by Richard Leahy | Jul 1, 2026 | Competitions, News, Tastings/Evaluations, Virginia Wine, XXVirginia Wine
Wine Writer Frank Morgan Reports on How Virginia Wines “Showed up–and Showed Off in Paris Wine blogger Frank Morgan (“Drink What YOU Like”) just returned from having co-organized a landmark tasting of Virginia wines in a blind tasting against...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 29, 2026 | Events, Tastings/Evaluations, XXVirginia Wine
From left to right: Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Katie Frazier, Competition Chair Frank Morgan, and Hark Winemaker and 2026 Monticello Cup winner AJ Greely Here are the top twelve gold medal wines from the 2026 Monticello Cup Competition (wines from...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 27, 2026 | Competitions, News, Regions & Terroir, Virginia Wine
Virginia Secretary of Agriculture Katie Frazier announced the winner of the 2026 Monticello Cup (best of the 12 gold medals in the competition) at the Boar’s Head Inn in Charlottesville on Friday, June 27th. Hark Vineyards winemaker AJ Greely accepts the 2026...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 24, 2026 | Events, Virginia Wine
As part of Pollak Vineyards’ “America 250 Series”, Pollak Vineyards will hold “An Evening with Richard Leahy,” author of the Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: the Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia, the definitive book on Virginia wine,...
by Richard Leahy | Jun 1, 2026 | Competitions, Events, News, Virginia Wine, XXVirginia Wine
The Monticello Wine Trail has officially announced the 2026 Monticello Cup Gold Medal Winners, recognizing excellence in winemaking across the Monticello American Viticultural Area (AVA) and celebrating the depth, diversity, and continued momentum of Virginia wine....
by Richard Leahy | May 30, 2026 | Tastings/Evaluations, Wine of the Week, XXVirginia Wine
Since I got a Coravin, a wonderful tool that extracts wine from a bottle through the cork and displaces the wine with inert argon gas, I’ve enjoyed sampling wines without having to either open or empty the bottle—I can “have my wine and drink it, too.” Recently during...
