by Richard Leahy | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized, Virginia Wine
Wine may be more important for us now than ever, not just for its physical pleasures, but for being able to celebrate something that has always transformed our humdrum ordinary lives, whether it’s making a humble weekday dinner so much better, or connecting with...
by Richard Leahy | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
[this story was written by Linda McKee and posted on winebusiness.com, 3/5/20] From left to right, Kevin Hardcastle, Chuck Lawrence and Bob Manley, partners in Hermit Woods Winery of NH, at the Eastern Winery Exposition The Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE), the...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 15, 2020 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine, Winery Review
Cunningham Creek Winery, along with Thistle Gate Vineyard, both in Fluvanna County, are among the newest wineries in the Monticello AVA, since the re-drawing of the boundaries moved the eastern boundary from the Albemarle county line to follow the Rivanna River to...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 5, 2020 | News/Announcements, Tastings/Evaluations
This is my annual list of my favorite wines of 2019. I tasted maybe a hundred or more wines from around the East (Virginia, Finger Lakes and SW Michigan) and liked even more than these, but had to limit this list to the two and three star wines…and just a very few...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 7, 2019 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
When a very good or great vintage comes along, it’s a good idea to buy enough to lay down for when they really mature, as you enjoy the other bottles when they’re young. Any wine lover deserves to drink mature wines of a decade old or more, especially if...
by Richard Leahy | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Announces 2019 Award Recipients The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its Monteith Wine Bowl Trophy, Wine Grape Productivity Tray, and Birchenall Award. ...
