by Richard Leahy | Apr 29, 2019 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
From a field of 60 entries, all from grapes grown in the Monticello AVA, and from a final field of six (three white wines and three red wines), the top wine of the 2019 Monticello Cup competition was the Mountain Plains 2016 from King Family Vineyards in Crozet. This...
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 | Feb 22, 2019 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir
At the annual technical meeting of the Virginia Vineyards Association meeting at the Omni in February, Karl Hampsch, proprietor of Loving Cup Winery in North Garden was named “Grower of the Year” for 2019. The award was presented by Bettina Ring, Virginia...
by Richard Leahy | Nov 6, 2018 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
Michael Shaps of Michael Shaps Wineworks announced on November 6th, 2018 the purchase of Shenandoah Vineyards, the second oldest active winery in Virginia. Shenandoah Vineyards was founded in 1976 by Jim and Emma Randel, two visionaries who recognized the...
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 9, 2018 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir
The scenic Finger Lakes region of central upstate New York was voted “Best Wine Region” by USA Today “10 Best Reader’s Choice Awards” for 2018. The region competed for reader approval with nine other U.S. wine regions over 28 days....
