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The Wine Cellar Blog
Read author / wine enthusiast Christie Bieber's wine blog,
with reviews of Virginia wines, wineries, and more...
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Monticello Region Wines Sweep Top Honors at 2007 Virginia Governor's Cup Award Competition
November 15, 2007
Double, double toil and trouble;
fire burn, and cauldron BUBBLE
Happy Halloween 2007! Why not add a little Bubbly to your festivities?!
October 31, 2007
Consensus Blending Party 2007 Part 2
Keswick announces its second annual Blending Party to be held on Saturday, December 1, 2007
October 30, 2007
A Blending Party for Any Occasion
Go head to head against your friends and compete for the glory of having the best blend at Keswick Vineyards
October 24, 2007
Great Expectations for Acorn Hill
A review of a new winery for my new blog
October 23, 2007
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Wine Lover's Guide: 5 Regions to Visit Now
By Bruce Schoenfeld
July 2007
As the wine-making map continues to broaden, so do opportunities for adventurous wine enthusiasts to beat the crowds. Bruce Schoenfeld points the way to five up-and-coming destinations in Italy, Spain, Chile, New Zealand, and Charlottesville, Virginia.
It's Not Napa, but It's Near
By Maryann Haggerty
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Last weekend, to celebrate our anniversary, my husband and I visited half a dozen Blue Ridge wineries, as well as a
meadery and a buffalo farm. We toured a historic mansion and had a world-class dinner. And we were still home in time
to watch TV on Sunday night.
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Virginia Vintages That Can Hold Their Own
By Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
While Queen Elizabeth II visited Virginia last week to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, 65 wines representing 33 of Virginia's 119 wineries were showcased May 2 at the Virginia Wine Experience back home in London. Virginia is the fifth-largest wine-producing state, with its winemakers winning national competitions.
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Virginia's Special Viognier
By Ken Ringle
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Horton Vineyards is one of the largest in the state, and it produces what some have called the crown jewel of Virginia wines: a heady-scented, peach and vanilla-flavored white wine that writer Paul Lukacs describes as "a bright June morning in a glass." Though few Americans have ever heard of Horton's Viognier, and fewer still can pronounce it, it is so prized by aficionados that it's sold in restaurants as distant as Manhattan and Napa Valley, Calif.
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