We went to Frederick this weekend for antique shopping and by day's end we were drinking wine, including local Maryland wine. We knew we wanted to check out The Wine Kitchen but walking down North East Street from an antique store, I saw huge steel wine tanks inside an old brick warehouse...the home of Frederick [...]
Out last night for my husband's birthday, we discovered one of our new favorite DC restaurants...Graffiato by Mike Isabella. I'd heard the hype over the last 10 months since they opened and tried to get reservations a few times last minute but no luck. As my husband loves Italian and not too fancy, I thought [...]
Tasting with Larry Miller, owner and winemaker of Stangeland Vineyards & Winery in Oregon, you feel right at home with him and his wines. On a little East Coast tour, Larry was at Planet Wine in Alexandria yesterday giving customers a peak into his four-acres of vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. As a fan [...]
Out biking Saturday, we popped into two of our local wine shops, both doing Easter Wine Pairing tastings. Second stop was Planet Wine Shop...they were tasting a French Vouvray, Argentinian Sparkling Malbec Rose, Rioja Rose, Oregon Pinot Noir, Cotes-du-Rhone and French Muscat. Our favorite and we picked up a bottle for dessert... Château De Caladroy [...]
Out biking Saturday, we popped into two of our local wine shops, both doing Easter Wine Pairing tastings. First stop was UNWINED...they were tasting a colorful line-up of pink Rosé (German and Spanish), white Gewürztraminer (Oregon) and red Pinot Noir (French Bourgogne). My personal favorite and we picked up a bottle to pair with Easter [...]