Virginia Wine Guide Online : VWG-Online : VA Wine Guide

Do you feel like there is a fantastic Virginia wine festival nearly every weekend of the year? Well, you wouldn’t be wrong! I used to think of beautiful, tented fields and bright, sunshine-y skies when I thought about going to…

Reigning Stars Part II

It’s been noted that the Virginia Governor’s Cup 2012 Wine Competition had no Viogniers among the gold medal winners. We asked Jennifer Breaux Blosser, whose 2010 Breaux Viognier was cited by Oz Clarke as one of the top 250 wines…

Explore the VA Countryside with New Winery Passport

Combine your love of Virginia’s wonderful wines with a fascinating journey into the past. History buffs already know that this is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and Emancipation. Kat Schornberg of Keswick Vineyards reminds us, “We are very…

VA’s Reigning Stars

Recommended Viogniers and Cabernet Francs from Virginia Virginia has been in the spotlight quite a bit recently as a serious wine region here on the east coast. The modern renaissance of winemaking in VA dates to the mid-1980’s. Over the…

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0May 18, 2012
Farm Fresh: A Chef’s Guide to the Best Deviled Eggs

Bring out a platter of deviled eggs at a party and they disappear. They are the perfect party food: you can make them ahead and in quantity, they are easy and people cannot resist them – especially when made with…
0May 1, 2012
Foggy Ridge Delivers Liquid Gold

Foggy Ridge Pippin Black Dessert Cider, Dugspur, VA. Have you ever heard of an apple port? Nope, me neither. But I had a very attractive, tall and thin 375ml bottle to sample with VWG staff and friends at the conclusion…
0April 25, 2012
Mitzi Batterson: VA Wine Woman

Congratulations to Mitzi Batterson on her recent appointment to the Virginia Wine Board. Mitzi is also president of the Virginia Wineries Association, Secretary of the Virginia Wine Council, manager of James River Cellars and is raising two “future vintners!” This…
0April 22, 2012
WIMP 4 DROID!

You know Wine Divas and Wine Babes, Wine Curmudgeons and Bacchus’ and Cruisers, but you’ve gotta meet WIMP! Ok, technically, it’s VWIMP. But what it means is: a wealth of very useful information is now available to all you Droid…
0April 18, 2012
Explore the VA Countryside with New Winery Passport

Combine your love of Virginia’s wonderful wines with a fascinating journey into the past. History buffs already know that this is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and Emancipation. Kat Schornberg of Keswick Vineyards reminds us, “We are very…
0April 9, 2012
Gray Ghost CA Gold

From AMY PAYETTE: Gray Ghost Strikes Gold Twice in California, Takes 10 medals total! Gray Ghost’s 2011 Vidal Blanc captured gold at the 2012 Monterey Wine Competition held in King City, California making it a featured wine at the upcoming…