by Richard Leahy | May 30, 2019 | Competitions, News, Regions & Terroir
– Following the success of the their 2016 Cabernet Franc, Catoctin Breeze Vineyard in Thurmont has won the 2019 Comptroller’s Cup with their 2017 Estate Cabernet Franc. Standing out from 165 competing wines from 31 wineries, this Cabernet Franc took top honors...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 29, 2019 | Competitions, News, Regions & Terroir, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
From a field of 60 entries, all from grapes grown in the Monticello AVA, and from a final field of six (three white wines and three red wines), the top wine of the 2019 Monticello Cup competition was the Mountain Plains 2016 from King Family Vineyards in Crozet. This...
by Richard Leahy | Apr 22, 2019 | Competitions, Virginia Wine
Charlottesville , VA –Twenty wineries from the Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) competed in the 2019 Monticello Cup Wine Competition, a competition among wineries in the Monticello American Viticultural Area (AVA). This year’s competition was coordinated by the Virginia...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 16, 2018 | Competitions, News
The 33rd New York Wine Classic named Dr. Frank Winery both “Winery of the Year”, and producer of the “Best Red Wine” of the 2018 competition, for its 2016 Blaufrankisch (a k a lemberger). This is the third time Dr. Frank Winery has been...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 16, 2018 | Competitions, Virginia Wine
The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association (ASWA) held its 14th annual wine competition August 4 and 5 at the Marriott Tysons Corner, VA. ASWA’s Wine Competition is the largest in the nation focused exclusively on East Coast wines. A panel of nineteen judges scored 483...
by Richard Leahy | Aug 13, 2018 | Cider, Competitions, Fruit Wines, News, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine
Charlottesville, VA–The third annual “Drink Outside the Grape” competition took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 8, resulting in 83 medals for fruit wines, meads, ciders and fruit brandies; 21 golds, 33 silvers and 27 bronze medals in addition...
