Varietal:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon Region:  Maipo Valley, Chile Cost:  $35 (SRP) Winemaker’s Notes:  Our Signature wine is ruby red in color and possesses red fruit flavors distinguished by cherries and strawberries with vanilla and tobacco notes. Its taste is fresh with a balanced, pleasant acidity. It has a very open structure of tannins delivering delicious [...]

Varietal:  41% Merlot; 36% Cabernet Franc; 17% Cabernet Sauvignon; 6% Petit Verdot Region:  Virginia – Charlottesville Cost:  $$30 Winemaker’s Notes:  Fresh scents of violet, blueberry, and cinnamon lead to lush flavors of blackberry jam, anise with soft tannins on the finish. My Review:  The Virginia Wine Expo was this past weekend, and unlike in years before, [...]

Varietal:  59% Cabernet Sauvignon; 19% Cabernet Franc; 11% Malbec; 6% Merlot; 5% Petit Verdot Region:  Napa, California – USA Cost:  $40 (SRP) Winemaker’s Notes:  Rich garnet color goes perfectly with the holiday season and it’s aromas of toasted hazelnut and winter spices make this wine the perfect gift for anyone on your list. My Review:  [...]

Last night I had the opportunity to participate in a Twitter tasting of several bottles of Virginia wine, which I was rather excited about, given as how I live in Virginia and am always looking to both sample new wines from my home state and to help promote wines from my home state to those [...]