by Richard Leahy | Oct 5, 2019 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
Some may wonder whether Horton Vineyards can continue to push the envelope and make great, outside-the-box wines as it did for nearly 30 years under the late founder Dennis Horton. This iconic Syrah (on top of the Rose of Pinotage I reviewed last time) shows that they...
by Richard Leahy | Sep 30, 2019 | Tastings/Evaluations, Varietals, Virginia Wine
As we know, 2018 was a very difficult vintage for Virginia vintners, but despite that, the industry has been through bad vintages before and I’ve never seen such a bad vintage that people worked so hard through to get such surprisingly good wines from. One of...
by Richard Leahy | Sep 16, 2019 | Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
Winemaker Stephen Barnard of Keswick Vineyards has earned a reputation for making some of the best Cabernet Franc wines in Virginia. In the 2016 Governor’s Cup Competition, two labels of Keswick Cabernet Franc were awarded gold medals–the 2013 Signature...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 23, 2019 | Conferences & Meetings, Virginia Wine
The annual Society of Wine Educators conference draws attendees from around the country and speakers from around the world. The program for the 43rd conference was both educational and widely diverse, and seminars included wine regions as far-flung as Uruguay,...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 29, 2019 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
From a field of 60 entries, all from grapes grown in the Monticello AVA, and from a final field of six (three white wines and three red wines), the top wine of the 2019 Monticello Cup competition was the Mountain Plains 2016 from King Family Vineyards in Crozet. This...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 22, 2019 | Competitions, Virginia Wine
Charlottesville , VA –Twenty wineries from the Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) competed in the 2019 Monticello Cup Wine Competition, a competition among wineries in the Monticello American Viticultural Area (AVA). This year’s competition was coordinated by the Virginia...
