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Join a Virtual Happy Hour Friday 1/22 at 6pm with Richard Leahy and Tassie Pippert on the 3rd Season of “Un-Wine’d” on VPM/PBS About Virginia Wine

by Richard Leahy | Jan 8, 2021 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

January starts the third season of Tassie Pippert’s television show about Virginia wine, “Un-Wine’d”, on Virginia Public Media/PBS. You’re invited to join a Zoom “Happy Hour” where Tassie and I will chat about Virginia wine,...

My Favorite Wines Tasted in 2020

by Richard Leahy | Dec 31, 2020 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine, Winery Visits

If you’re reading this, you’re probably as relieved as I am that we’re in a new year. What a great year 2020 was (to focus on fine food and wine, music, or anything else than covid and politics), although there is hope now on those two fronts for the...

Wine of the Week: Breaux Meritage 2015

by Richard Leahy | Dec 17, 2020 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

Last summer I was invited by Breaux Vineyards owner Jennifer Breaux to participate in a virtual tasting of their ’15 and ’16 Meritage blends. They were both fine; the ’16 was a bit lighter with more Merlot, and the ’15 was big and brooding with...

Cave Ridge Petit Verdot 2017 Wins 2nd Shenandoah Cup

by Richard Leahy | Nov 24, 2020 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine

Harrisonburg, November 23, 2020: The Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail, comprised of wineries in the Shenandoah Valley American Viticultural Area, presented the second Shenandoah Cup trophy to the top-rated wine submitted in its competition at a Virtual Gala on November...

Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations 2020

by Richard Leahy | Nov 22, 2020 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations

It’s time for my annual Thanksgiving wine recommendations. As a locavore and also as an historian, I promote drinking locally, especially since Thanksgiving is an East Coast tradition (first celebrated at Berkley Hundred on the James River in Virginia, on Dec....
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