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 22, 2020 | Events, Virginia Wine
Wine blogger Frank Morgan, (https://drinkwhatyoulike.wordpress.com/)who also organized this year’s Monticello Cup wine competition, has taken inspiration from Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, who wrote the highly acclaimed ‘Tastings’ column in The Wall Street...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 28, 2020 | Competitions, Events, News/Announcements, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine
The Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) will hold its 30th Annual Monticello Cup Wine Competition on Monday, March 2 at Barboursville Vineyards. The competition is closed to the public, but results for the top scoring wines will be announced live during the public Monticello...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 25, 2020 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine
Out of a field of over 500 entries and 64 gold medal Virginia wines, 868 Estate Vineyards in Purcelville, Loudoun County, won the 2020 Virginia Governor’s Cup for their 2017 Vidal blanc passito, a dessert-style wine, awarded by Governor Ralph Northam, to 868...
by Richard Leahy | Feb 18, 2020 | Competitions, Virginia Wine
Gray Ghost’s 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon earned Double Gold honors at the 20th Anniversary of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition in California. Gray Ghost’s Cabernet was the only East Coast Cabernet to take Double Gold honors across seventeen different...
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...
