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Wisdom Oak Wins 2022 Monticello Cup With its “Nineteen” Meritage Blend

by Richard Leahy | Apr 26, 2022 | Competitions, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

The top honor for the wineries of the Monticello AVA, the Monticello Cup, was revealed by competition organizer Frank Morgan at 7:20 on April 26th, to be the “Nineteen” Meritage blend by Wisdom Oak Winery, owned by Jason and Laura Lavellee. The Nineteen...

2022 Virginia Wine Governor’s Cup Won by Cana Vineyards’ 2019 Unité Reserve

by Richard Leahy | Mar 29, 2022 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

March 24, Richmond, VA (from the official press release by the Virginia Wine Marketing Office) – During the annual celebration held at Main Street Station, Governor Glenn Youngkin awarded the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Cup® to Cana Vineyards & Winery of Middleburg...

Tasting the 2021 Virginia “Governor’s Case” Wines

by Richard Leahy | Mar 12, 2021 | Competitions, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

On March 11th, Jay Youmans MW who runs the annual Governor’s Cup wine competition hosted a Zoom meeting with the winemakers of the top twelve wines in the competition this year (the “Governor’s Case”.) Attendees included the competition’s...

2021 Governor’s Cup, and Case Winners Announced

by Richard Leahy | Mar 9, 2021 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

Due to the pandemic, the Governor’s Cup gala was replaced by a Facebook reveal of the Governor’s Case (top twelve wines by score) the highest scoring of those wines, the 2021 Governor’s Cup. This year, a record 544 wines produced an impressive 96...

Medalists from the 2021 Virginia Wine Governor’s Cup Named

by Richard Leahy | Mar 4, 2021 | Competitions, News/Announcements, Virginia Wine

The gold, silver and bronze medal wines in last month’s Virginia Wine Governor’s Cup were made public this week and are available at  https://www.virginiawine.org/governors-cup/awards/2021. Here is a list of just the gold medals, a record number! WINERY   ...

Judging the 2021 Virginia Governor’s Cup: What to Look For This Year

by Richard Leahy | Feb 28, 2021 | Competitions, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine

As I have done for the last decade, I was a judge in the annual Virginia wine Governor’s Cup competition this month, only there was a logistical proble: how to do the event with safe social distancing during the pandemic? Jay Youmans MW came up with what I...
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