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Vin de Glace: Quebec’s Icewine

June 1, 2013 – 7:45 am

Most of the wineries we have visited over the past few days produce a vin de glace, an Icewine. The method is slightly different than those Icewines produced in Ontario. In Quebec, the snowfall can accumulate and bury the vines. Finding the grapes would be a challenge. In order to meet this challenge, wine growers […]

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The Taste of Quebec

May 29, 2013 – 6:06 am

At Vignoble de la Rivière du Chène we met an intern from France. Before she came to Quebec, people asked her why she wanted to go to Quebec. Can they make wine and grow grapes there? This is similar to a statement made to me about the lack of grape growing in the province. Kathy […]

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There Are Vineyards in Quebec

May 28, 2013 – 12:01 am

“Quebec doesn’t have any vineyards. The wineries source their grapes and juice from wine regions around the world. Why would you want to travel there?” At a recent wine conference this statement was made to me by a wine writer. The reason Wine Trail Traveler’s Terry and Kathy want to travel to Quebec’s wineries is […]

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Korak 2009 Chardonnay Sur Lie

May 23, 2013 – 4:51 pm

I’ve tasted wines made from over two hundred different grape varieties. Of that many different grapes there is only one that I have a true love/hate relationship with. That is Chardonnay. The love/hate doesn’t have anything to do with the style of the Chardonnay. It doesn’t matter if the wine is oaked or unoaked. It […]

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Ventosa Vines Bobal

May 17, 2013 – 6:14 am

We received a bottle of 2009 Ventosa Vines Bobal for review and were anxious to try it. The wine was made from the Bobal grape, a variety that we had not tasted before. Bobal is indigenous to Spain and grapes for this wine were grown in Manchuela, a comarca of Castila-La-Mancha. This area receives constant […]

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Ogio Wines, a Taste of Italy

April 29, 2013 – 7:58 am

Have you ever had a wine that evokes a memory? Our children will immediately say, “Grandma’s house,” when they smell a wine made with Niagara grapes. It recalls the summer days that they would roam the fields in upstate New York and discover Niagara grapes. While in North Carolina we were told on several occasions […]

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Eight Months Later

April 23, 2013 – 4:30 pm

Last August 2012, while in Portland, we were invited to a blending party at R. Stuart & Company in McMinnville. This was not our first blending session. Previously we blended a wine during a class at a Virginia winery and we have hosted a blending party at our house for a California Cab and Virginia […]

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Reflections on Drink Local Wine 2013

April 18, 2013 – 6:48 am

When we learned that the 2013 conference for Drink Local Wine was to be held in Maryland, our home state, we were happy that we didn’t have to travel far for the conference. We had just returned from Europe for a conference so distance was on our minds. I did wonder how Maryland wines would […]

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Twitter Taste-Off at Camden Yards

April 17, 2013 – 6:14 am

I’ve spent many an evening at Oriole Park at Camden yards watching a ball game. Where ever I sat I noticed the warehouse that stretches along South Eutaw St. I didn’t imagine the site of the stadium from within the warehouse though. On Saturday, the Drink Local Wine Conference held the Twitter Taste-Off of Maryland […]

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DLW Session IV: Tasting Maryland’s Future

April 14, 2013 – 8:39 am

Dr. Joseph A. Fiolo from the University of Maryland likes to look at the future. He wonders what varieties will be the best for different parts of Maryland in the future. He has research vineyards around the state and harvests the grapes to make wine. Three flights of two wines each were tasted to give […]

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