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Wine Related Holiday Gift Ideas: Part 1

October 30, 2013 – 7:03 am

It is the last few days of October and I am hearing advertisements for Black Friday. Not only Friday, but this year we are going to have a Black Thursday. So I guess that it isn’t too soon to start thinking of holiday gifts. Of course wine is a great gift for wine enthusiasts. For […]

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1,000 Wineries/Vineyards: Book Connections

October 29, 2013 – 7:01 am

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that it took seven years to visit and write about 1,000 wineries and vineyards. We started writing in 2007.

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Knowledge Gained from Visiting Wineries and Vineyards

October 28, 2013 – 7:02 am

You are at a vineyard and notice the rather messy ground. Tall grasses and weeds fill the rows between the vines and many weeds are under the vines. You then visit another vineyard that is very clean. No weeds grow under the vines or between the rows. Impressions without knowing why may lead one to […]

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Wine Books Signing Today

October 27, 2013 – 6:45 am

Book signing today at the Howard County Library Miller Branch from 1:30 – 4:30. Terry and Kathy will have their two books A Wine Journey and A Wine Tourist’s Guide: Visiting Tasting Rooms available for sales and signings. Come and meet the authors who have visited and written about more than 1,000 wineries in North […]

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Taster’s Guild Event in Columbia, Maryland: “Blanc-ity Blanc Wines”

October 14, 2013 – 11:38 am

Last evening we met about 30 others at Cafe de Paris in Columbia, Maryland for the group’s monthly wine tasting. The theme of the evening was “Blanc-ity Blanc Wines” with an emphasis on white wines that had the word blanc in them. So we tasted Chenin Blanc, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Grenache Blanc and Ugni […]

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Catoctin Breeze Vineyard: A White Wine with Tannins

October 13, 2013 – 7:01 am

We recently returned from two week in the country Georgia. I became accustomed to white wines that had complex tastes and aromas, often accompanied by tannins some quite bold. Searching locally for a white wine that doesn’t look like water and has some tannins didn’t take as long as I thought. An hour from our […]

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Book Signing Event and Presentation about Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine

September 30, 2013 – 6:27 am

Join Terry and Kathy Sullivan for a book signing and presentation about Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace for Wine at Catoctin Breeze Vineyard on Friday, October 4th. We will sign copies of A Wine Journey in the winery tasting room at 15010 Roddy Road Thurmont, Maryland between 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. We will also sign copies […]

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Traveling the Wine Roads of the Racha-Lechkhumi Region

September 21, 2013 – 11:03 pm

We spent the 11th day in Georgia (Sakartvelo) visiting three wineries in the Racha-Lechkhumi region of Georgia. Two of the wineries were very small production wineries. While on the roads, we compared what we experienced in Racha-Lechkhumi to what we experienced on the roads of Kakheti. In comparison, Kakheti is flatter and Racha-Lechkhumi is mountainous. […]

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You Know You’re a Wine Geek When You Get Excited about a Hole in the Ground

September 19, 2013 – 9:59 pm

Our driver was laughing at us. How could we be excited about seeing a hole in the ground? We weren’t the only ones that wanted to see a hole the would soon hold several qvevri. There were two agriculture students, one from Austria and the other from Ukraine. They were interns at Our Wine and […]

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Traveling the Roads of Kakheti, Georgia (Sakartvelo)

September 14, 2013 – 11:34 pm

We have been in Kakheti for a few days visiting wineries. For Americans, the scene is different than what you are use to. The first thing Kathy noticed was the lack of barns along the country landscape. Cattle, as well as other animals, range freely. There are few fences and we only saw one fence […]

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