Breaux Viognier Named One of Oz Clarke’s 250 Best in 2012: Why It Is Important
Oz Clarke has released the 2012 version of his well-regarded 250 Best Wines series and Breaux Vineyards' Viognier made the list! I reached out to a very excited Jennifer Breaux who told me, "We are honored and elated to have been chosen as one of Oz ...
Countdown to En Primeur Begins
The countdown to En Primeur has begun! The invitations for events are pouring in and my reservations have been made with the UGCB. This will be my third year attending and I am starting to get the hang of things. I also need to spend the next month ...
Loudoun Wineries Make Wine & Chocolate Fundraiser a Huge Success!
I am always struck by the sense of community that most Virginia Winemakers share. Not only are they always willing to step up and lend each other a hand but they genuinely like and respect each other. This sense of community bleeds over to Virginia w...
Final Preparation for Wine & Chocolate Fundraiser
The last bit of preparation we had to do before the big Wine & Chocolate Fundraiser today was pair the wines from Tarara with appropriate chocolates. Because Jordan never does anything halfway, he is pouring his 2008 TerraNova red blend and 2010 Fumé ...
If This Is a Thing, I Am So In
The Dynamic Duo of Virginia Wine at Swirl, Sip, Snark have a post up about their new wine rack. The rack was handcrafted by Grape Envy Guy and, I must say, is pretty impressive. This feels like it should be a thing: All Virginia Wine Bloggers should ...
Henri Lurton Interview on Tv7
Corinne Conroy sent over this great video interview with Henri Lurton, from Chateau Brane-Cantenac, on Tv7. The interview, which is...
Follow Up Interview: Kendall-Jackson Undercover Boss
Kirsten wrote about the recent Undercover Boss episode featuring Kendall-Jackson CEO Rick Tigner and you all loved it! We are all about pleasing our readers so we reached out to Kendall-Jackson to see if Rick would be willing to answer a couple of que...
The Best Wine-Related $15 You Will Ever Spend
In the six yeas that I have been writing about wine the one lesson that I have repeatedly learned is that starting a winery is a bad idea. There is too much uncertainty and there are too many things that can go wrong in the wine business. While, the r...
Revisiting 2009 Chateau Angludet
Chateau Angludet is a property in the Margaux region that does not get much attention, despite beng one of the oldest properties in the region. With all the great wines in the region, it is sometimes easy to overlook wines that are very good, but not ...
Interview with Seth Chambers, Winemaker at Naked Mountain Winery
We went out to Naked Mountain Winery for their fantastic lasagna lunch this past weekend and got the opportunity to meet with their new winemaker, Seth Chambers. Seth has been making wine for years, but Naked Mountain is his first winemaking gig in Vi...
2009 Château Rauzan-Ségla: New Label, Same Great Wine
Château Rauzan-Ségla has gotten a lot of press for their new Karl Lagerfeld designed label; which, I must admit, is pretty nice. The label is certainly fashionable enough to live up to parent company CHANEL's high standards. In fact they sent out ...
New Arrivals at Loudoun Valley
During the Route 9 Barrel Tasting, we had the opportunity to sit with Bree at Loudoun Valley and try some of their newly bottled wines. The first wine Bree poured was the Classic White. This wine is a blend of 80% Seyal Blanc and 20% Traminette, it ha...
