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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,...
2nd Annual Drink Outside the Grape Contest Coming Soon
The "sibling beverages" to grape wines are fruit wines, mead, cider and fruit brandies, all of which are exploding in growth and popularity. I've felt it's unfair for these special "locavore" fruit-based beverages to be judged against table wine made from grapes, as...
Boxwood Vineyards 10 Years Old, Releases New Reserve
John Kent Cooke’s Boxwood Estate Winery in Middleburg, Virginia is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Vintage release beginning July 4th weekend. “The Virginia wine industry has expanded and so have we,” said John Kent Cooke. “When my wife Rita and I planned the...
Casanel in Loudoun Co. Offers Sparkling Norton and Exquisite Red Wines
Casanel Vineyards and Winery is in the heart of the Loudoun County wine region and the Middleburg AVA, but is nicely tucked away off the beaten path, which is a relief after driving south through winery traffic and past wineries throwing festivals where they stand on...
TasteCamp 2017 In Maryland Shows a Dynamic Industry of High Quality
TasteCamp, an annual "wine camp" event organized by Long Island-based wine writer Lenn Thompson of The Cork Report, is open to the wine media who pay to attend a long weekend in the wine country of a specific region. The eight years old TasteCamp brought 33 attendees...