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On a recent jaunt through Southwest Michigan, we stopped by Lemon Creek Winery. Open since 1984 and 100% estate grown, the Lemon family...

Few places in the country grow better cider apples than the Lake Michigan shore. Something about that lake effect provides all the...

Chenin Blanc plantings may be declining in France and California, but that’s ok, places like Texas and South Africa are more than happy...

As we learned in our recent interviews of Bell Springs winery owner Nate Pruitt and winemaker Nic Compton, there are a lot of great...

Southwest Michigan does not get the attention the Mission Peninsula and Leelanau Peninsula do, but we find their wines to be solid and...

We like The Big Lebowski, but we don’t love it. Our tasting panel had more love for B. Nektar’s cider The Dude’s Rug, inspired by a...

Kentucky’s Hive and Barrel Meadery has been making mead and cider in the Louisville suburbs for a decade. Their meads tend towards the...

In many areas of the country, wine shoppers will never see muscadine wine on the shelf. A specialty of the Southeast United States,...

Based out of Madison, Wisconsin, Restoration Cider was inspired to make cider after visiting Northwest Spain (not Basque country in the...

Basque ciders are, like most things Basque, a delightful blend of the rustic and the funky. Certainly not a cider to start your journey...

Sicily seems to be getting all the love these days from fans of off the beaten path grapes, and why shouldn’t it? Full of indigenous...

Beer/wine blends are nothing new, but often the sum is not better than the parts. When our tasting panel sat down with Urban Artifact’s...

French ciders are characterized by their fruity aroma and character, which often comes from slow or arrested fermentation or...

Mountain View Vineyards sits in the Poconos Mountains in the northeast part of the state. The Poconos are full of resorts, as well as...

Crafted Meadery has been making meads since 2012. Located just outside of Akron, Ohio, they have an interesting and expansive lineup of...

We love tasting new grapes. We especially loving sitting down with indigenous grapes being grown or made in a traditional way. So when...

Fruit wines are often a mixed bag. What those who drink only grape wines don't realize is they require a skilled hand that balances the...

When trends converge. The Finger Lakes, Riesling, and Sekt are all hot right now, and Red Tail combines all three in this bottling. What...

Sokol Blosser has been making wine for 50 years, with a focus on sustainability (the bluebirds on the label refer to a project the winery...

Once down to only two Italian producers, Arneis has been plucked from obscurity into a sort of winelover’s handshake, one that separates...