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My Favorite Wine, April 24, 2019

2017 Bisson ‘U Pastine’ Bianchetta Genovese Portofino DOC Regular price $27.99 Sale Price $22.99 Most wine ‘experts’ (the ones that speak on the radio and write in the newspaper) can name perhaps a few different dozen grape varietals. That’s really very good, considering that most are not nor have ever been in the wine business[…]

Tasting notes, More Wines for Spring, April 20, 2019

2016 Alberto Loi ‘Theria’ Vermentino del Sardegna Sardinia, Italy Regular Price $24.99 Sale price $19.99 Sardinia really is one of the best places to grow grapes for wine in the world; bright sunshine, rocky soils, dry summers, salty and cooling Mediterranean breezes. This rich Vermentino illustrates that; ripe, lush fruit that still retains acidity making[…]

My Favorite Wine, April 17, 2019

2015 vincent girardin bourgogne rouge cuvee saint vincent Regular price $29.99 Sale Price $23.99 It’s a thankless task, selecting the wine for Easter dinner. Cousin Bob thinks California Cabs are the bomb (they get him bombed, that is), Grandpa Max still believes that wine is for ‘the ladies’, and Uncle Sal and his date brought[…]

Tasting notes; Wines of Loire Valley, April 13, 2019

2017 Domaine de la Pépière ‘Clos des Briods’, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Regular Price $22.99 Sale price $17.99 This wine is of 100% Melon de Bourgogne vines that were planted between 1930 and 1950. On its lees for 8-9 months, its full and structured and powerful and yet possesses a bright core of citrus with[…]

My Favorite Wine, April 10, 2019

2016 K. Descombes Morgon Vieille Vignes Beaujolais, FR Regular price $29.99 Sale Price $24.99 Ok, it’s finally spring…but that doesn’t mean that every day will be balmy and beautiful. We’ll get our usual cold and rainy April weather, while being teased by blue skies and enticing by warm breezes. Now, if the seasons influence your[…]

Tasting notes, Domaine Louis-Michel, April 6, 2019

Domaine Louis-Michel has been farming and making wine is the heart of Chablis since 1850. Still a family business, it’s currently run by the sixth generation, Guillaume Gicqueau-Michel. With holdings in and among the finest sites in Chablis, the wines, made of 100% Chardonnay, with no use of oak aging, have a well-deserved reputation for[…]

My Favorite Wine, April 3, 2019

2013 Domaine les Bastides Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, FR Regular price $27.99 Sale Price $21.99 Its nice that American wine drinkers have finally embraced Rosé. No, really, I mean it. Especially Provence Rosé. I mean, here’s a region that been making wines for at least 2500 years, and finally, in the last 5 years or so, we’ve[…]

Tasting notes, Wines of Northern Spain, 3/30/19

2017 Ostatu Rioja Blanco Rioja Alavesa, SP Regular Price $17.99 Sale price $13.99 Crisp, bright and refreshing, this blend of Viura and Malvasia is the perfect aperitivo for any season. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and bottled without further aging to capture its essential freshness. 2018 Marfil Rosat Garnatxa Negra Alella, SP Regular[…]

My Favorite Wine, March 27, 2019

2014 Marcel Couturier ‘Le Bourg’ Pouilly-Loché, FR Regular price $31.99 Sale Price $25.99 Under the category of ‘that’s why you can’t have nice things’, I offer you California Chardonnay. I’m mostly kidding, of course. But Chardonnay didn’t have a lousy reputation until nearly every winery in California started making it by allowing their grapes to[…]

Does ‘Vintage’ Matter?

Wine is simple. So simple, in fact, that a great many people withonly very rudimentary wine knowledge can pass themselves off as experts and get jobs talking about wine on the radio or writing about wine for newspapers, magazines, or even their own publications! But, in order to maintain their facade as experts, these poseurs[…]

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Meet the team

Our store is a family business run by three generations of native Marylanders with decades of experience in the the wine industry.

Matt Wood

Matt has 10 years of experience in the wine business as a wine buyer at the Wine Source and working in wine retail at North Charles Fine Wines. He has designed and lead tastings of both wines and whiskeys.

PETER WOOD

Peter has a 40 year career in food & beverage in the Baltimore and Washington DC area. Peter has worked in, managed and/or owned too many restaurants to list here (not necessarily a good thing) and also spent a decade in the wine biz (while attempting to stop working in restaurants).

Liam WOOD

Liam is Matt’s son & Peter’s grandson. He’s a regular fixture in the shop and a lover of shiny bottles. He’ll be tasting wine with the best of them 20 years from now

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