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Session II: Drinking Local

April 13, 2013 – 9:42 am

The second session looked at the topic of drinking local. Dave McIntyre spoke of the founding of the Drink Local Wine Conference. Dave raised the issue of eat local and drink local. He asked, if you are eating Maryland lamb, why are you think of pairing that with a California wine? He then introduced the […]

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Starting the Drink Local Wine Conference a Day Early

April 12, 2013 – 6:13 am

Yesterday we started the Drink Local Wine Conference early by picking up Whitney Rigsbee at BWI and heading out to a couple Maryland wineries. Whitney works for Nomacork, one of the sponsors of the conference. Our first winery stop was Linganore Wine Cellars in Mt. Airy. There we met Anthony Aellen, one of the most […]

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Arriving at BWI for the Drink Local Wine Conference

April 11, 2013 – 9:31 pm

On Thursday morning, people were already arriving at the BWI airport for the Drink Local Conference in Baltimore. While not everyone can attend the Drink Local Wine Conference this weekend for a variety of reasons be sure to check out the wineries in your region. When visiting wineries in your region ask about terroir, grape varieties, […]

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How Will Others React to Maryland Wine?

April 10, 2013 – 6:59 am

Kathy and I are preparing for the Drink Local Wine Conference that will take place on Saturday in Baltimore. There will be a number of people attending from around the country and I’m interested in discovering what they think of Maryland wine. Many of those visiting will be writers and they will certainly add their […]

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Unique Opportunity to Tour Three Wine Regions in France

April 3, 2013 – 8:41 am

When we saw the email from Theresa Beaver, Viticulture and Enology Certificate Coordinator at Washington State University about a tour to France, we immediately responded. Theresa has been organizing tours to the world’s wine regions since 2010 when a group traveled to New Zealand for two weeks. Kathy and I were on that trip and […]

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Spotlight on Maryland Wine: Some Misconceptions

April 2, 2013 – 6:07 am

In April, The Drink Local Wine Conference is held in a state. The first four conferences brought attention to the wine industries in Texas, Virginia, Missouri and Colorado. This year the conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday April 13th. Wine enthusiasts from around the state and wine writers and wine bloggers from […]

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Woman Launches into a Tirade over Geography

March 18, 2013 – 12:49 am

Prior to our journey to Croatia for the International Wine Tourism Conference, I conducted an email interview with several wineries in Croatia. One winemaker made a reference that his vineyards sloped to the Mediterranean Sea. Wanting to check my facts I began to research and found that the Adriatic Sea is a part of the […]

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Wines from Croatia Grand Tasting

March 15, 2013 – 4:56 pm

The 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference included a tasting of Croatian wines led by Caroline Gilby MW. Ten Croatian wines were tasted along with a Slovenia wine and a wine from the Friuli region of Italy. I continued to keep with tradition by writing haikus instead of typical wine notes. Bolfan Riesling 2011 Bolfan Riesling […]

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A Malvazia that Foreshadows a Future

March 15, 2013 – 12:00 am

Prior to the International Wine Tourism Conference in Zagreb, Croatia, we traveled to Istria, a region in north eastern Croatia bordered by the Adriatic Sea. This is one of the country’s major wine growing areas. While there, you will have the opportunity to taste international grapes varieties as well as indigenous grapes. The most widely […]

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Croatia’s Olive Oil Production

March 5, 2013 – 12:01 am

One of the joys of traveling is the food connection. While in Croatia later this month, we are looking forward to learning about the cuisine as well as the Croatian wine varieties and olive oil varieties.

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