by Richard Leahy | Feb 28, 2021 | Competitions, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
As I have done for the last decade, I was a judge in the annual Virginia wine Governor’s Cup competition this month, only there was a logistical proble: how to do the event with safe social distancing during the pandemic? Jay Youmans MW came up with what I...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 26, 2021 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
I would have been skeptical if someone had told me to recommend a red wine from the abyssmal 2018 vintage as a “wine of the week.” I frankly wouldn’t have believed it possible, until I tasted this excellent wine. While signing copies of Beyond...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 11, 2021 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir
The 2020 Maryland Governor’s Cup, delayed until February due to covid-19, has announced the top winners in the competition. Boordy Vineyards has won the state Governor’s Cup for its 2015 Landmark Reserve, while Port of Leonardtown Winery won the Jack...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 24, 2021 | News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
“Un-Wine’d”, a Virgina Public Media/PBS show about Virginia food and wine, produced by Shari Pennington of VPM and hosted by Tassie Pippert of James Madison University, kicked off its third season on Friday, with an episode featuring this writer,...
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....
