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My 60 Favorite Wines of 2019
This is my annual list of my favorite wines of 2019. I tasted maybe a hundred or more wines from around the East (Virginia, Finger Lakes and SW Michigan) and liked even more than these, but had to limit this list to the two and three star wines…and just a very few...
Trump Winery Fires Seven Undocumented Workers–After Harvest is Done and Before the Primary Season
As reported in the Washington Post on 12/31, the Trump Organization fired seven migrant workers at the Trump Winery without appropriate legal work permits. This happened nearly a year after the Trump Organization pledged to dismiss any workers without immigration...
Pierre Galet, French Grape Researcher and Father of Ampelographer, Dies at (almost) 99
Pierre Galet, a French viticulturist, researcher and developer of the science of ampelogaphy, or identifying grapevine varieties by the shapes and patterns in their leaves, as well as petioles, cluster patterns and shoots, died on December 30th of a heart attack just...
Wine of the Week: Michael Shaps Cabernet Franc 2010
When a very good or great vintage comes along, it's a good idea to buy enough to lay down for when they really mature, as you enjoy the other bottles when they're young. Any wine lover deserves to drink mature wines of a decade old or more, especially if they buy them...
Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Names 2019 Award Recipients
The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Announces 2019 Award Recipients The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its Monteith Wine Bowl Trophy, Wine Grape Productivity Tray, and Birchenall Award. ...
My Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations 2019
Since Thanksgiving was the original locavore feast (on the East Coast), it’s only appropriate to drink local wine (or cider, or mead or fruit wine) wherever in the country you are. Thanksgiving gives you the chance (with my encouragement!) to get outside the box of...