This time next week I'll join 300+ wine lovers for the fourth annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia. This three-day event will gather wine bloggers and wine industry leaders to learn and discuss wine in the new media world. There's a keynote speech from Jancis Robinson (co-author of of one of [...]
Virginia now has an official state wine grape... Viognier! The Virginia Wine Board recently voted it so. Viognier, a grape and wine variety that originates in the French region of Condrieu in Northern Rhône, grows very well in Virginia's climate and soil. Typically a dry or slightly off dry white wine with a lovely bouquet [...]
This weekend George Washington's home in Alexandria, Virginia hosted the Mount Vernon Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour. You can enjoy candlelit tours of the Mansion including a peek into the rarely seen cellar where Washington stored his wine, live jazz music and the main feature of the evening... samplings from Virginia wineries. Under the [...]
Why not celebrate with a glass of wine from the site of his original vineyards? In addition to being a founding father of the United States, Jefferson is also known as America's First Wine Connoisseur. As U.S. Ambassador to France living in Paris, he toured vineyards across France, Italy and Germany. He loved the now [...]
For anyone familiar with the Virginia wine scene (now the 5th largest state in U.S. wine production with over 190 wineries), you'll recognize the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard name. Only a few days ago the fate of this international award winning winery was unknown. But yesterday at a foreclosure auction in Charlottesville, Donald Trump's [...]