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Consumer Friendly Wine Bottle Labels

December 2, 2008 – 1:37 pm

Some wine bottle labels are more consumer friendly than others. Miyone, a Granacha from the Campo de Borja region in Aragon, Spain has a graphical back label. The label shows the level (as a pie chart) of fruitiness, body, sweetness and pleasure. What foods pair with the wine? Again graphics and bar graphs are used […]

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Heart-Warming Winery/Vineyard Stories

December 1, 2008 – 5:31 pm

During 2008 we visited and wrote about 151 winery/vineyard tasting rooms. Over the months we encountered many heart-warming stories about owners, winemakers, growers, family and staff. Both the December and January issues of the Wine Trail Traveler Newsletter offer some of these heart-warming stories, just in time for winter’s chills. The December Newsletter can be […]

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Thanksgiving Eve Dinner Wines and Port in Wine

November 26, 2008 – 1:16 pm

I really couldn’t tell if adding some Port to the decanter helped my Cabernet Sauvignon or not. I do know that if you have a glass of Port before the Cabernet Sauvignon, my Cabernet Sauvignon is much better. On the other hand, those who had the wine said it was fine for a table wine. […]

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When Family Comes for Dinner at Different Times

November 25, 2008 – 2:01 pm

Our family chose Tuesday to come home for Thanksgiving. So we will be off to college (125 miles away) to pick up our son, off to the airport to pick up others and finally off to the bus station. Picking them up will take most of the day and they will arrive home at different […]

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Snow Puts on a Show

November 15, 2008 – 1:07 pm

Now that most grapes have been harvested and many but a few remaining leaves clinging to the vines have fallen, vineyards look cold an uninviting. Just in time, nature takes over and paints an early November picture. A sudden lake effect snow swept through the Lake Erie region of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York on […]

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Ice Wine along Lake Erie

November 13, 2008 – 5:02 pm

As we visited wineries along Lake Erie in Ohio and Pennsylvania we had the opportunity to taste several ice wines. Being wary of other wineries in the United States who claim to make an ice wine, I always ask at what temperature the grapes were harvested. I’m suspicious of wineries that harvest grapes and then […]

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Ohio and Pennsylvania Lake Erie Wine Country

November 12, 2008 – 2:43 pm

On our recent travels through the south shore of Lake Erie in Ohio and Pennsylvania we made several observations. There are many vineyards, some small and some stretching as far as the eye can see. Many of these vineyards grow Niagara and Concord grapes. Many of these grapes go to Welch’s. This is not surprising […]

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Wines from the Neighborhood

November 8, 2008 – 12:42 pm

On an April 20th post I commented on the Front Royal, Virginia Applebee’s display of local wineries’ wines and stock of different local wines. On a recent trip to the North East Ohio wine country we discovered an Applebee’s in Ashtabula. It had a local wine list in addition to the chain wine list. Six […]

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The Great Lakes and Grapes

November 6, 2008 – 1:32 pm

It is amazing to see the effect the Great Lakes have on agriculture. Many grape growers in Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, North Western Pennsylvania and North Western New York benefit from close proximity to the Great Lakes. The lakes have a tendency of keeping the nearby land cooler in the spring. The cooler air delays bud […]

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Restaurants Should Stock Local Wines

October 20, 2008 – 1:14 pm

Located on Rt. 13 in Salisbury Maryland, Chesapaeake Steakhouse offers a wonderful menu with a fine selection. Noting a small sign that with a list of a few wines, Kathy asked the waiter if they had any local wines. His response was that they have a Beringer. That winery is about 3000 miles away, not […]

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