The Best & Worst of Virginia Wine

A few weeks ago, some friends of ours surprised us by arranging for a group of us to go wine tasting at Lovingston Winery.  We were quite excited because we’d heard good things about them from Lori Corcoran via twitter and had enjoyed the one wine of theirs we were able to taste at Barrel [...]

Virginia is so steeped in history that we’re used to it.  There are historical markers along nearly every road.  Highways are named for famous men.  Even wine gets into the act with names referencing the history of the state, vineyards named for famous historical figures, and a wine and history trail.  Wine isn’t just part [...]

Added to the list of wineries we hadn’t heard much about was Hiddencroft Vineyards. Touted as the northernmost winery in Virginia, it’s really a hidden gem. We rolled up in the Winery Assault Vehicle to find a closed, locked tasting room. Before I could even utter an expletive, the owner was coming out of the [...]

Ah, Lost Creek Winery. We first tasted here a few years ago, when we were mere Virginia wine newbies. They introduced us to the concept of “mac & cheese wines” and “fried chicken wines,” a concept that we have since put to good use. We don’t eat much fried chicken any more (weighing less than [...]

One of the stops as part of our multi-day Loudoun County adventure was Hidden Brook Winery.  We’d been here once before, years ago, and all I could remember about our visit was that we bought some neat gift items.  Unfortunately, I remember a bit more about this most recent visit – although we again left [...]

I love food. And I loooove wine. Obviously. And while I’m a dirty lefty treehugging froot loop, I can’t get behind the 100 mile diet thing. I mean, let’s be honest- how many people in 2010 can pull that off? Quick, you have 30 seconds- where’s your closest flour mill? Exactly. It’s one of those [...]

Okay, not so much. Having just tasted at Tarara Winery, Mr. Hubert wouldn’t have much to inspire the blues. It would be like Kenny Wayne Shepherd, in the early part of his career- can you really trust the blues when they come from a white teenage guitar wunderkind?
Of course, after loads of holiday pig-outs, the [...]

When the temperature drops, the cold wind blows, and snow and ice decide to visit, many start to think of hot chocolate with floating marshmallows.  I think about a mug of mulled wine.  Many spiced wines, both local and non, can be found – basically mulled wine awaiting heating.  I prefer mulling my own, however, [...]

What do you want? High school French class was a long time ago. I was going to go for the low-hanging fruit of “Breauxmance,” but it turns out that the word even has its own Urban Dictionary entry. Don’t worry, unlike most of the words I look up there, it’s not NSFW.

On a cold, drizzly, [...]

Doukénie Winery is a place I knew absolutely nothing about.  I’d heard the name, but I hadn’t been to their website or read anyone else’s take on their wines on the web.  Given this, I went in with an open mind and no particular expectations.  What I found made me glad we decided to stop [...]