by Richard Leahy | Aug 13, 2018 | Cider, Competitions, Fruit Wines, News/Announcements, Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized
Charlottesville, VA–The third annual “Drink Outside the Grape” competition took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 8, resulting in 83 medals for fruit wines, meads, ciders and fruit brandies; 21 golds, 33 silvers and 27 bronze medals in addition...
by Richard Leahy | Jul 11, 2018 | News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
On July 9th, winemakers, winery owners, media, and founders of the modern Virginia wine industry came to Horton Vineyards west of Gordonsville on Rt. 33 to celebrate his life and the immense impact of his research results on the Virginia and, indeed, eastern North...
by Richard Leahy | Jul 6, 2018 | News/Announcements
Hudson Cattell, a self-described “photo journalist” who co-founded Wine East with Linda Jones McKee in 1981 and painstaking documented the people and process of the post-Prohibition resurrection of the eastern North American wine industry, died on June...
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...
