by Richard Leahy | Mar 26, 2020 | News/Announcements
Due to the Covid-19 scare closing winery tasting rooms, wineries are rapidly using technology platforms such as Zoom, Facetime and Skype to encourage their customers (especially wine club members) to tune in for “virtual” tastings and discussion on their wines. Some...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized, Virginia Wine
Wine may be more important for us now than ever, not just for its physical pleasures, but for being able to celebrate something that has always transformed our humdrum ordinary lives, whether it’s making a humble weekday dinner so much better, or connecting with...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 22, 2020 | Events, Virginia Wine
Wine blogger Frank Morgan, (https://drinkwhatyoulike.wordpress.com/)who also organized this year’s Monticello Cup wine competition, has taken inspiration from Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, who wrote the highly acclaimed ‘Tastings’ column in The Wall Street...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 18, 2020 | News/Announcements
Michael Broadbent MW, the English wine critic, writer and auctioneer died March 17th at home. He is described by the British trade magazine The Drinks Business as “a towering and influential figure in the wine trade.” Broadbent was born in Yorkshire in 1927 and...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
[this story was written by Linda McKee and posted on winebusiness.com, 3/5/20] From left to right, Kevin Hardcastle, Chuck Lawrence and Bob Manley, partners in Hermit Woods Winery of NH, at the Eastern Winery Exposition The Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE), the...
