Virginia Wine News
Virginia Wine: Sippin’ from the Governor’s Cup
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This past February, 45 of the sharpest palates in wine gathered for a blind tasting of 377 Virginia wines. Those judged to be the 12 best would go on to form The Governor’s Case (cue trumpet fanfare)!
A couple months later, for reasons that remain curious, the Virginia wine powers that be thought it would be a good idea to dump a case on yours truly and see what happened. And so I give you the first in my two part series of Sippin’ from the Governor’s Cup.
Matt Brehony RVANews — Apr 30, 2013
10 Mid-Atlantic wineries worth exploring
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For wine lovers interested in exploring beyond state borders to discover wineries producing high-quality wine and establishing a regional style, here are a few suggestions.
Dave McIntyre The Washington Post — Apr 09, 2013
Virginia Wine: Off the beaten path in Northern Virginia, part 2
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Our journey to Northern Virginia continues as we visit with a couple of the Commonwealth’s most celebrated winemakers.
Matt Brehony RVANews — Apr 01, 2013
Virginia Wine: Off the beaten path in Northern Virginia, part 1
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It’s not often you get to accuse central Virginians of thinking they’re the center of the universe. But when it comes to the local wine scene, we often treat the Monticello AVA as the be-all-end-all. Yet many of the Commonwealth’s most acclaimed wineries lie spread throughout its eight other regions. With that in mind I’m taking you off the beaten path, into the uncharted hinterlands of Northern Virginia.
Matt Brehony RVANews — Mar 27, 2013
For a New Taste of the Old World
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Virginia’s wine culture is growing by leaps and bounds,
and with the publication of the 2013 Virginia Winery
Guide, there are two new categories: Meaderies and
Cideries. According to the ABC Board, both fall under the
broad category of “Virginia farm wineries.”
Linda Barrett Viva Tysons — Mar 22, 2013
Eight Loudoun Wines you should drink this spring
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Loudoun, with the most vineyards of any county in Virginia, has earned its nickname “D.C. Wine Country.” And 2013 has already been good to the local wine scene: Purcellville's Sunset Hills' 2010 Mosaic placed in the 2013 Governor's Cup Case as one of Virginia's top 12 wines; during the same Governor's Cup gala, local wine pioneer and owner of Leesburg's Willowcroft Vineyards Lew Parker was honored with a lifetime achievement award; and Bluemont Vineyard in Round Hill rounded out the ceremony with a Governor's Cup Gold for their 2011 cabernet franc, one of only 20 golds given in this year's competition.
Trevor Baratko Loudoun Times — Mar 10, 2013
Finding fine wines in Virginia
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Sitting inside the quaint tasting room of Chateau O'Brien, an award-winning French-style winery in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northern Virginia, co-owner Debbie O'Brien pours some of the best red wine in the region.
Michael H. Cottman CNN — Mar 05, 2013
High Growth for Virginia Wine Industry
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More than 400 years after English settlers first tried – and for the most part failed – to cultivate grapes in Virginia, the wine industry now ranks among the state’s fastest-growing economic sectors, capturing the attention of industry leaders and tourists alike.
Juliann Vachon Farm Flavor — Feb 12, 2013
Gabriele Rausse & Pasta with Butter and Sage
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Nicknamed the father of Virginia wine, Gabriele was the first to succeed at growing wine grapes in the same land that proved inhospitable to Jefferson, by grafting European vinifera to disease-tolerant native rootstocks. But Gabriele’s connection to the land goes far beyond that.
Megan Headley Beyond the Flavor — Feb 08, 2013
Virginia wine sales reach all-time high
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More and more Virginia wines are showing up on tables in Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. They are being sold as well “across the pond” in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Carol Hazard Richmond Times Dispatch — Jan 15, 2013