Sunday July 20, 2008 – Sushi and Wine Tasting: Yesterday’s sushi and wine tasting was more of a sushi and wine “filling.” Our group of 9 overtook a portion of Yamato Sushi in …

Baltimore Chef and Wine Experience a Success: The 2008 Baltimore Chef and Wine Experience has come and passed. Dozens of food, wine and other related exhibits were on display for eating, tasting, reading …

Our resident beer guy roasts a pig and makes Thomas Jefferson’s beer: This past Friday, July 4th, Greg B spent half of his day cleaning, dressing, salting, garlicking and roasting a pig. His …

A Mc-BLT has just become a Mc-BL. McDonald’s announced that due to concerns over the possibility of salmonella contamination on its fresh produce, it will no longer include freshed sliced tomatoes on it’s sandwiches. …

Special Interests Overpower The People: Illinoisans Lose the Right to Buy Wine Online: It’s all over the internet and newspapers: Special interest groups in Illinois, through $6,300,000.00 in donations to politicians, have overturned the states …

Fire in The Santa Cruz Mountains
Fellow blogger and Wine Spectator Forumite Dave Tong is reporting updates on a fire that has broken out in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Dave reports “Most recent reports …

Today the wine world lost one of it’s most loved and influential members. Robert Mondavi died at the age of 94 in his Napa Valley home. Mondavi launched his own wine label at the …

Today the American wine industry has lost one of the one of it’s grandfathers, pioneers, and good friends as Robert Mondavi died this morning at 3:00 AM PST. Perhaps the most influential man in …

For the past two months some producers of Brunello di Montalcino, one of the premier wines in the world, have been investigated for blending their Brunello (100% Sangiovese-based wines) with Cabernet and Merlot. Amidst …

You may remember my reporting on the “Definition of Beer” bill that I sat in on last month in the Maryland State Senate. This topic deals with the classification of “Flavored Malt Beverages” …