by Richard Leahy | Nov 11, 2019 | Competitions, Events, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine
The Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail, comprised of wineries in the Shenandoah Valley American Viticultural Area, will present the first Shenandoah Cup trophy to the top-rated wine submitted in its inaugural competition at a Gala on November 15. The celebration will be...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 12, 2019 | Conferences & Meetings, Events, News/Announcements
The eighth annual Eastern Winery Exposition opens in one week, Tuesday March 19th at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse, NY. EWE is the largest production wine industry trade show and conference east of the Pacific states, and will feature 215 exhibitors, a day of...
by Richard Leahy | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
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...
by Richard Leahy | Oct 3, 2018 | Cider, Events
Virginia Cider Week is November 9-18, and Virginia cideries will be featured at tasting events across the Commonwealth. Kevin Clay of Big Spoon Communications organized the second annual Virginia Cider media and trade tasting today (10/2) hosted by Buskey Cider in...
by Richard Leahy | May 1, 2018 | Competitions, Events, Virginia Wine
Twenty-two wineries from the Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) competed in the 2018 Monticello Cup Wine Competition, a friendly competition among wineries in the Monticello American Viticultural Area (AVA). This year’s competition was coordinated by the Virginia Wine &...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 1, 2018 | Events, Tastings/Evaluations
Steven Spurrier, celebrating the upcoming publishing of his memoirs, “My Life in Wine”, in collaboration with the newly-formed Wine and Spirits Academy of Virginia, presided at a wine dinner at Veritas Vineyards in Afton, VA on Jan.31st which featured a...
