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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
