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Wineries: Haiti Needs Your Help to Fight Cholera

October 24, 2010 – 8:04 am

Cholera has now hit the people of Haiti who have already suffered so much because of the devastating earthquake earlier this year. Wineries you can help again. Yesterday it was reported that over 200 people had died. This morning the quickly moving cholera has spread and now may have reached Port-au-Prince where many are living […]

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New Jersey Wine Law May be Changing for the Better

October 21, 2010 – 1:18 pm

A few states around the country have been known to uphold and promote Prohibition-style legislation however the New Jersey legislature is considering a bill that will allow wine shipping to consumers. This month New Jersey state senate has passed Senate Bill S-766. Wine drinkers will be closely watching to see how the New Jersey State […]

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WINEormous in Temecula, California

October 18, 2010 – 10:54 am

On Sunday morning, Tom Plant from WINEormous picked us up at the Hampton Inn in Temecula, California. Tom and his wife, Laura, provide visitors with the tours of wineries. Using a large van that seats two to six passengers, there is plenty of room. Tom knows his way around Temecula wine country and is able […]

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Briar Rose Winery’s Talking Frog Wine Lager

October 15, 2010 – 12:14 am

In February 2008, we had the delightful opportunity to visit Briar Rose Winery in Temecula, California. It was just a wonderful visit and we loved the story behind the winery as well as the wines we tasted then. At the time owner and winemaker, Les Linkogle was creating a beer using wine grapes. We had […]

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One Lake Two Completely Different Wine Regions

October 12, 2010 – 1:30 am

Lake Michigan is a large body of water that at points separates Wisconsin from Michigan. The 55 miles width of the lake has a profound effect on weather. On the Wisconsin side in Door County, grape growers are successful with cold varietal grapes. On the Michigan side of the lake, grape growers on Leelanau and […]

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Still Time to Make Wine at Tin Lizzie Wineworks, Maryland

October 12, 2010 – 1:04 am

Tin Lizzie Wineworks is located in Clarksville, Maryland. Currently they are designated as a winemaking facility. The head winemaker is Dave Zuchero who is enthusiastic about wines and winemaking. Dave believes in allowing the grapes to speak for themselves. We were part of a team that made Cabernet Sauvignon with the 2009 grape harvest. That […]

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More About HR 5034

October 8, 2010 – 9:06 am

At the end of the week, I checked out the updates on HR 5034. This bill gives one the sense that this will be the demise of many wineries. It seems the law would reinforce individual states rights to decide whether in state and out-of-state alcohol shipping would be allowed or disallowed with no recourse […]

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The Lizard and the Wine

October 6, 2010 – 4:18 pm

Kathy’s earlier post about a frog in a wine bottle reminded me of a bottle of wine we saw at Naylor Wine Cellars in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. Dick Naylor collects unusual wines and had a bottle from the Orient. The Ha Kai Chiew had a lizard or baby alligator in the bottle. I’m not certain if […]

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The Frog and the Wine

October 6, 2010 – 1:01 am

Decanter.com recently published an article about a woman who has decided to sue a winery. She claims that there was a dead frog in the wine bottle that fell into her glass when the wine was poured. It’s when reading something like this that I’m glad I have visited numerous wineries, over 550 in four […]

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Writing a Haiku for Regional Wine Week

October 5, 2010 – 1:03 pm

I decided to take the haiku challenge offered by the website Drinklocalwine. The website has asked for submissions of haiku that have something to do with drink local wine. Drinklocalwine.com was organized by Jeff Siegel and Dave McIntyre. Be sure to check out the website. I don’t ever remember writing a haiku while in school. […]

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