Recently, our beer writer and good friend Greg Bissonette put up his mother’s recipe for a NY Style Cheesecake. While I’ve heard good things about this cake, I sadly had to inform Greg that …

“Life is good.” That statement, which was made about halfway through dinner Saturday night by history guru “GF”, would be sufficient to sum up the evening. This was, of course, the monthly meet-up …

What is a Northern Rhone? France’s Rhone Valley is home to some of the best wines in the world including the renown wines of the Southern Rhone’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape region. But it is in the Northern …

Good company is the best pairing with any wine. This past Saturday, I enjoyed what is becoming a classic pairing: wine and the MD Cru. MD Cru refers to a small group of …

On Sunday February 24, 2008 the MD-Cru (previous events: Big Wines, Chateauneuf du Pape) met up for it’s monthly gathering of friends, new and old, to talk wine, catch up on politics, and drink a …

On Friday, October 19, 2007 a group of wine lovers met up at Cafe de Paris in Columbia, MD to say farewell to old friends and welcome in new (check back soon for a full …