by Richard Leahy | Aug 11, 2024 | Virginia Wine
On August 1st, USA Today published a list of its choice for the Ten Best Wine Shops in the country. Virginia’s wine shops were Crush Pad Wines on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville (#5), and Katbird’s Wine & Gourmet Shoppe in Abingdon (#7)....
by Richard Leahy | Aug 6, 2024 | Virginia Wine
A new organization, Virginia Women in Wine, was launched with a toast of Eastwood sparkling wine raised by 100 attendees (overwhelmingly female) at Eastwood Vineyards near Charlottesville on Tuesday, Aug. 6th. Founder Nancy Bauer introduced some 12 women as members of...
by Richard Leahy | Jul 22, 2024 | Virginia Wine
In 2023, Lee Hartman, winemaker of Bluestone Vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley, VA and Joy Ting of Joy Ting Wine in Charlottesville teamed up to produce Santé, a casual sparkling wine made from Vidal grapes. The result is a delicious, fun, easy-drinking wine that is...
by Richard Leahy | Jul 20, 2024 | Virginia Wine
12 Ridges Vineyard near Montebello, at 3,300 ft. elevation 12 Ridges Vineyard, at milepost 25 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Montebello, is the highest elevation vineyard in Virginia, where founder Craig Colberg has planted classic, cool climate winegrapes like...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 7, 2024 | Virginia Wine
“Cool Local Whites for a Hot Summer” tasting, with author and Richard Leahy signing and selling copies of his book Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: the Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia (3rd ed. 2020) takes place at the Wine Guild in Charlottesville,...
