by Richard Leahy | Jan 5, 2020 | News/Announcements, Tastings/Evaluations
This is my annual list of my favorite wines of 2019. I tasted maybe a hundred or more wines from around the East (Virginia, Finger Lakes and SW Michigan) and liked even more than these, but had to limit this list to the two and three star wines…and just a very few...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 2, 2020 | News/Announcements
As reported in the Washington Post on 12/31, the Trump Organization fired seven migrant workers at the Trump Winery without appropriate legal work permits. This happened nearly a year after the Trump Organization pledged to dismiss any workers without immigration...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 2, 2020 | News/Announcements
Pierre Galet, a French viticulturist, researcher and developer of the science of ampelogaphy, or identifying grapevine varieties by the shapes and patterns in their leaves, as well as petioles, cluster patterns and shoots, died on December 30th of a heart attack just...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 7, 2019 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
When a very good or great vintage comes along, it’s a good idea to buy enough to lay down for when they really mature, as you enjoy the other bottles when they’re young. Any wine lover deserves to drink mature wines of a decade old or more, especially if...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Announces 2019 Award Recipients The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its Monteith Wine Bowl Trophy, Wine Grape Productivity Tray, and Birchenall Award. ...
