Just to get away from the hustle and bustle of the daily routine, the wife and I decided to take a two-day trip down to Williamsburg via the northern neck wine trail – at least, via those wineries open on a dreary Monday or Tuesday in early November. As an alternate to the beltway, if [...]
I never got into Norton. At wine fairs, people are always telling me that Norton (along with Viognier) is “Virginia’s grape.” The grape is far more common in Virginia than anywhere else. Perhaps because of some heritage thing, perhaps because it’s what is planted so it will continue to be the source of much of [...]
No sooner did I formally break ties with Virginia than I found myself in the Shenandoah Valley tasting some of the wines that Virginia wineries have to offer. Wisteria Farm & Vineyard is a small operation where our tasting room pourer was also the owner and winemaker. That’s the kind of operation I like. I [...]
It’s Drink Local Wine‘s second annual Regional Wine Week. My wine rack is comepltely bare of any local wines, so how about we do like a sitcom and run a clips show with the two best and two worst local notes I’ve taken over the past year. The interesting thing about this note… Very light [...]
Drink Local: MD & VA Wine Seminar and Tasting – October 8, 6pm A seminar, wine tasting, and cheese tasting with proceeds to benefit a cause near-and-dear, Maryland direct wine shipping. More info. October 8 – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Drink Local: MD & VA Wine Seminar and Tasting ($49) Whittemore House (WNDC) – [...]
I’ve posted previously about Virginia’s alcohol-to-food sales ratio that says that 45% of an establishment’s sales must come from food. The law has the unfortunate side effect of eliminating the possibility of a full-blown wine bar opening up in Virginia. Another problem facing owners is that the Arlington crowd has cast aside rail drinks in [...]
Attempting to set the record for most winery visits in one month, the Bloggers at Swirl Sip Snark have been blasting out a ton of posts on Virginia Wineries over the past few weeks. The writers over there are pretty blunt, so you know you’ll be getting an un-abashed review of the ins and outs [...]
The 2005 Prince Michel Symbius is described as A true Meritage (blend) of Bordeaux varietals create this full, big bodied wine with a smooth, velvety finish. Prince Michel is a Charlottesville winery with whom I am not familiar, this was my first wine of theirs. The wine is 48% Merlot, and that is apparent with [...]
I’m way behind on this one, but news came from across the Atlantic some weeks ago that the British wine trade was impressed by Virginia wines, specifically White Hall Vineyards’ Cuvee des Champs, during the 2009 London International Wine Fair. Dezel from Myvinespot.com has some details and a video reaction from the fair. The Washington [...]
April 26, 2009, 1 – 6 pm Highlandtown Wine Festival, Baltimore, MD. $20 in advance gets you goats, bocce, and some of the best homebrew wines this side of Italy. I’ll be there working and pouring some wines. Info April 25-26, 2009, 12 – 6 pm Great Grapes! Wine, Arts and Food Reston Town Center, [...]
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