by Richard Leahy | Aug 7, 2023 | Virginia Wine
The seventh annual East Coast Wineries Summit, organized by Paul Vigna, editor at Penn Live, took place on July 31st at Crossvines, an incubator winery in Poolesville, MD. The facility is part of a county and state agriculture district aiming to foster the development...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 29, 2023 | Virginia Wine
People keep asking me if this is all I do for a living, as if I got paid for driving around the Finger Lakes on the rainiest week of the summer (so far). It’s hard work, driving through the back roads between Seneca and Keuka Lakes in the pouring rain, tasting (and...
by Richard Leahy | May 28, 2023 | Virginia Wine
During May, I had the opportunity to visit a few wineries around the Monticello Wine Trail and catch up with their current offerings (nice work if you can get it!) Here are highlights: Virginia Wine Love Weekend: I was an event “host” at Chisholm Vineyards (a k a...
by Richard Leahy | May 3, 2023 | Virginia Wine
Brooks Hoover, Pippin Hill Production Manager and Head Tasting Room Manager Laura Matheney accept the Monticello Cup from competition organizer Frank Morgan (left). The wine was made at Michael Shaps Wineworks from Pippin Hill fruit. The 2023 Monticello Cup...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 28, 2023 | Virginia Wine
“Terroir” is a French word that you may have heard from winery tasting room personnel or read on the back of wine bottle. Basically, it means the character of a grape planted in an ideal spot (climate plus soil) to yield not only quality wine, but a...
