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A Blueberry Wine Vinaigrette for Easter

March 28, 2010 – 1:16 pm

Are you looking for a special salad vinaigrette for Easter this year? Consider this Blueberry Wine Vinaigrette recipe. The ingredients are quite standard in most home kitchens except for perhaps the blueberry wine A visit to southern New Jersey will take visitors into the garden area of the state. Here wine lovers will discover wineries […]

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Fun Wines

March 27, 2010 – 2:28 pm

While visiting wineries in Virginia we have come across some wines referred to as “fun wines.” Wine snobs who consider the world of wine as dry, red and vinifera most likely would not appreciate a fun wine. Fun wines are fun. They bring smiles to the faces of many who taste them. Often they are […]

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Easter Recipe for Pork Loin with Wine and Strawberry-Rhubarb Preserves

March 27, 2010 – 8:27 am

If you haven’t planned your Easter Weekend menu yet, consider making Strawberry Rhubarb Glazed Pork Loin that calls for Duplin Winery’s Carolina Red Wine. In the event you don’t have time to order the wine from Duplin Winery or even worse you can’t have it shipped directly  to you due to state law, consider substituting […]

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Visiting Wineries in the Virginia Shenandoah Valley AVA

March 26, 2010 – 7:34 am

Along Interstate-81 from Berkeley and Jefferson counties in West Virginia through Virginia south to almost Roanoke lies the Shenandoah Valley AVA. The Blue Ridge Mountains lie to the east and the Appalachian and Allegheny Plateaus lie to the west. Some wineries visited claim they have the best growing conditions for grapes in Virginia. The weather […]

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North Mountain Vineyard and Winery in Virginia

March 25, 2010 – 7:25 am

North Mountain Vineyard and Winery is located within minutes of Front Royal, Virginia. We had the opportunity to visit the winery yesterday. Located in the countryside with mountains in the background, the winery is a delightful place to stop and spend sometime with friends and a bottle of North Mountain wine. The winery offers a […]

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The Term Claret Has Roots in Virginia

March 24, 2010 – 2:55 pm

While visiting a Virginia winery, I tasted a wine called Claret. Several other Virginia wineries also make wines they label as Claret. It seems fitting to do so. The word Claret was used for hundreds of years in England to describe a wine made in Bordeaux, France. Today the word has no legal definition. Why […]

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Wine, TV and France

March 24, 2010 – 1:05 am

In the world of wine, what country would you consider to be linked the most to wine? I imagine many people would consider France to be the answer. After all, France has been renowned for many of its wines including Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux. That’s why I was so amazed at an article by Maggie […]

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Thinking Outside the Box Increases Wine Sales for Winery

March 22, 2010 – 8:56 am

If you can’t get to the winery, let the winery bring it to you. Imagine a tour bus visiting your area to publicize its wines. That is exactly what David Arthur of David Arthur Vineyards located in northern Napa Valley has been doing in early 2010. People who visit the tour bus will have the […]

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Wine & Dine in Paradise for Charity

March 21, 2010 – 1:05 am

Discover the Emerald Coast of Florida later this April and participate in the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation’s special event – Wine & Dine in Paradise. The charity foundation began in 2005. The purpose is to help children by raising money with wine events. According to the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation’s website, “Through our […]

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How a Maryland Senator is Helping the Wine Shipping Cause!

March 20, 2010 – 1:05 am

Yesterday, supporters of Maryland Direct Wine Shipping received a pleasant surprise from Maryland Senator Bobby Zirkin. The Senator proposed an amendment that would allow direct wine shipping. Since direct wine shipping is already a given in the majority of states and appears to be working well, why should Maryland wine drinkers be denied the opportunity […]

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