I blogged a month ago exactly about the challenges of harvesting during the remnants of a particularly nasty tropical storm. As I wrote then, the rain was great for soon-to-be-harvested vegetables, but not so much for grapes, which will give a far tastier wine if the sugar is allowed to concentrate a little. William Layton [...]
Matt and I were pouring at the Premier Tent at the Maryland Wine Festival on Sunday when it hit me: they’re right. In addition to my own interview with Sarah O’Herron of Black Ankle Vineyards, several other winemakers were interviewed, quoted, and blogged about by area press leading up to this past weekend’s Festival. Some even blogged [...]
Anything Wine posted a “how’s it going?” update from Jim Law at Linden Vineyards. To many, Linden is the bar to measure against when it comes to Virginia wines. The whites sound like they’re off to a good start. White wines from 2008 will be very mineral driven (similar to 2006) with bright acidity, low [...]
Sticking with the harvest/crush theme this week, Loudoun Valley Vineyards is getting in some grapes and looking for some volunteers to help out with Crush this weekend. Contact Bree Ann at the winery: 540-882-3375 for times, availabilities, and more details. For the future, they’re revamping their website so that they can get the word out [...]
CC licensed image from Flickr user thomaswanhoff In California, people are always looking for ways to get into the wine industry. It’s a clique that can be hard to break into from the business side as the ties are tight and usually family-oriented. One answer that always applies, though, is to head up to Napa [...]
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