Monday was the perfect kind of Monday...a day out in Virginia wine country! My first stop was the new Early Mountain Vineyards, north of Charlottesville in Madison (more to come on this great winery in an upcoming article). Stops 2 and 3 were wines I love but wineries I had yet to visit, Pollak Vineyards [...]
In case you haven't heard, it's the Summer of Riesling. This 94 day celebration of Riesling wine is underway, including "The 31 Days of German Riesling," Wines of Germany's July celebration. Started five years ago by Paul Greico, he is deemed by Snooth to be the Father of the Summer of Riesling. Paul loves Riesling [...]
Greek wine transports me back to my trips to Greece's many beautiful spots from Athens to the Islands. I think that's why I love them! So it's very exciting to see Greek wine showing up in wine stores and restaurants more and more. Planet Wine, my local wine shop in Alexandria, is putting a full [...]
For the second half of last Wednesday's #Winechat, George Miliotes, The Capital Grille's Master Sommelier, introduced us to their big summer wine event, The Generous Pour... the chance to release your inner sommelier. Now through September 2 at any of The Capital Grille's forty-five locations across the U.S., you can enjoy nine wines with your [...]
Planet Wine Shop, my local wine go to in Alexandria, had a great tasting for their usual Wine Wednesday...Summer Wine Bargains. I don't know about you but I tend to go through more wine  in the summer (it's hot and I love sitting on the balcony at sunset), so it helps to discover great wines [...]