Tag Archives: Virginia Wine

What do wine lovers really want?

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Dave McIntyre

When preparing yesterday’s rant about the current existential dread in the wine industry over the indifference of younger consumers to our favorite tipple, I came across this piece I wrote just more than 10 years ago. It still rings true … Continue reading →

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Wine doesn’t Trump politics …

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

Our nation’s politics have gone sour, like wine left exposed too long to oxygen. A case in point: My column this week in The Washington Post Food section takes a look at Trump Winery, near Charlottesville. I conceived the article as an … Continue reading →

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Drinking Local with The Wine Curmudgeon

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Dave McIntyre

My wife and I had the pleasure last week of hosting Jeff Siegel, aka The Wine Curmudgeon, while he was in DC judging a preliminary round of the 2015 Virginia Governor’s Cup wine competition. (Jeff posted his impressions of the … Continue reading →

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DC Chefs Love Virginia Wine

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

(In the “Trying to catch up on really good blog material I haven’t had time to post” department … ) Virginia wine has gotten some prominent loving recently from two of DC’s top toques. Robert Wiedmaier, chef-owner of Marcel’s, Brabo, … Continue reading →

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Take that, Virginia wine!

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

Virginia wine took a slap in the face Thursday, in this article in The Washington Post. The article described how newly inaugurated Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) is trying to establish good relations with legislators from both parties by hosting daily … Continue reading →

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Looking back on advice and predictions about Virginia wine

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

Recently I came across my copy of the Summer 2010 issue of Virginia Wine Lover, the enjoyable magazine edited by Patrick Evans-Hylton. Patrick had interviewed me for his “Quaff Quiz” feature, and reading it again I realized a few things. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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The RdV Salon Experience

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

RdV Vineyards has helped raise the national profile of Virginia wine since it offered its first wines for sale two years ago.  But vintner Rutger de Vink has always chafed at the marketing side of wine, acknowledging freely that he … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s record wine sales show the Old Dominion’s for real

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

Maybe this regional wine thing is for real after all. Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell announced this week that Virginia wineries sold nearly 485,000 cases of wine in 2012, a new record. Virginia wine sales have risen by an average of … Continue reading →

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Steven Spurrier on American wines

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

During my interview with Steven Spurrier at the Virginia Wine Summit in Richmond earlier this month, I asked him about his impressions of U.S. wines, 36 years after his famous Paris tasting put California on the world wine map. The … Continue reading →

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Virginia wins a key British endorsement

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Steven Spurrier came to Virginia and liked what he saw — and what he tasted. “Virginia makes the kind of wines I like to drink,” Spurrier said at the inaugural Virginia Wine Summit held in Richmond earlier this month. Coming … Continue reading →

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