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Pippin Hill Current White, Sparkling Releases Impressive
It's been awhile since I tasted the current releases of Pippin Hill Vineyard, which has in the meantime become a partner in Michael Shaps Wineworks (who has always made the wines for the vineyard nearby at their Carter's Bridge facility). The quality and style of the...
President Trump Made Two Inaccurate Claims about Trump Winery
Tuesday, according to Huff Post and Fox News, in an interview with a video clip online, President Trump, asked about the Virginia town of Charlottesville where a white supremacy-led rally in Charlottesville last Saturday resulted in a neo-Nazi using his car to kill...
2017 Drink Outside the Grape Competition Winners
August 11, 2017 Charlottesville, VA--The second annual "Drink Outside the Grape" competition with 145 entries, a 45% increase over the first year, took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 9, resulting in 95 medals for fruit wines, meads, ciders and fruit brandies....
Wine of the Week: Atwater 2013 Syrah “North Block Nine”, Finger Lakes
The hot ticket these days in the Finger Lakes region of New York is what's happening with red wines, now that sparkling, riesling and charonnay have all been well-established as classics for some time. Two years ago I visited southeast Seneca Lake (the "banana belt"...
Four Top VA Wineries Join the Commonwealth Collective
Ankida Ridge, Early Mountain, Stinson and Veritas Vineyards, a diverse group of top Virginia wineries with a complementary range of fine Virginia wines ranging from pinot noir to petit verdot, formally launched a marketing and branding consortium on Sunday, July 23rd...
Wine of the Week: Boordy 2016 Albarino
Boy, has it been hot as perdition this last week, with no relief in sight, here in the Mid-Atlantic. I didn't want to cook or otherwise heat up the place tonight, so I bought some fresh Chesapeake oysters and fixed an appropriate salad (mostly red leaf lettuce,...