J.J. Prüm is one of my perennial favorite producers of German Riesling.   I recently had a chance to taste through many of Prüm’s 2007 Riesling’s with Katharina Prüm.   Katharina was very friendly and obviously …

Friuli is a small region (less than the size of Connecticut) located in Northeast Italy bordered by the Alps (separate from Austria), Slovenia to the east and the Veneto to the West. The …

By Greg B.  Who thought that Eastern Europe could produce good wines?  Not a lot of wines make it out of the East to the USA that exposure seems to be minimal, but fortunately I …

Random notes on some ‘06 Burgundies I tasted in the fall…

2006 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts – France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru (11/11/2008)
So complex on the nose it was hard …

Over the last 12 years, Italy (and more specifically, Tuscany) has had their share of good to great vintages. For the most part, the weather has been good and with advances in wine …

For those of you who frequent foodandwineblog.com, it’s no secret that my most beloved wine region in the world surrounds the the small hillside town in central Tuscany of Montalcino. Built around a …

By Greg B. Every Thanksgiving, I have relatives who visit Horton Vineyard for their chili & clam chowder eating, wine tasting, tour taking fall festival.  This year, I was fortunate enough to have the …

By Greg B. Months ago, I bought two Pinot Noir bottles from Corridor wines in Laural, MD.  I wanted to do a taste test between French Pinot, and Italian Pinot.  But, I promptly forgot about …

By Greg B. With the recent release of this year’s Beaujolais bottles, and the knowledge that the girls in my lab really enjoy Beaujolais (almost an obsession, really), Gabi offered to cook Mihyun and …

By Greg B.  Day 2 of the Washington DC excursion started like any normal science convention day.  We were in transit for several hours this morning, traffic going into Baltimore on I-95, plus some traffic …