by Richard Leahy | Mar 12, 2019 | Conferences & Meetings, Events, News/Announcements
The eighth annual Eastern Winery Exposition opens in one week, Tuesday March 19th at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse, NY. EWE is the largest production wine industry trade show and conference east of the Pacific states, and will feature 215 exhibitors, a day of...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
[From the Virginia Wine Marketing Office, 2/26/19] Governor Ralph Northam awarded the 2019 Virginia Wineries Association’s (VWA) Governor’s Cup to Horton Vineyards for their 2016 Petit Manseng at the 2019 Governor’s Cup Gala. The Gala took place Tuesday...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 22, 2019 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir
At the annual technical meeting of the Virginia Vineyards Association meeting at the Omni in February, Karl Hampsch, proprietor of Loving Cup Winery in North Garden was named “Grower of the Year” for 2019. The award was presented by Bettina Ring, Virginia...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 13, 2019 | Tastings/Evaluations
When I finally finished the first draft of this exhaustive list of my favorite wines from 2018, I realized I had to cut it back to only those wines that I’d rated 3 stars or I’d have pages and pages, and I knew you only wanted to read about the BEST! (note: this draft...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 30, 2018 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
In my last post, I highlighted my favorite tank or barrel samples of the infant 2018 vintage. As Maryland vintner and friend Mike Fiore would say, “Not so bad!” Vintners may have lost up to half of their potential crop, but from what I’ve seen they did a great job...
