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This Weekend: Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival

September 27, 2013 – 7:42 pm

The 2013 Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival this weekend September 28 and 29 includes several West Virginia wineries. This weekend the festival includes fine arts, crafts, music and wine.

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Linganore Winecellars Supports Local Non-Profits

September 26, 2013 – 9:33 am

Many wineries support their local communities. Since wineries have limited funds, they frequently help organizations located in their region. An example is Linganore Winecellars, one of the oldest wineries in Maryland.

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Returning Home from Visiting Georgia (Sakartvelo)

September 25, 2013 – 11:26 am

After three flights from Tbilisi, Georgia to Rome, Italy and then to New York City, we arrived home. Leaving our hotel at 2:30 am, we arrived home at 9:30 pm. Our visit to Georgia (Sakartvelo) has been very successful due to Georgia’s National Wine Agency and to the many wineries we visited.

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Day 13 in Georgia (Sakartvelo): Birthplace of Wine

September 23, 2013 – 1:11 am

Yesterday morning we woke up to rain in Batumi, Georgia’s Sheraton Hotel. Within view of our hotel is the Black Sea and an amazing architecture building that has a floor for each letter of the Georgian alphabet. As we traveled to our first stop the Georgian Wine House

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Day 12 in Georgia (Sakartvelo): Birthplace of Wine

September 21, 2013 – 11:59 pm

We are sad that our stay in Georgia (Sakartvelo) is coming to an end soon. On Saturday we visited two wineries and then traveled on to Batumi on the coast of the Black Sea.

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Traveling the Wine Roads of the Racha-Lechkhumi Region

September 21, 2013 – 11:03 pm

We spent the 11th day in Georgia (Sakartvelo) visiting three wineries in the Racha-Lechkhumi region of Georgia. Two of the wineries were very small production wineries. While on the roads, we compared what we experienced in Racha-Lechkhumi to what we experienced on the roads of Kakheti. In comparison, Kakheti is flatter and Racha-Lechkhumi is mountainous. […]

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Day 11 in Georgia (Sakartvelo): Birthplace of Wine

September 21, 2013 – 12:49 am

On Day 11 of our visit to Georgia (Sakartvelo) we visited three wineries in the Georgian region of Racha-Lechkhumi. To reach these wineries from the second largest city in Georgia, Kutaisi, rough roads added more drama to the sights of the beautiful river and the Caucasus Mountains.

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Days 9 and 10 in Georgia, Sakartvelo: Birthplace of Wine

September 20, 2013 – 1:08 am

On day 9 we visited Shavnabada Monastery of Saint George Wine Cellar a short distance outside of Tbilisi.

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You Know You’re a Wine Geek When You Get Excited about a Hole in the Ground

September 19, 2013 – 9:59 pm

Our driver was laughing at us. How could we be excited about seeing a hole in the ground? We weren’t the only ones that wanted to see a hole the would soon hold several qvevri. There were two agriculture students, one from Austria and the other from Ukraine. They were interns at Our Wine and […]

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7th Day in Georgia: Birthplace of Wine

September 18, 2013 – 1:07 am

Our day began with a visit to the 6th century Ikalto Monastery that included an academy. It was also known for being a large winemaking enterprise with numerous qvevri discovered.

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