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Monticello AVA in the Charlottesville, VA Area Named World Wine Region of the Year in Wine Enthusiast’s 2023 Wine Star Awards

by Richard Leahy | Nov 7, 2023 | Virginia Wine

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau (CACVB) announces that the Charlottesville area and the Monticello American Viticultural Area (AVA) have won Wine Region of the Year in Wine...

Guest Winery Review: Jimmy Rosen Evaluates Current Releases at Linden Vineyards

by Richard Leahy | Sep 24, 2023 | Virginia Wine

I’ve been pleased to meet Jimmy Rosen and his wife Robin at the Wine Guild, who moved to Charlottesville from South Carolina almost a year ago and have been delighted to discover so many wineries with such fine wines in the Old Dominion. Here in a guest column,...

Harvest Report 2023: Overall, a Banner Vintage for Virginia

by Richard Leahy | Sep 24, 2023 | Virginia Wine

A growing season without major frost damage, mostly dry with cool nights through mid-September makes it look like 2023 will be a banner vintage for Virginia. Reports so far indicate that the whites were harvested in nice, ripe numbers almost without exception....

Charlottesville Named Top Wine Enthusiast Wine Region of 2023

by Richard Leahy | Sep 24, 2023 | Virginia Wine

This week, Wine Enthusiast magazine named its four picks for Wine Region of the Year. Charlottesville, VA and its Monticello AVA were in first place, followed by Lambrusco, Italy; Provence, France; and Swartland, South Africa. The magazine noted that, despite the...

Crimson Lane Vineyards in Delaplane is the Real Deal

by Richard Leahy | Aug 18, 2023 | Virginia Wine

The Delaplane area near I-66 as it passes through the Blue Ridge Mountains has acquired quite a cluster of notable wineries, chief among them Linden Vineyards and RdV Vineyards. Since it opened in March, Crimson Lane should now be added to that list. The view south...
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