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Frederick Cellars Ghost~ Voice of Emily Williams

Emily Williams and her husband own Frederick Cellars, which is a relatively new winery in downtown Frederick. Although the winery may be new the building that it occupies is far from it. When they bought the building they were told from a former tenant that it was haunted. In this interview Emily tells a little more of the buillding's history and her experience with the ghost that allegedly haunts the winery.

Linganore Winery's History~ Voice of Anthony Aellen

Anthony Aellen is one of the owners of Linganore Winery as well as the winemaker. His family has been making wine for generations and he decided to turn it into a career. In this interview he talks a little about the history of winemaking in his family as well as the history of Linganore winery. He also touches on Maryland wine and how our wine industry compares to others around the country.

A page from my reporters notebook...

This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Frederick Wine Cellars and speaking with one of the owners Emily Williams. I was there to interview her about one thing and ended up finding out a lot about wine in general.

She talked to me about being a newer vineyard owner (they have been open about a year now). We talked about harvesting the grapes and the actual process of winemaking. We also talked about how important wine labels are. Which I think will inspire my next blog post about how infuential wine labels are to buyers when picking out wine.

If you ever get chance to go to Frederick Wine Cellars I would highly reccomend it!

From Vine to Wine

From Vine to Wine is a video of the wine making process. This inspired me becasue I am doing a module on the process of wine making.
Although this video does not have the best camera work it is very well put together and it shows the basics of wine production.
I like how the video flows and how easy it is to follow. I personally think that it might be a better story to tell with a picture slideshow and voice narration.

Corks vs Screw Tops

Fellow blogger Eric Asimov, who writes The Pour for The New York Times, discussed the ongoing battle of the cork versus the screw top in his September 26, 2007 entry. Before I began to explore the world of wine I know I personally would always go for the bottles with the cork. The ones with the screw tops seemed cheap to me and in a way I felt like a bottle of wine was supposed to have a cork, that's just the way it was.
Reading Asimov's entry brought to my attention that while the cork has it's it positive aspects, there were also some negative aspects. The same with the screw top. After reading this last week I went and bought a bottle with a cork and a bottle with a screw top. Needless to say they went down very well and I happened to enjoy them both. I do however support Asimov's idea that "cork taint" is eliminated by using a screw cap and I personally want to add that it was much easier to open the screw top than wrestling with the corkscrew.
So the battle continues between the cork and the screw top...

Starring Boordy Vineyards

On a recent visit to Boordy Vineyards I heard a very intersting story from one of the owners Sally Deford-Buck. A part of the movie "The Runaway Bride," starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, was filmed at Boordy. Deford-Buck said that the production company was looking for a place that wasn't too dusty and had wood on the walls. Boordy was just right besides the fact that it had stone walls. The production company came in and covered all of the stone walls with wood. After filming the Deford family took down the wood and made display cases out of it. To this day these unique display cases stand in their wine store serving as a great conversation piece.