DrinkLocalWine.com Conference in Virginia this weekend. Elk Run offers a variety of wines from dry to sweet but their portfolio focuses on dry wines of which they have listed 15 […]

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Do Restaurants Know the Meaning of “Local Wine”?

April 23, 2010 – 6:02 am

On Sunday, April 25th wine writers, bloggers, winemakers, growers and wine enthusiasts will meet at Landsdowne Resort near Leesburg, Virginia for the 2010 Drink Local Wine Conference. With the conference only two days away, I began to reflect on the meaning of drink local wine as interpreted by restaurants. I have a few observations after […]

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Stop H.B. 5034 Before it Limits Your Choice of Wines and Other Beverages

April 22, 2010 – 11:50 am

Are you concerned with the way business is done in Congress? How can a large association such as the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) influence your representatives in Congress to vote for a bill that will hurt consumers, wineries, breweries and wine shops? As some people say, “Follow the money.” Will this proposed bill help […]

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Four Maryland Wineries to Pour at Virginia Conference

April 22, 2010 – 5:58 am

Four Maryland wineries from the central part of the state will participate in the Twitter Taste-off at Sunday’s Drink Local Wine Conference in Landstowne, Virginia. Black Ankle Vineyards, Elk Run Vineyards, Serpent Ridge Vineyards and Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard will join twenty-one Virginia wineries also pouring wine at the event. During the Twitter Taste-off, each winery […]

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A Great Wine from Darioush

April 21, 2010 – 10:51 am

Yesterday we returned from a week’s stay in Detroit where we were the recipients of wonderful wines and dinners at numerous fine area restaurants. In fact we had a return visit to Bucci Ristorante in Grosse Pointe Woods and learned that they were one of the few area restaurants to earn a coveted 5 star […]

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Portfolio 2005 Perhaps Better than Opus One

April 21, 2010 – 6:33 am

Genevieve and Luc Janssens approach art from different perspectives. Genevieve is a winemaker with an impressive background. In 1979 she began working at Robert Mondavi Winery. Ten years later she became the director of production at Opus One. Then in 1997 she became the director of winemaking at Robert Mondavi Winery. Luc captured images as […]

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Wine Events for Early May

April 20, 2010 – 10:44 am

If you have some free time for the weekend of May 1, consider traveling to one of several wine celebrations. With spring here, it is a delightful time to visit a vineyard too. Look for signs of “weeping,” budding leaves pushing forth and tiny clusters of flowers that soon will form grapes. What you will […]

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Do “We the People” Need Another Government Law?

April 19, 2010 – 8:27 am

This past week another alcohol bill has been introduced into Congress. I don’t know about you but we have way too many laws about things that help special interests and don’t help the people who elected government officials are suppose to represent. While I’m not an attorney, I believe this new bill introduced into Congress […]

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Piesporter- A White Wine from Germany

April 17, 2010 – 6:58 am

While at a Detroit restaurant earlier this week, I had the opportunity to order a wine with lunch. Since it was lunchtime I asked for a sweet wine as opposed to a dry, red wine. The waiter responded with a glass of Piesporter. It turned out to be the perfect wine for lunch and perhaps […]

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