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Our First Georgian Supra

September 10, 2013 – 11:12 pm

We managed to sleep off a rather large lunch and prepare for dinner at Azarpesha in Tbilisi, Georgia. Azarpesha is a wine restaurant and the wines for the evening were made in qvevri. When we arrived we were warmly greeted by Laursab Togonidze who spoke about efforts to increase awareness of qvevri wines and qvevri […]

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Writing a Book about Georgian Wine History

September 9, 2013 – 10:46 pm

There are certain events in one’s life that have a lifelong impact. One happened while I was in high school. I attended a lecture by Dr. Willard Bascom about the Moho Discontinuity. After high school, I couldn’t recall anything about the lecture other than a comment that Dr. Bascom just happened to mention. It has […]

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Struggling to Understand 8,000 Years Ago

September 9, 2013 – 6:32 am

Understanding time has much to do with our own experiences. I have no problem understanding two and three hundred years ago. While teaching fifth grade in the Prince George’s County Public School System, I would help take over 100 students on an overnight field trip to Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Both of those […]

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A Tale of Two Cabs

August 29, 2013 – 4:36 pm

Last year was the year of the Cab for our wine production. We crafted a barrel of 2012 Atlas Peak AVA Cabernet Sauvignon at Tin Lizzie Wineworks in Clarksville, Maryland. The grapes were sourced from Stagecoach Vineyards in the Napa Valley. At home, we made a white Cabernet Sauvignon from first run juice we sourced […]

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Finally, a Guide for Visiting Tasting Rooms

August 23, 2013 – 7:38 am

While visiting Catoctin Breeze Vineyard in Thurmont, Maryland earlier this year, we mentioned to winemaker, Mike Lentini, that we were writing a book for visitors to tasting rooms. Mike enthusiastically said, “Finally.” It seems that a book discussing what to expect and how to act in a tasting room is long overdue. The motivation to […]

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Qvevri and Qvevri Wine

August 19, 2013 – 8:46 pm

Our interest in Georgian wines began at the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy. After a day of conference sessions and a wonderful evening at a winery, we returned to our hotel. In the lobby was a small delegation from Georgia with a few Georgian wines. I joined them for a while and […]

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New Wine Movie, August 16th

August 10, 2013 – 10:54 am

Some fathers and sons have had conflicts; they may not always see eye-to-eye. The conflict between Paul and his son Martin may appear to be from the Bible. However the setting for You Will Be My Son is in St. Émilion, France in the world-famous Bordeaux wine region. Paul has serious doubts about his son’s […]

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Losing to the Aggies

August 3, 2013 – 9:39 am

It is always nice not to get too serious about wine and vineyards. We had a great time a week ago, harvesting Lenoir grapes at Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas. To make harvest more interesting, it was already fun, pickers could choose a cluster of grapes to enter into the Big Kahuna contest. I […]

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A Computer as an Instructional Tool for Wine Tasting

July 30, 2013 – 6:34 am

What color is a wine? How intense is the aroma? Is the wine’s acid lively? Would you say the alcohol in a wine is weak, balanced or hot? These questions may intimidate beginning as well as experienced wine tasters. They need not turn curious wine enthusiasts away though. With the help of a computer and […]

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Harvesting Grapes at Messina Hof Winery

July 27, 2013 – 11:07 am

About 150 people showed up for the harvest at Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas today. A testament of how much this winery is appreciated in the Lone Star State. Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, son of founders Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo, gave a brief family history, history of the vineyard and instructions for harvesting grapes. The […]

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