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Shep Rouse of Rockbridge Vineyards Named 2022 VVA “Grower of the Year”

by Richard Leahy | May 13, 2022 | Conferences & Meetings, News/Announcements

During the annual meeting of the Virginia Vineyards Association on May 12, the Grower of the Year award was given to Shepherd Rouse, proprietor of Rockbridge Vineyards. The award was announced by Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Matthew Lohr. “For more...

2022 Virginia Wine Governor’s Cup Won by Cana Vineyards’ 2019 Unité Reserve

by Richard Leahy | Mar 29, 2022 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

March 24, Richmond, VA (from the official press release by the Virginia Wine Marketing Office) – During the annual celebration held at Main Street Station, Governor Glenn Youngkin awarded the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Cup® to Cana Vineyards & Winery of Middleburg...

Sharon Horton honored with Monteith Bowl Trophy for 30 years of service in the American Wine Industry

by Richard Leahy | Mar 11, 2022 | News/Announcements

The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of its Monteith Wine Bowl Trophy. The award is presented annually for excellence in increasing the quality of wine produced on the East Coast and throughout the...

Read Richard’s Article on “Pairing Virginia Wine and Oysters” in Wine & Country online

by Richard Leahy | Jan 21, 2022 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

Richard Leahy (this author) is now contributing to Wine & Country Life, a glossy quarterly magazine produced by Ivy Publishing. You can read his article on “Pairing Wine with Virginia Oysters” online...

Virtual Tasting with Emily Pelton of Veritas and Tassie Pippert of VPM today at 6:30

by Richard Leahy | Jan 21, 2022 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

On Friday January 21st, at 6:30 p.m., join Virgina Public Media’s Tassie Pippert, host of the Virginia wine and cooking show “Un-Wine’d”, as she interviews Veritas Vineyards’ winemaker Emily Pelton on Facebook. The two wines featured will...

Richard’s 2021 Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations

by Richard Leahy | Nov 20, 2021 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized

It’s time for my annual Thanksgiving wine recommendations. As a locavore and also as a 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,...
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