by Richard Leahy | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many of you may be wondering about the quality of the current vintage, given the incessant rain we’ve had pretty much since the growing season started. To put it bluntly, “It’s not 2017” (which was a “10” on a scale of one to ten)....
by Richard Leahy | Aug 13, 2018 | Cider, Competitions, Fruit Wines, News/Announcements, Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized
Charlottesville, VA–The third annual “Drink Outside the Grape” competition took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 8, resulting in 83 medals for fruit wines, meads, ciders and fruit brandies; 21 golds, 33 silvers and 27 bronze medals in addition...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
As reported in the Charlottesville Daily Progress and Washington Post, Virginia wine pioneer Dennis Horton died at his Madison Home on Tues. June 22nd at the age of 72. Having grown up “A stone’s throw” from Stone Hill Vineyards in Hermann, MO,...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tonight, Feb. 27, 2018, the winner of the Virginia Wine Governor’s Cup will be announced by Governor Ralph Northam. The field is a record size; 99 gold medals competing for the Cup, while 12 wines total will compete for the highest scoring honors to fill the...
by Richard Leahy | Jan 16, 2018 | Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Uncategorized, Winery Visits
SE Arizone Wine Country Part 2: Wines of Sonoita Jay and I had an action-packed day of curated winery visits the next day around Sonoita. We began at 9:30 a.m. At Dos Cabezas Vineyards. Winemaker Todd Bostock worked quickly, taking us through the line-up of current...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The hot ticket these days in the Finger Lakes region of New York is what’s happening with red wines, now that sparkling, riesling and charonnay have all been well-established as classics for some time. Two years ago I visited southeast Seneca Lake (the...
