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Black Ankle Vineyards Opens Today

October 4, 2008 – 1:09 pm

If you happen to travel on Interstate 70 in Maryland, today, don’t pass up an opportunity to stop at Black Ankle Vineyards for a tasting at their green tasting room. The tasting room opens today for the first time. The structure is amazing. Bales of straw are used for insulation and a living roof helps […]

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Wine Website Focuses on Drinking Local Wines

October 3, 2008 – 1:02 pm

A new website http://www.drinklocalwine.com/ is set to debut next week. The emphasis on this site is to encourage consumers to drink their local wines. One statement we often hear at wineries is, “The community doesn’t know they have a winery in their own backyard.” Getting the community to accept and support a local winery is […]

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When Does a Local Winery Become a Community’s Winery?

October 2, 2008 – 3:00 pm

If you own a winery, you know you have done something right when the local community refers to your winery as “their” winery. This is the case in Cañon City, Colorado. Owner Matt and Sally Cookson, The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey, produce an unusual wine that creates a lot of enthusiasm in the community. […]

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Eat and Drink Regionally

October 1, 2008 – 1:17 pm

October is a month of harvest and bounty. All kinds of fruit and vegetables are available locally at farms, farmer markets and some grocery stores. The 2007 vintage wines are available at local wineries. Why the push to buy locally? One reason is that locally grown foods taste better. They are harvested closer to the […]

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Swine, Wine and Barrels

September 19, 2008 – 11:24 am

The Internet is quite interesting. Connections are made where one may never thought to have looked. Recently a link to Barrel Making, one of the Wine Trail Traveler learning modules, was made from the blog  Avebury Chat. Avebury is a village about 84 miles west of London. When I searched the forum for wine, the […]

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Who Decides if you Like a Wine?

September 11, 2008 – 12:51 pm

I am always bemused when someone tells me that they buy a wine based on a score on a hundred -point scale or the number of medals the wine has been awarded. I guess this dates back to when our children were growing up and presented in science fairs. In most of those fairs, everyone […]

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As Your Wine Experience Grows

September 8, 2008 – 1:35 pm

It is of interest to note that some people prefer one type of wine or wine from only one region. Others like many different wines from all over the world. As I travel to hundreds of wineries and vineyards per year, I have the opportunity to taste thousands of wines. Although I do have favorites […]

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Tasting Wines

August 27, 2008 – 1:07 pm

The vast majority of people we meet in winery tasting rooms are wonderful people to talk to. On rare occasions we run across someone who may be having a bad day or simply arrogant by nature.  When one tastes wine, their tastings are personal. What they believe they see, smell and taste is unique to […]

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Anniversary Celebration

August 25, 2008 – 2:23 pm

After twelve days of visiting wineries we were ready to head home. Our dilemma, however, was to either remain in New York or travel home on our anniversary. Since the urge to return home was greater we spent the day in the car, often bemoaning the most unpopular phrase in the English language, “Road Work Ahead.” […]

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Plastic Cups to Taste Wine

August 15, 2008 – 11:40 am

My first trek to wineries in Ohio was met with some disappointment with the tasting experience at two wineries. These winery tasting rooms serve their wines in small one ounce transparent plastic cups. Fortunately the third winery I visited used glass stemware. I realize that using plastic cups is a money saving practice but it […]

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