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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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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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Colorado Twitter Taste-Off

April 28, 2012 – 6:42 pm

The Colorado Twitter Taste–Off took place during the afternoon session. Twenty-two Colorado wineries poured two of their wines for conference attendees. Everyone voted for the best red and best white wines. Best red award went to Ruby Trust Cellars for their The Smuggler. The best white wine went to Guy Drew Vineyards for their Pinot […]

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2012 Drink Local Wine Conference

April 17, 2012 – 2:02 am

Drink Local Wine Conference to take place in Denver, Colorado.

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Do Restaurants Know the Meaning of “Local Wine”?

April 23, 2010 – 6:02 am

On Sunday, April 25th wine writers, bloggers, winemakers, growers and wine enthusiasts will meet at Landsdowne Resort near Leesburg, Virginia for the 2010 Drink Local Wine Conference. With the conference only two days away, I began to reflect on the meaning of drink local wine as interpreted by restaurants. I have a few observations after […]

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