So it turns out that Wine & Politics is the #2 hit on google for Ohio Wine Law. I shouldn’t be surprised about this, as I’m one of the few people to talk about this with any regularity on the web. I’d begin gunning for the #1 spot, but the people over at FairWineLaws.org seem to be doing good work and I don’t want to knock them off the top spot (though their website could use some design help...

My mother is what they call a tea-totaler. For religious reasons, she doesn't drink any alcohol, but she never has actually liked wine or any sort of alcohol, so it's not like the gave up a whole lot to begin... Continue .

Back to blogging now after being away for a while on business.  We had the pleasure of going down to Carmel Valley this past weekend for some good food and wine -- on the food front, we are big fans of both Casanova restaurant (in Carmel-by-the-sea) and their more casual ...

2003 St. Joseph Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir Grand River Valley Thompson, Ohio $27.00 www.saintjosephvineyard.com A visit to Northeast Ohio won’t provide your typical wine drinker with a whole lot of satisfaction. Palatial wineries, gourmet restaurants and boutique shopping à la St. Helena ... for its long and lingering finish. This pinot noir from Thompson, Ohio has the concentration of fruit...

  IMG_1912     Originally uploaded by writegirl My favorite Ohio winemakers were spotlighted in a recent epiode of America's Heartland. The video is now available online (but not embeddable - sorry). The video features Ron & Nancy of Kinkead Ridge and Bill & Patti of Harmony Hill . It's a great look at both wineries and at the history of winemaking in the Ohio River Valley. Take a look...

You've probably noticed that "50 States. 50 Wineries. 50 Weeks." has become merely 50 wineries from 50 states. That's just because it's been so much harder to gather samples than I anticipated. So, instead of doing one a week, I'll taste them as I can get them. The goal is still to taste, and write about, wine from each of America's 50 states. This time around, we head to the deep south...

Ohio wineries are coming to you. March 21st at Krohn Conservatory in Eden Park you can ... Longworth Hall in Mt Adams) was the first to grow grapes in the area, inadvertently creating the Ohio ... thriving wine area and includes tastings from 9 different local wineries. Your admission price of $35 ... to 513.421.5707. While we're on the subject of local wineries, congratulations to Henke ! The fun winery...

quote [The wine doesn’t come in crystal bottles, but it does have the same proud name: Waterford. It’s a fairly new South African winery, dating from 1998, located in the Stellenbosch region near the Cape of Good Hope.] - from: www.chron.com Read the full story

I hadn’t heard of Jim Neal’s Chariot wines when I discovered they were available locally and reasonably priced. I did a web search and found these blog entries: Winecast: Jim Neal, Chariot, “Diana” 2002 Vinography: Jim Neal Wine Those posts convinced me to buy a few bottles of the 2004 ...

) about them. I thought the Paso wineries were okay: okay, but nothing exceptional—maybe even ... wineries and their respective Tempranillo’s and I didn’t get an opportunity to taste their Tempranillo...