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How Virginia Won World’s Best Wine

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Trickery at America’s “Highest Winery”

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] “Anyone can produce a great wine… But it takes a genius to sell one,” our neighbor, the wine magnate Donald Hess, told us once.  Sometimes the geniuses try a…

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Your Wine Tasting Video Is Ready

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How We Protect Your Wine From the Heat

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Annapolis, MD So, we’ve received queries from a few members to the effect of: “It’s the dead of summer… and I live in Texas… I’m afraid that my Italian…

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I Love Brett

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Argentina Awarded Top Wine Spot

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Delray Beach, FL Shockwaves rippled through the wine world last week with the release of the annual Top 50 World’s Best Vineyards list.  The top spot – chosen by…

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Confessions of a Wine Salesman

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Delray Beach, FL – We had occasion this past weekend to thumb through a copy of What Makes a Wine Worth…

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“Natural” Wine?

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No, Most Wines Aren’t Meant for the Cellar

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] “The wines are on their way!” said Diego. We let out a whoop. After months and months, we finally had our Italian wines crossing the ocean to our warehouse…

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Are You Drinking “Cloned” Wine?

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