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

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

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,...

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...

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...

If you are looking for a place full of indigenous varietals you won’t find anywhere else, you are heading to Italy (with a jaunt after...

We make a point of championing cider here, and with good reason. For many colder climates, it is often a more reliable fruit than grapes...

If you are looking for a easy entry into Mead (and you should be), New Hampshire’s Moonlight Meadery is a good place to start....

Virginia is one of the hottest wine regions right now. It is known for Viognier, Petit Manseng, Norton, and Cabernet Franc, but several...

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. And for as long as humans have joined together, they managed to ferment whatever local...

We love reviewing orange and natural wines. While they sometimes are a bit too funky and out there, they are going to continue to demand...

Located around 30 minutes south of Indianapolis, Mallow Run Winery has been gaining a lot of notice lately, and the quality of their...

At their best, meads are a sublime blend of honey, alcohol, acidity, tannins, and sweetness. While heavily fruited and high ABV meads are...

Come for the Lake Seneca ambience, taste the other wines, but stay for the Rieslings at Hermann J. Wiemer. Nearly everything this winery...

Since its first vintage in 1978, Huber Winery has become a Hoosier agritourism conglomerate, with over a half a million annual visitors...