Busy Saturday

https://www.psicologialaboral.net/2024/08/07/556leir This weekend we visited three wineries and one vineyard in the beginning stages of becoming a winery. We are currently collecting stickers for both the Passport to Virginia Wineries 2006 and The Loudoun Wine Trail. The more wineries we visit, the more stickers we collect. Last year we visited 42 wineries in the state.

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https://merangue.com/jvh6mxifri On Saturday we had the privilege of meeting and talking to Stephen and Shannon Mackey of Notaviva Vineyards. Notaviva is a brand new winery in western Loudoun County. They have big plans for the future and are passionate about making it happen. They hope to break ground on their tasting room in April and possibly open to the public sometime in 2007. They have a few acres of Viognier and Cabernet Franc planted and hope to plant some Petit Verdot soon. Stephen and Shannon are committed to producing quality wines and feel very strongly about the Virginia wine industry. We will be following their progress as their winery takes shape. We will also be writing more about them in the future on the Daily News Record Wine Blog.

https://inteligencialimite.org/2024/08/07/8928ki74tw After visiting Notaviva, we stopped by Breaux Vineyards for a tasting. Our tasting experience was so enjoyable we decided to sit down and enjoy a glass of their 2002 Jolie Blond and their 2001 Merlot. Look for a review of these wines on the Daily News Record Wine Blog in the weeks to come. We learned a new term while visiting Breaux. In our talks with our wine pourer we found out that the person who pours the tasting wine at Breaux is called a Wine Tasting Associate. We’ve wondered what you call the person who is pouring the wine at the tasting.

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Here’s a photo of the Breaux Vineyards tasting room.

https://eloquentgushing.com/v5im7xp0i Following our stop at Breaux, we headed over to Hillsborough Vineyards for a tasting and to have lunch. We decided on the 2004 Garnet to go with our lunch. In January we wrote about the Garnet as well as posted a video about Hillsborough. Click here to go to that posting.

Alprazolam Online India On the drive home from Hillsborough we decided to stop off at Village Winery for a tasting and to collect our stickers. Village is a relatively new winery. It opened to the public in 2005. Kent Marrs is the owner and winemaker and on this day he was our wine pourer. We have been to Village Winery before and have enjoyed talking with Kent. He is very informative and enjoys discussing his wine and winemaking. You simply must taste his elderberry wine and have him tell you all about it. We plan to return to Village Winery in the future.

https://homeupgradespecialist.com/qge0gzw As you can see it was a very busy Saturday. We enjoyed all the wineries and all the wines we tasted.

Sideways Party

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2004 Oakencroft Monticello Merlot
2003 Barboursville Merlot
2003 Lake Anna Merlot
2002 Old House Merlot

Buy Alprazolam China For dessert we served the Windham Hope’s Raspberry Merlot. It was chilled and served with brownies and dark chocolates. At the end of the evening most agreed the stand out Merlot was the 2004 Oakencroft Monticello Merlot. All of the Merlots were delicious and had their individual characteristics. It was enlightening to compare and contrast the different years and different wineries. Don’t let the line in the movie keep you from discovering Virginia Merlots.

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Oakencroft Winery

https://mandikaye.com/blog/ib9vus8t On Saturday we were in Charlottesville visiting wineries and one on our list was Oakencroft Winery. We visited Oakencroft in August 2005 and really enjoyed our visit. We decided on this trip to Charlottesville we must stop at Oakencroft to see what new wines have been released.

https://udaan.org/9onlgdt5z.php Oakencroft produces wonderful wines. We did a tasting and chatted with our tastress about the current offerings and those to come in the future. After our tasting, we decided to enjoy a bottle of their 2003 Merlot. Even though 2003 wasn’t the best year for grapes, their 2003 Merlot was quite good. Unfortunately the 2003 is no longer available. While we were there they sold their last bottle. They are now offering the 2004 Merlot. We sat out on their patio and enjoyed the Merlot with some sandwiches and chocolate. Before leaving, we purchased the 2004 Merlot as well as the 2002 Merlot Reserve. Thanks to Lorraine, the manager of the tasting room, and our tastress for providing a superb experience.

Gray Ghost Vineyards

Today we went to Gray Ghost Vineyards in Amissville Virginia. Gray Ghost is one of our favorite wineries. We went to celebrate Warren’s birthday. We enjoyed a bottle of their 2002 Reserve Cabernet. It was a perfect compliment to our steak, cheeses and crackers, portebele mushrooms, and chocolates. In the photo you see Warren enjoying the wine and food while taking notes about the wine.

https://oevenezolano.org/2024/08/bqrtqrdcd3g We also added another sticker to our 2006 Passport to Virginia Wineries. There are 101 wineries listed in this year’s passport. We are hoping to get to most of them and report on wonderful Virginia wines and wineries.

Piedmont Hunt Country Chardonnay 2002

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Barboursville Barbera

Saturday night we decided to have the Barboursville Barbera. It’s a more full-bodied red; well rounded with intense berry flavors with some hints of vanilla. Very distintive licorice aroma. Nice finish, too! Italian dishes pair well with this.wine. We had this with Warren’s homemade lasagna; we finished the bottle with some chocolates and cherries, and that was quite a treat. Barboursville produces excellent wines, and this one is a winner!

Linden Hardscrabble Chardonnay

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https://nedediciones.com/uncategorized/qyiblio14ro We last visited Linden in November 2005. We enjoyed their Claret with some summer sausage, pepper cheese, and homemade bread. We really enjoyed participating in their cellar tasting at the time. Their grounds are beautiful. Here’s a photo of Lava enjoying the Claret.

Horton Sparkling Viognier

To ring in the new year we had a couple of friends over and decided to open the Horton Sparkling Viognier. We visited Horton Vineyards in the summer and enjoyed a good handful of their wines but were very pleased with the Sparkling Viognier. We got a bottle and saved it for the new year. It was bottled in 2004. Very dry champagne-style sparkling wine with tropical flavors; quite bubbly and was very satisfying at midnight on New Years’ Eve. We used the remainder to make mimosas for breakfast. Yummy bubbly!!