by Richard Leahy | Mar 14, 2018 | Conferences & Meetings, News/Announcements
The 2018 Eastern Winery Exposition, the largest trade show and conference for the production wine and grape industries east of the Pacific states, set a new registration record during its three-day event from March 6-8 at over 1,000 attendees, even with some...
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 | 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 18, 2017 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
Tuesday, according to Huff Post and Fox News, in an interview with a video clip online, President Trump, asked about the Virginia town of Charlottesville where a white supremacy-led rally in Charlottesville last Saturday resulted in a neo-Nazi using his car to kill...
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...
