by Richard Leahy | Nov 24, 2020 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine
Harrisonburg, November 23, 2020: The Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail, comprised of wineries in the Shenandoah Valley American Viticultural Area, presented the second Shenandoah Cup trophy to the top-rated wine submitted in its competition at a Virtual Gala on November...
by Richard Leahy | Nov 22, 2020 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations
It’s time for my annual Thanksgiving wine recommendations. As a locavore and also as an 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....
by Richard Leahy | Aug 31, 2020 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
I’ve not yet visited Hiddencroft Vineyards, one of Loudoun County’s northernmost wineries, but I’ve enjoyed their Petit Verdot twice now, in very different styles. The 2008 was a cool vintage style, but that doesn’t mean the wine was light or...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 25, 2020 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine, Winery Review, Winery Visits
On August 1st I signed copies of my new third edition of Beyond Jefferson’s Vines (the definitive book on Virginia wine) at Breaux Vineyards in northern Loudoun County, so I stayed for a couple of nights and visited a half-dozen other wineries, some of which...
by Richard Leahy | May 16, 2020 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations
Here in Central Virginia, we’ve gone from a serious (and damaging) frost last Sunday night, to temps in the upper ’80s by the end of the week, so a big transition from drinking reds to whites. The first of these Wines of the Week is DuCard (Madison Co.,...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 28, 2020 | Competitions, Events, News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine
The Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) will hold its 30th Annual Monticello Cup Wine Competition on Monday, March 2 at Barboursville Vineyards. The competition is closed to the public, but results for the top scoring wines will be announced live during the public Monticello...
