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Maryland's Piedmont wine trail

The wineries of Baltimore and Harford counties have joined together to form the Piedmont Wine Trail, a short drive into the country from Baltimore.

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Arizona's unnoticed wineries

More wineries are popping up in northern Arizona as more aspiring winemakers have found that the time was right and land was ripe for the taking. The ensuing clusters of vineyards have created a wine drinker's treasure map that has gone unnoticed by many — even Arizonans.

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Regional Wine Week 2009: More wines than we could have imagined

After five days, almost 50 bloggers and writers, some 75 posts, and 50 percent more visitors than last year, Regional Wine Week 2009 is over. And it exceeded our expectations.

We would have been happy to duplicate last year's success, when we had about half as many bloggers and posts. That's because several of our Mainstream Media contributers, faced with what has happened in the newspaper and magazine business over the past 12 months, weren't able to participate. And the economy silenced a number of blogs that sent us links last year. And, frankly, our organizing efforts this year weren't as focused as they were in 2008.

So this year's output was as welcome as it was unexpected. But it shouldn't have been. We, more than anyone, should know that regional wine is an accepted, full-fledged member of the wine community. That people -- a lot of people -- want to write about it should not be surprising.

So we'll keep doing what we're doing, and Regional Wine Week will return in 2010 (tentatively set for Oct. 9-16). And we're already planning our second DrinkLocalWine.com conference and should have announcement about that soon.

Thanks to everyone who participated. And if you write a post abut regional wine and if it's not regional wine week, send us a link and we'll use it on the blog. And if you'd like to be included in the DrinkLocalWine.com blogroll, send us a link as well.

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Regional Wine Week 2009: Day 5

The fifth  day of Regional Wine Week featured more wines, wineries and wine news around North America -- and these are just the highlights:

· Howard Hewitt of Grape Sense on Indiana's Turtle Run Winery.

· Mike Wangbickler of Caveman Wines on Midwestern wine -- not bad for a Californian.

· DrinkLocalWine' honcho Dave McIntyre on Hawaiian wine. Hey, we keep insisting that wine is made in all 50 states.

And we're still happy to take blog posts and articles from anyone who writes about local wine on their blogs -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state. Send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Regional Wine Week 2009: Day 4

The fourth day of Regional Wine Week sees us at more than 50 posts, and we continue to get reports about more and different wines and wineries from around North America:

· David Falchek of the Scranton Times talking about chambourcin in Pennsylvania.

· Russ Kane at Vintage Texas, on being the Texas Wine Czar.

· And how about wine from New Jersey?

And we're still happy to take blog posts and articles from anyone who writes about local wine on their blogs -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state. Send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Regional Wine Week 2009: Day 3

The third day of Regional Wine Week featured more wines, wineries and wine news around North America -- and these are just the highlights:

· Gil Kulers on the revolution in local and regional wine.

· Gretchen Neumann of VinoVerve.com on Nebraska's Feather River Winery.

· Brian Kirby of the The Other 46 blog on what's happening in Maryland.

And we're still happy to take blog posts and articles from anyone who writes about local wine on their -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state. Send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Monday on Regional Wine Week

Sometimes, even we're supposed by how many people care about regional wine and love to write about it. The first day of Regional Wine Week featured wines from around North America:

· Rémy Charest of The Wine Case on the cellared in Canada controversy, in which some Canadian producers are labeling wines as Canadian which are made mostly with grapes from elsewhere.

· Gretchen Neuman of VinoVerve.com on Wallace Winery in Iowa.

· Ed Thralls of Wine Tonite on on getting away to the North Georgia Mountain wine country.

And we're still happy to take blog posts and articles from anyone who writes about local wine on their -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state. Send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Welcome to Regional Wine Week 2009

We're in full swing, with the first reports from the more than three dozen bloggers and writers who are participating. The links to their posts are here.

And the best part? We're still getting emails from people who want to participate. All are welcome, and you don't have to be a wine geek to participate. All you need to do is write about your local wine on your blog -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state -- and send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Rhode Island Tranquility

Dave McIntyre posts about an Alsace-style white from Rhode Island called "Tranquility" - which makes us say, "Regional Wine Week - Tranquility Base has Landed!" #dlw09

Michigan harvest looks cold and late

The great Sandra Silfven at the Detroit News: "This year's harvest will be late and difficult, and might be a reality check for red-wine producers up north. A cold vintage is more often the norm for the state, which is ideal for white wines, but reds need the sun to ripen."