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Travel Off the Beaten Path in Virginia Wine Country
Carrie Dykes - https://www.winemag.com
Jul 12, 2018
There's more to Virginia wine country than just the vineyards. We'll guide you through the best offbeat adventures, like the oldest edible ham, "skywalking" pygmy goats and more.
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One of the best rosés in Virginia can be found at this Loudoun County winery
Trevor Baratko - https://www.loudountimes.com
Jun 28, 2018
Pink wine continues to crush it at wineries, restaurants and retail shops across the country, and one of Virginia's best rosés can be found at Maggie Malick's Wine Caves in northwestern Loudoun, according to judges for the Virginia State Fair Wine Competition.
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The man who turned underdog grapes into Virginia’s star wines
Dave McIntyre - https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Jun 22, 2018
Virginia’s wine community is celebrating the life and achievements of one of its giants, Dennis Horton, the maverick vintner who defied conventional wisdom by planting grapes few people had heard of, and in so doing convinced many skeptical oenophiles that Virginia could make great wine.
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In Memoriam: Dennis Horton, East Coast Wine Pioneer
Lenn Thompson - http://thecorkreport.us/
Jun 21, 2018
Dennis Horton, who founded Horton Vineyards in the 1980s, died earlier this week. Dennis and his wife, Sharon, were pioneers and entrepreneurs in the Virginia wine industry and Dennis’s contributions to our industry are many, though he’s perhaps best known as the first to plant viognier in Virginia.
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Virginia Winemakers Group Expands Focus
Linda Jones McKee - https://www.winesandvines.com/
Jun 18, 2018
In the four years since three winemakers launched the Virginia Winemakers Research Exchange (VWRE) as a cooperative research program for wineries on the Monticello Wine Trail, the VWRE has grown in both size and scope. On June 1, the VWRE announced it had hired Joy Ting to be its new research enologist and exchange coordinator as the next step forward in its growth.
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The long climb for Virginia's vineyards
Charles F. Bryan Jr. - https://www.richmond.com
Jun 09, 2018
Virginia provides a microcosm of the American experience in winemaking.
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Smell the Rosés
Andrew Cebulka -
Jun 07, 2018
This spring, try some bottles with distinctly Southern terroir.
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Virginia's Award-Winning Monticello Region Is Your 2018 Summer Wine Trip
Jill Barth - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillbarth/2018/05/14/virginia-monticello-wine-region-is-your-2018-summer-wine-trip/#1c7532904554
May 14, 2018
It's been called the birthplace of American wine, thanks to Thomas Jefferson. Like so many distinctions in American heritage, the Monticello AVA wine region in Virginia has Jefferson's fingerprints all over it and it's one of this summer's most exciting wine-tasting destinations.
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Check, Please! Bay Area
Leslie Sbrocco - https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/19220/check-please-bay-area-reviews-la-marcha-tapas-bar-arun-thai-copper-spoon-cocktails-kitchen
May 10, 2018
Thibaut-Janisson ‘Blanc de Chardonnay’ Sparkling Wine, Virginia $34
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Check, Please! Bay Area
Leslie Sbrocco - https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/19180/check-please-bay-area-reviews-roccos-cafe-maybecks-brendas-french-soul-food
May 03, 2018
2015 Michael Shaps Petit Manseng, Monticello, Virginia $30
When I tasted this deeply-hued white, I was blown away by its complexity and uniqueness.