Tag Archives: Local Wine

What do wine lovers really want?

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Dave McIntyre

When preparing yesterday’s rant about the current existential dread in the wine industry over the indifference of younger consumers to our favorite tipple, I came across this piece I wrote just more than 10 years ago. It still rings true … Continue reading →

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Catch-Up News: Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Changes Hands

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

I’ve been so busy the past several weeks that I’ve neglected this blog. So here’s catching up on a few things, especially some news that I let slip: Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards has been sold. Sugarloaf was established a decade ago on … Continue reading →

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Drink Local Wine Week: The Importance of Vintage. Or Not.

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

Virginia and Maryland vintners have become adept at turning challenges into advantages. Case in point: The region’s variable climate. We get hot vintages, humid vintages, even hurricane vintages that have us looking for arks rather than barrels. (Anyone remember 2011?) … Continue reading →

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Some great photos of Regional Wine Week

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

If you haven’t checked out Drink Local Wine’s Facebook page, you should. That’s where we asked wine lovers to post their favorite photos relating to regional wine during Regional Wine Week. There were great shots of grapes, of course, like … Continue reading →

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Regional Wine Week Begins

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

This is Regional Wine Week, October 6-12, the sixth annual celebration of wine made throughout the country, not just on the West Coast. As regular readers of this blog know, Regional Wine Week was started by Jeff Siegel, aka The … Continue reading →

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Maryland’s Boordy Vineyards Takes Top ASWC Honors

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

The revamped Boordy Vineyards, Maryland’s oldest winery, took top honors at last weekend’s Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition, earning Best of Show for its 2010 Cabernet Franc Reserve. It was the second major award for Boordy’s first vintage of red wines … Continue reading →

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Regional Wine Becomes Mainstream – Mission Accomplished?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

It’s been three months since I’ve posted here. That’s a factor of fatigue, I don’t mind acknowledging. I’ve still been writing my weekly wine columns for The Washington Post, of course, and will link to those here in future in … Continue reading →

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Drink Local Wine 2013 – in Baltimore April 13

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

You can drink local wine any day, but you should Drink Local Wine on April 13. Okay, punning aside, the annual Drink Local Wine conference is fast approaching. After convening in Texas, Virginia, Missouri and Colorado, we are converging on … Continue reading →

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DLW 2013 to focus on Maryland

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Well, it’s official. DrinkLocalWine.com’s 2013 conference will be in Maryland next April 12-14. This will be our fifth annual conference in which we introduce bloggers and other wine writers to the wines of a particular state, one they probably don’t … Continue reading →

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Calling All Bloggers! Regional Wine Week is Nov. 12-16

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

DrinkLocalWine, the website-turned-movement that Jeff Siegel and I started four years ago, will hold its fifth annual Regional Wine Week from Nov. 12-16. The idea is to encourage bloggers and other wine writers to focus on their local wines from … Continue reading →

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