The Wine Classroom

On wines, winemakers and wineries, primarily of southcentral and eastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Tour de Tanks show 50-plus % attendance hike

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Leroy 'Buck' Mortorff talks about the importance of using virgin oak barrels for Chardonnay wine during a tour Sunday at Four Spring...

Study: Amost 300,000 visited Md. wineries

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In the wake of the disappointing news last week that the bid to allow direct wine shipping in Maryland had been denied once again, the Maryl...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Franklin Hill adds new links to site

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Looks like Franklin Hill Vineyards, with its winery in Bangor, Pa., and three other retail locations, has upgraded its Web site. Looks like ...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Four Springs cooking up tasty wine sauces

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When you make your way into Four Springs Winery in Seven Valleys, Pa., one of these next two weekends for Tour de Tanks , make sure you try...

Two quick intros to new friends

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Received two notes from folks who found the blog and wanted to get tied in for different reasons. One came from Brian Kirby, who writes The ...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Obit written again on Md. direct-shipping bill

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The note came Friday morning from Adam Borden, who became one of the principal spokesmen for a bill that would allow Maryland wineries to sh...

A day to reflect on the states of wine law

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I've been slowly gathering enough material to allow for several consecutive posts about the business of selling wine and some of the iss...
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The Wine Novice
A reporter/editor who has picked grapes during harvest at Basignani Winery and looked forward to the barrel tasting and library sale at Woodhall Wine Cellars, both in Maryland, and bopped around the Uncork York and Brandywine Valley Wine Trails in Pennsylvania. Using this forum as almost a wine beat, educating others as I learn about wine, winemaking and the business of growing and then harvesting the grape.
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