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Blind Tasting Report: Red Virginia Wines from 2019

by Richard Leahy | Feb 14, 2021 | Tastings/Evaluations, Varietals, Virginia Wine

This is part two (red wines) for my blind tasting report on the very good 2019 vintage now being bottled and sent to market. Whites, rosés and light to medium-bodied reds like Cabernet Franc and some Meritage blends have been bottled and will be released soon. This...

Blind Tasting Report: 2019 Virginia White Wines

by Richard Leahy | Feb 13, 2021 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

There’s good news on the Virginia wine scene: the very good (some would say “great”) 2019 vintage is coming on the market. Whites, rosés and light reds like Cabernet Franc have been bottled and will be released soon. This is good news because the 2018 vintage was a...

VPM/PBS’s Third Season of “Un-Wine’d” on VA Wine and Food Launched

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,...

My Favorite Wines Tasted in 2020

by Richard Leahy | Dec 31, 2020 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine, Winery Visits

If you’re reading this, you’re probably as relieved as I am that we’re in a new year. What a great year 2020 was (to focus on fine food and wine, music, or anything else than covid and politics), although there is hope now on those two fronts for the...

Wine of the Week: Breaux Meritage 2015

by Richard Leahy | Dec 17, 2020 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

Last summer I was invited by Breaux Vineyards owner Jennifer Breaux to participate in a virtual tasting of their ’15 and ’16 Meritage blends. They were both fine; the ’16 was a bit lighter with more Merlot, and the ’15 was big and brooding with...

Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations 2020

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....
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