Heard on the grapevine that the Frederick Wine House one of my favorite, ok let’s be honest, my favorite wine store in Frederick County will be relocating. They are going to move to a location in the new shopping center off Route 26. This will be the same location as where the Wegmans is going in. Construction [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Wine’
October 20, 2009
Odds and Ends
Black Ankle Vineyards is having a lot going on over the next month. Winemaker for a day on October 24th, a Sunday evening pasta & wine dinner on November 15 and most intruiging to me: “Leafstone vs. The World” on November 8th. From their website:
We have asked 7 of the best wine merchants in Maryland to recommend [...]
October 14, 2009
Broadbent’s Revenge
Loyal reader(s?) may remember my review of the book The Billionaire’s Vinegar. As a follow up to the story I saw that the venerable British wine critic Micheal Broadbent settled his libel and defamation suit against Random House, the publisher of the book. The book was less than flattering to Mr. Broadbent. The amount of the monetary [...]
October 12, 2009
In A Wine Slump
As you know wine is a passion of mine and I really enjoy finding wines that excite me and letting you know about them. I have been really eager to add some more wine reviews up here, but lately all of the wines I’ve tried I really can’t recommend for one reason or another. Generally I only [...]
October 9, 2009
A Worthy Organization
With the legislative session just around the corner here is an organization worthy of a look by readers of this blog: Marylanders For Better Beer and Wine Laws. As most of you know it is illegal to directly ship wine to an individual in Maryland. Ridiculous and crazy I know and something I have railed [...]
October 6, 2009
Black Ankle Vineyards
After all this time I finally got a chance to visit Black Ankle Vineyards. They have been open for about a year if I recall correctly and on my list of places to visit since I heard of their opening. So one recent weekend Mrs. Fred and I along with my brother and sister in law headed [...]
June 28, 2009
Reflections of a Wine Merchant
I just finished reading Neil Rosenthal’s book Reflections of a Wine Merchant (from FCPL). Mr. Rosenthal is a thirty year plus veteran of the wine importing business, dealing mainly in European wines and especially fine Burgundies. The book was so-so. I almost put it down which is very unusual for me. Unless you are a hard-core [...]
June 17, 2009
Arroyo De La Vega Tempranillo Rose 2007
Another nice rose from Ye Old Spirit Shop on 7th Street. This one was around $10 as I recall so it’s a decent value. Made from 100% Tempranillo grapes. Had lots of nice strawberry flavors with a hint of pomegranate. Very fruity but without any sweetness whatsoever. Had very mild acidity. Both Mrs. F and [...]
June 4, 2009
Odds & Ends
Frederick Wine House is now on twitter. Their handle/user name/id/ whatever you call it (you can tell I’m not hip with Twitter) is FrederickWineHouse. In the email they sent they listed it as FredWineHo. What an awesome name. It’s a shame I didn’t think of that. Maybe I’ll start a spin off blog for just [...]
May 31, 2009
2008 Estampa Rose
Now that warmer weather is upon us I usually turn to those lighter summer wines. Top of my list are rosé wines. Rosé wines have been making resurgence in recent years and if you seek out some good ones you’ll know why. These are not the sweet cloying ‘white zin’ you may remember. Neither red nor white they make [...]
