Virginia Wine TV

In this episode we learn about CrossKeys Vineyards and why Cabernet Franc excels in the Virginia climate.

In this episode we learn about Bluestone Vineyards and their Gold medal winning Cabernet Sauvignon.

In this episode we learn about Country Wines at Coltsfoot Winery.

The number of Virginia wineries continues to increase as evident in this video.

Not all Virginia vineyard scenery involves mountains or rolling hills. At Corcoran Vineyards, the fish stocked pond provides a sanctuary for bullfrogs, dragon flies, and many types of birds - from song birds to herons.

Here's one of the best winery views in Virginia: Bluemont Vineyard, located in Bluemont Virginia just west of Purcellville and Leesburg.

Did you miss the 31st annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival? Then here's the wineries you missed with music delivered by Peyton Tochterman.

From May 4th-6th, about 40 wine bloggers and writers visited several wineries in Virginia as part of TasteCamp 2012. We caught up with the group the last day at Linden Vineyards where proprietor Jim Law lead a vineyard tour and discussed their signature Hardscrabble and Avenius wines.

From May 4th-6th, about 40 wine bloggers and writers visited several wineries in Virginia as part of TasteCamp 2012. We caught up with the group the last day at Linden Vineyards where proprietor Jim Law lead a vineyard tour and discussed their signature Hardscrabble and Avenius wines.

In this week's episode we learn about pairing wine with food courtesy of winemaker Simone Bergese and Executive Chef Michael Stevenson of Potomac Point Winery. Together with the rest of the winery's staff, they are refining Potomac Point's specializing in pairing wine and food through their Le Grand Cru Bistro, Le Grand Cru Catering, and seasonal wine dinners.

Virginia Wine TV ventures north into Maryland to research the wine industry in that state by visiting a startup: Old Westminster Winery. Winemaker Lisa Baker discusses the government support and wine tourism in Maryland as well as the wines they are currently creating.

The DrinkLocalWine.com Conference is being held April 28th 2012 at the Metro State College, Denver, Colorado. The concept behind the drink local conferences is to promote the local wines produced in the host state. And it's rather easy to drink local when you live in Colorado, Texas, Missouri, and Virginia. But what about tropical Florida?

This episode features Rachel Martin, Executive V.P. at Boxwood Winery, discussing Boxwood's participation in the Bordeaux "En Primeurs".

This episode features Kevin Bills, brew master at Corcoran Brewing, and Lori Corcoran, winemaker at Corcoran Vineyards discussing wine and beer at the Corcoran complex.

This episode features Stuart Madany, cider maker at Castle Hill Cider. While sipping a glass of Levity, their flagship sparkling Virginia cider made from 100% Albemarle Pippin, we discussed cider and Kvevri. Kvevri are the original vessels in which humanity first created wine some 7,000 years ago in the Caucasus Mountains.

Before presenting the 2012 Governor's Cup to Jeff White of Glen Manor Vineyards, Governor Robert McDonnell joins Virginia Wine TV to discuss why he's so passionate in promoting the Virginia Wine industry.

Governor Robert McDonnell presents the 2012 Governor's Cup to Jeff White of Glen Manor Vineyards for their 2009 Hodder Hill Meritage - a blend of 63 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 percent Merlot and 6 percent each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

This week's episode features Jennifer Breaux-Blosser discussing vertical tasting through various Breaux Vineyards Merlot vintages (2002, 2004, 2007). She describes how a vertical tasting shows yearly differences in the same varietal wine, but also how a wine's composition changes over time.

This week's episode features Rob Cox, the winemaker at Paradise Springs Winery, discussing wine terms you may hear when visiting a tasting room. We cover brix, residual sugar, acidity, racking, cooperage, fermenting, malolactic fermentation, reduction, and bottle shock.

Roe Allison, proprietor of Reynard Florence Vineyard, joins us to discuss their winery and signature wine: Petit Manseng.

Mike Heny, winemaker at Horton Vineyards, joins us to discuss the history of the winery, introducing new grapes into the state, and Viognier.

Barrel Oak Winery is one of the many dog friendly wineries in Virginia.

Jancis Robinson's Keynote Speech at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference

Eric Asimov's Keynote Speech at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference

On October 26th, the Virginia Tourism office sponsored a wine reception featuring Governor Robert McDonnell to celebrate the end of Virginia Wine Month. The event was held at the Lincoln Restaurant in Washington D.C. and included four Virginia wineries, each pouring three wines for the invited guests.

One of the best kept secrets of the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference was the Loudoun County Pre-Tour sponsored by Visit Loudoun. This two day tour was available to the first 25 bloggers who registered and consisted of visits to four wineries: Tarara Vineyard and Winery, Breaux Vineyards, Chrysalis Vineyards, and Boxwood Winery. Each winery rolled out the red carpet with the winemaker greeting the participants and providing tours and tastings of their regular offerings as well as reserve and barrel wines. These wineries may be familiar to the larger group of conference attendees since they participated in many of the WBC11 events in Charlottesville, either as sponsors, the twitter tastings, the Other 46 tasting, and the Monticello dinner.

One of the best kept secrets of the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference was the Loudoun County Pre-Tour sponsored by Visit Loudoun. This two day tour was available to the first 25 bloggers who registered and consisted of visits to four wineries: Tarara Vineyard and Winery, Breaux Vineyards, Chrysalis Vineyards, and Boxwood Winery. Each winery rolled out the red carpet with the winemaker greeting the participants and providing tours and tastings of their regular offerings as well as reserve and barrel wines. These wineries may be familiar to the larger group of conference attendees since they participated in many of the WBC11 events in Charlottesville, either as sponsors, the twitter tastings, the Other 46 tasting, and the Monticello dinner.

This clip from the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville Virginia features 16 attendees stating who they are and why they blog.

The 2011 North American Wine Bloggers Conference was held July 21-24 in Charlottesville Virginia. Here are the highlights from the International Tasting, Seminars, Twitter Tasting, Walking Tours, Monticello dinner, and Vineyard Visits. The music features Tony Trischka performing at the Floydfest Front Porch courtesy of the Virginia Folklife Program.

First Lady Maureen McDonnell invited several media guests to a Kickoff Celebration for the 2nd Annual Virginia Wine Week at The Wine Loft in Glen Allen Virginia. Virginia Wine Week is a government imitative to encourage retailers, restaurants, and consumers to support Virginia wine, obviously by selling and purchasing the many excellent wines crafted in the commonwealth.

Last year DrinkLocalWine.com held their annual conference in Leesburg Virginia to showcase and promote the wines crafted in Maryland and Virginia. This year, their annual conference is being held April 2nd-3rd in St. Louis Missouri to showcases the wines of the Midwest. The most popular red wine grape grown in that area is Norton - which was actually first discovered in Virginia in the early 1800s.

For the past two years the Virginia Wine Expo has offered consumers the ability to sample Virginia wines as well as being the host for the presentation of the Virginia Governor's Cup for Red Wines. The Cup was presented by First Lady Maureen McDonnell, who is an outspoken advocate for the local wine industry.

This episode features Ms. Ballard visiting Paradise Springs Winery to discuss their award winning Chardonnay with owner Kirk Wiles. The music is provided by a good friend to the drink local community, Andrew McKnight.