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Join a Virtual Happy Hour Friday 1/22 at 6pm with Richard Leahy and Tassie Pippert on the 3rd Season of “Un-Wine’d” on VPM/PBS About 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, at 6pm Friday Jan. 22nd; there will be up...
My Favorite Wines Tasted in 2020
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 new year. I have...
Wine of the Week: Breaux Meritage 2015
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 more (50%) Cabernet...
Cave Ridge Petit Verdot 2017 Wins 2nd Shenandoah Cup
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...
Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations 2020
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. 4,...
Winery Visit: Muse Vineyards, Woodstock, VA
11/22/20: Yesterday I was autographing copies of my third edition of Beyond Jefferson's Vines at Muse Vineyards near Woodstock in the Shenandoah Valley. They are a small, dry vinifera varieties-focused winery with consistently high quality across the product line and...