Petit Manseng – Grape Occasions

New Virginia Wine Lovers: Fine Wine Divas Trip to Early Mountain Vineyards

Our July Fine Wine Divas event took the Ladies on a field trip to Virginia wine country. As most live in the DC area, it was time to immerse them in this great wine region in their backyard. Most came in skeptical ... all walked away convinced ... Virginia has great things to offer wine [...]

2019-03-20T13:58:08-06:00Categories: Wine|Tags: Ankida Ridge Pinot Noir, Early Mountain “Block 11” Petit Manseng, Early Mountain Vineyards, Lovingston Winery Seyval Blanc, Petit Manseng, Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Virginia Wine|

Taste Camp 2012: The Wine Stand Outs, Part 2

In The Wine Stand Outs, Part 1, I covered five of the eleven stand out wines from Taste Camp 2012, focusing on wineries I was tasting for the first time. Now let's take a look at the six wines from wineries I've tasted and/or covered before. Boxwood Winery Boxwood 2007 Variety: 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42.5% [...]

2019-03-20T13:58:20-06:00Categories: Wine|Tags: Blenheim Vineyards, Boxwood Winery, Breaux Vineyards, Chardonnay, DC's Wine Country, Kirsty Harmon, Linden Vineyards, Loudoun County, Nebbiolo, Petit Manseng, Red Blends, Rosé, Tarara Winery, Taste Camp 2012, Veritas Winery, Virginia Wine|