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Finger Lakes Tasting Tour #2: The Light, Lovely Wines of the 2017 Vintage
Part 1: Keuka Lake As I explained in my previous blog post, these are notes on my second trip this year to the Finger Lakes of central New York. It gave me a chance to visit wineries I’d missed on my previous trip, and also to taste the early releases of the lovely,...
Michael Shaps Wineworks Purchases Shenandoah Vineyards
Michael Shaps of Michael Shaps Wineworks announced on November 6th, 2018 the purchase of Shenandoah Vineyards, the second oldest active winery in Virginia. Shenandoah Vineyards was founded in 1976 by Jim and Emma Randel, two visionaries who recognized the...
VA and MD Wines on the Way North, 10/18
Regular readers may remember I did a marathon tasting tour of the Finger Lakes of New York last June. Since the region has about 200 wineries, I couldn’t get to each one. In mid-October, I returned and visited places I had missed on the previous trip, and I’m pleased...
Barboursville Vineyards’ Autumn Vertical Tasting an Elegant Finale to Virginia Wine Month
To me, it doesn’t feel like Virginia Wine Month without closing it out at Barboursville Vineyards, where today they hosted their semi-annual Vertical Tasting. For $40, you get to taste four flights of a single wine going back several years, or decades. It’s highly...
VA Wine Month Event: Meet Richard, have him autograph a copy of Beyond Jefferson’s Vines
Meet Richard for a Book Signing and Wine Tasting Celebrate October Virginia Wine Month: wine author Richard Leahy will give a 10 minute presentation on "Virginia Wine Today", followed by autographing copies of his benchmark book on Virginia wine, Beyond Jefferson's...
NY’s Finger Lakes Region Voted “Best Wine Region” for 2018 by USA Today
The scenic Finger Lakes region of central upstate New York was voted "Best Wine Region" by USA Today "10 Best Reader's Choice Awards" for 2018. The region competed for reader approval with nine other U.S. wine regions over 28 days. President Laury Ward of Finger Lakes...