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The Best & Worst of Virginia Wine |
Yes, we're big wine drinkers who have a passion for keeping it local. This has also led us to delve into the world of VA cider. There are only a handful of cideries in the state, but we've been impressed with what they have to offer and have been glad to add their offerings into ...
I'm sure there are lots of super creative ways that I could approach writing posts to share my TasteCamp experiences with you, but I have to admit that I'm having trouble coming up with any of them. Given that, I'll leave that to other bloggers and will just take a fairly linear approach. I'm also ...
I have no good explanation for it, but we haven't been to Virginia Wineworks since the early days of this blog. I finally decided that I had to change this, so we pointed to Winery Assault Vehicle past First Colony Winery and decided to check out Michael Shaps' current offerings. When we made our way ...
We recently participated in a Wines of Chile sauv blanc/chard tasting. We'd fully intended to make some of the recipes they sent for dinner on the night of the tasting - work got in the way. We then figured that we'd cook the food the night after the tasting when we revisited the wines - ...
This is weird to say, but after this weekend, I may need a vacation from wine. While I may take some time off from drinking it, I'm still going to write about it. In fact, over the next two weeks or so, we'll talk in more detail about the specific events and experiences that made ...
First Colony Winery, near Charlottesville, was one of the wineries we visited in the heady early days of this blog. For whatever reason, we haven't made it back to visit them or their neighbor, Michael Shaps, since that weekend. I blame the fact that while they're certainly not far from other wineries, we just never ...
Last year, we made a point of stocking up on some rosés to get us through the winter/early spring until the new crop started to be released. In a typical winter, I gravitate towards big reds with the occasional bottle of viognier, chardonnay, or local hard cider to add some variety as meal planning demands. Every ...
I feel like every time I turn around there's a new winery popping up in Loudoun County, but few of those that have opened over the past few years have made a big impression on me. One that has made an impression is 8 Chains North. This relatively new winery has struck me as having ...
This is a first for me - Jefferson Vineyards has released a preview video about their 2011 viognier release. What do you think of this? We can't be at the release party since we'll be at Taste Camp in NoVa all weekend (wine bloggers are coming together in Loudoun County to learn about VA wine for a ...
When we finally made our first visit to Bogati Bodega, we weren't overly impressed by their offerings. Maybe we were both having a bad day, or maybe the wines wren't for us, but either way, I definitely wasn't interested in making a return visit any time soon. We did, however, have a bottle of Bogati ...
I hate paying for overpriced oil changes and hard to find parts, and while I can appreciate craftsmanship, I have to say that I'm not really sorry that I don't own a Ferrari. One of the biggest reasons I'm glad to not have one is the fact that many of Virginia's wineries are reached via ...
I know it may seem hard for you to believe, but Grape Envy Guy and I actually do have lives, or at least parts of our lives, that are unrelated to wine. My work life pretty much never overlaps with my wine-related life, but Grape Envy Guy does occasionally have some overlap. Recently he had ...
Imagine my partner's disappointment when we learned that Barney Stinson had no affiliation with Stinson Vineyards in Crozet, VA. That said, the folks pouring there are nice enough, and the tasting room is (in my humble layman's opinion) a great example of packing a lot of nice details into a small space. Except the bathroom. ...
I love all the big red wines that we get access to as members of the Breaux Vineyards wine club. Of course, reds aren't the only wines we get. We also get the occasional bottles of white and pink wines. One such white wine was the 2010 Lot 10-08, a blend of 60% chardonnay and ...
In the fall, we were invited to participate in a tasting of Chilean carmenere paired with curry. We were so intrigued by the unexpected pairing, that we readily agreed to participate. We had a great time, so when the Wines of Chile folks asked us to participate in another tasting, we found making the decision ...
