Kirsty Harmon is pouring her new wines; “new,” as in recently finished and bottled, but also new in that they represent the rebirth of Blenheim Vineyards. The winery, owned by Dave Matthews and family, has been shaken up since parting ways with original winemaker Brad McCarthy. Since its inception the winery’s reputation has been based […]
It is time, America, to be more civil. This was the message handed down on Friday, March 20, in the Dome Room of the Rotunda. America is lacking in manners, and one dead president, one etiquette theorist, and well-mannered college students everywhere are going to do something about it. “Timely and important to society” is […]
Wine is a wholly remarkable substance and one of its primary wonders is its ability to transport you, via taste, to far off lands. I am, I admit, a chronic hitchhiker on the wine trail, never content to stay in one place. But it’s a great time to be traveling, as wine is cropping up […]
The Virginia Distillery Company, makers of Eades Single Malt Whisky, is at this point mostly just land, equipment and a dream.
The wine world is small, the local wine world doubly so. On February 20, in response to a recent column, I received several e-mails from “a group of wine enthusiasts” chastising me for ignoring the talents of Charles Gendrot
To knock a man out takes a combination of strength, precision and luck. You have to hit him in the right place, and if you do he’ll go down, no matter who he is. Getting knocked out doesn’t hurt. “It’s a good feeling, actually,” boxing great Floyd Patterson once said. “It’s not painful, just a […]
“I’m advocating for small business people and farmers,” says Matt Conrad when I call to find out more about the man who twists state politicians’ arms on behalf of Virginia vino.
Winemaker Stephan Barnard’s Cabernet Sauvignon was a surprise winner. But the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Felicia Warburg Rogan, was certainly not.
Every wine purchased in this country has a small warning on the label that the wine in question contains sulfites:
When Pamela Margaux moved here from California in 2003, she didn’t know what she wanted to do, only that it had to be different from what she’d been doing.