On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the Virginia Wineries Association, Virginia Wine Marketing Board, and the Virginia Vineyard’s Association revealed the results of the 2021 Virginia’s Governor’s Cup competition.
As of the exact date of the writing this blog (March 9, 2021), Steven Spurrier, the well-known British wine merchant best known for organizing the Judgement of Paris event in 1976--where French wines were pitted against California wines--has died, at the age of 79
Sicily is an island, located off Italy, where lovely wines can be made. Here are some interesting facts about the island:
Our blog has featured discussions of red blends over the past year or two, like this one on Red Blends and this one Red Blends Redux. Red blends are very popular-selling wines because of how they are intentionally made to give your palate a full experience. What do we mean by "full experience?" Read on.
This weekend, get your groove on with City Vino, as we share wines made from the grape Grenache. The grape is known as Grenache, or Grenache Noir, in France; Garnacha, or Garnatxa in Spain; and Cannonau, in Italy. The grape is most notably found in the Southern Rhône Valley and Roussillon, in France; Priorat, Rioja, and Calatayud in Spain; Sardinia, Sicily, and Calabria in Italy; and California and Washington State, in the United States.
