by Richard Leahy | Apr 27, 2018 | Competitions, Fruit Wines, Tastings/Evaluations
The second annual Best of New England Wine Competition took place on April 25th, with six judges including grape and fruit wine and cider and mead specialists, tasting dozens of entries from New England states resulting in 42 medals; two Double Gold, nine Gold, 13...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 27, 2018 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
2/27/18, Richmond, VA–Virginia Governor Ralph Northam tonight announced that from a field of 99 gold medal wines, King Family Vineyards of Crozet had won the Governor’s Cup for their 2014 Meritage, made by winemaker Matthieu Finot, who has been...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 15, 2018 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
[edited from a press release from the Virginia Wine Marketing Office, Feb. 9, 2018]. The Virginia Wineries Association Governor’s Cup® Virginia Wine Competition judging is final, and the list of golds are announced. Ninety-nine Virginia wines have been awarded gold...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 31, 2017 | Competitions, Tastings/Evaluations
I’ll start off my list of what I consider the top wines I’ve tasted in 2017 by listing the wines in the Governor’s Case, the top twelve-scoring wines in the Governor’s Cup wine competition. I am one of the judges for the final round in which these...
by Richard Leahy | Sep 14, 2017 | Competitions, News/Announcements
On August 20th, the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association held its Thirteenth Annual Wine Competition and voted Rappahannock County’s Narmada Winery Cabernet Franc Reserve 2013 “Best Of Show”. Narmada Winery Cabernet Franc Reserve 2013 was also awarded...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 13, 2017 | Competitions, News/Announcements
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...
