Corks, Caps & Taps

06/24/2022

Anchor owner buys Stone
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220623006037/en/Sapporo-U.S.A.-to-Acquire-Stone-Brewing

Sapporo U.S.A. to Acquire Stone Brewing

05/14/2021

R.I.P. Mark Terry

Mark Terry, who worked as a winemaker and vineyard manager for 20 years at Hargrave Vineyard in Cutchogue, Long Island, and its successor, Castello di Borghese, has died in Winston-Salem, NC at the age of 61.

News of his death on May 14 was shared on his page by his daughter, Nikki. There were no details, but a separate Facebook post indicated he suffered a heart attack.

Terry was the general manager and winemaker at North Carolina’s oldest winery, Westbend Vineyards in Winston-Salem, from 2004 until its closing in 2014. He and his daughter, Nikki, then went on to establish a wine and beer shop in downtown Winston-Salem called Corks, Caps & Taps.

Terry was a 1978 graduate of Southold Junior-Senior High School.

In addition to his daughter, Nikki, he is survived by daughter Tracy Lynn Martinez, also of Winston-Salem, son Dan Olsen, of Mechanicsville, VA, and his long-time companion, Lillian Kroustalis, who owned Westbend until its sale in 2015.

03/25/2021

Israeli wine for the Passover Seder. Of course. Here are some picks from my friend and Jerusalem Post wine writer Adam Montefiore,

Buy where you are most comfortable and within your budget.

03/11/2021

Brothers in beer in short supply

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trappist-beer-needs-trappist-monks-to-brew-it-but-the-vocation-is-dwindling-11615392562?mod=itp_wsj&mod=djemITP_h

Abbeys have fewer brothers these days, worrying those devoted to the high-end beers.