2024 Monticello Cup Winner and Medalists

The 2024 Monticello Cup, given to the top performing wine entered in that competition and coming from wineries in the Monticello AVA around Charlottesville, was won by King Family Vineyards for their 2021 Mountain Plains Red (the name alludes to the original land...

My Favorite Wines of 2023

My Favorite Wines of 2023 Virginia Wines ****Pippin Hill Wild Acre Reserve ’17: This debut high-end reserve red blend for Pippin Hill is something special. Made of 60% estate-grown Tannat and 40% Cabernet Franc, the nose is of ripe black fruits and clean earth with...