by Richard Leahy | May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Patrick Keese is a remarkable young man. He teaches and plays the violin (also the guitar), has worked a summer doing vineyard work at Stinson Vineyards, and is planning to bike across the country this summer with the Bike and Build Foundation, building houses along...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 21, 2017 | Tastings/Evaluations, Varietals, Virginia Wine
Cabernet franc is making a comeback in fine Virginia red wines as a varietal. In 2015 and 2016, I was disappointed in the few varietal cabernet francs that made it to the final round of the Virginia Governor’s Cup competition. There wasn’t strong varietal...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Saturday April 8th, the second annual Film Festival at Little Washington took place in the Rappahannock town of that name. Scott Elliff, proprietor of DuCard Vineyards, was one of the event’s organizers and poured samples of his wine prior to the screening of...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 14, 2017 | Tastings/Evaluations, Varietals
Dave Phinney has an original idea for regional wine: the “meta-location” blend. In contrast to the European model of increasingly small and allegedly special locations regulated by appellation laws, he blends across appellations seeking out old, low-yielding vines to...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
February 25th, 2017 – Fauquier County’s Third Annual Wine Tasting & Competition attracted 500 attendees and 14 local wineries to Airlie on Saturday, February 25th. The event, sponsored by the Fauquier County Department of Economic Development and hosted by...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 18, 2017 | Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized, Winery Visits
Maryland’s first post-Prohibition winery, Boordy Vineyards located in a very peaceful, undeveloped corner of Baltimore County, began as a vineyard in 1945 where Philip Wagner, the editor of the Baltimore Sun, had succeeded the great H.L. Mencken. Wagner experimented...
