Our tasting at Rockbridge Vineyard didn’t get off to a great start. The woman working the tasting room was disorganized and didn’t seem to know what to do when people walked into the tasting room while she was pouring for someone else. I don’t blame her for not wanting to have to keep track of [...]
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Sep 2010
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Sep 2010
We’re not big chardonnay people. We have a few we really enjoy, but we really need to stop buying bottles of chard because most just languish on our shelves until we give in and open them. This was what happened with the ’08 Gray Ghost Vineyards chardonnay. It had sat on our shelf long enough, [...]
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Sep 2010
Summer rains? Thunder and lightning? Hail the size of puppies? “The dead rising from the grave, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria?”* Nope, not that kind of storm. After spending the weekend drinking a LOT of mediocre to bad wine along the Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail, we were excited about a return [...]
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Aug 2010
My initial exposure to Cross Keys Vineyards came via facebook and twitter where they congratulate the couples who get married at the winery. This made me a bit nervous as I’m not a big fan of wineries that are more about the events than the wine. I understand that weddings and other events are a [...]
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Aug 2010
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Aug 2010
When we visited Breaux Vineyards this winter, we were just starting to get over our merlot aversion. I think we’d had too many really horrible cheap versions and just couldn’t get past the name of the grape. We’re over it now, but when we tasted the Equation, a non-vintage merlot with just a touch of [...]
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Aug 2010
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Aug 2010
Old House Vineyards is our closest winery and, as such, is a place where we often meet up with friends. Recently we joined some friends there for a wine tasting and a picnic. Given the summer we’ve been having in VA, you’ve got to take advantage of bearable temperatures whenever they occur to spend a [...]
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Aug 2010
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Aug 2010
Recently I wrote a post titled “bubbles make it all better,” and this is typically how I feel about sparkling wines. We recently opened a bottle that was not working for us (and may have even put Grape Envy Guy in a worse mood). The Horton Vineyards sparkling viognier (nv) just wasn’t doing it for [...]
