As many of you may know, I’m helping a restaurant rebuild their wine program from the ground up. This has involved tasting over a 1000 wines in the last 8 weeks (many more notes to …

By Greg B. So, having spent the morning and early afternoon in College Park both searching for parking and at a lecture, Gabi and I were returning back to campus in Baltimore.  However, we were …

The current economy has most of us cutting back on non-essentials, driving less, and trying to find ways to save a few bucks. Below is a list of wines that you can afford by cutting …

Random Notes from a recent wine maker’s tasting:
Dow’s Bomfin – 2005: This Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Aragonez (Tempranillo) and Tinta Barroca was the only red table wine on hand. I found the nose …

Port wine is a type of fortified wine produced solely in the Douro region (Porto) of Portugal. The wine begins as a blend of many different grapes (Touriga Nacional being the primary grape used) …

Alentejo (pronounced “ah-LEN-tehzh, or “ah-len-te-sho”) is a major wine producing region in the southeast of Portugal (pictured in image). The region occupies a large stretch of land running north to south that consists of …

Late-Bottle Vintage, or LBV ports are considered vintage ports (meaning all the grapes for this wine are from 1999 harvest). They are typically aged for 4-6 years in stainless steel and/or oak, and are …

A typical day in Baltimore brings temperatures in the low to mid 90′s and humidity that at times seems to defy the laws of chemistry. Though the hot and humid days tend to lead …