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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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KidsPeace Foster Care Wine Tasting Event

April 26, 2013 – 7:05 am

On Thursday, May 2 from 6pm to 9pm, the 8th Annual Wine Tasting Event takes place at Total Wine & More in Laurel, Maryland.

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2013 Charity Wine Tasting in Great Bend, Kansas (sold out)

April 21, 2013 – 1:07 pm

On Friday, April 26 Catholic Social Service (Catholic Charities for Southwest Kansas) will host the 2013 Charity Wine Tasting Event. The wine tasting takes place in Great Bend, Kansas at the Club at Stone Ridge.

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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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Session III: Maryland’s New Guard

April 16, 2013 – 7:21 am

The “Maryland’s New Guard” session was introduced by Kevin Atticks, Executive Director of Maryland Wineries Association and followed by Ed Boyce at Black Ankle Vineyards, Tom Shelton at Bordeleau Vineyards & Winery and Dave Collins from Big Cork Vineyards.

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Session 1: Creating Maryland’s Wine Identity

April 14, 2013 – 3:55 pm

Overview of DLW13 Conference, Session 1:Creating Maryland’s Wine Identity

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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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