Category: Events

Day One

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Here are some photos from our first day at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville. We tasted a lot of wine and met some great people so far. The conference gets in full swing today with keynotes and wine tastings.

We started with the international wine tasting. We tasted wines from France, Spain, South Africa, and others.

After the international tasting we headed over to Sips on the pedestrian mall near the hotel to meet Virginia winemakers. We chatted with Kirsty Harmon from Blenheim, Steven Barnard from Keswick Vineyards and Fritz Repich from Mountfair Vineyards.

We finished the evening by tasting some wines from Jordan Winery in California. We really had an event filled day on day one of the Wine Bloggers Conference.

Wine Bloggers Conference

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Today we are heading to Charlottesville for the Wine Bloggers Conference. We will be tasting a lot of wine, meeting lots of people, hearing speeches, and having a great time. Tonight alone we have three different tastings to attend. We’re not sure we’ll get to them all but they all sound fun and educational. We will be posting during the entire conference so check back often for updates to find out what we’re doing. Also, make sure you are following us on Twitter because we’ll be updating our Twitter feed all the time during the next four days.

If you are a blogger, winemaker, or pouring wine at any of the events over the next four days, be sure to say hello and introduce yourself to us! We’re looking forward to meeting lots of new people and tasting lots of wine!

Viognier Twitter Tasting

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Tonight we’ll be participating in the Virginia is for Viognier Virtual Tasting organized by the Virginia WIne Board Marketing Office. The purpose of this event is to showcase Virginia’s signature grape to many wine bloggers, wine industry folks, and many others. We’ll be tasting six wines and tweeting our impressions on Twitter. With the Wine Bloggers Conference coming up next week in Charlottesville, this is a great way to show people all over the country just how great Virginia Viogniers are! If you don’t already follow us on Twitter, please do so you can follow along.

The wines included in the tasting are:

  • Barboursville Vineyards 2009 Viognier Reserve
  • Blenheim Vineyards 2010 Viognier
  • Cooper Vineyards 2010 Viognier
  • Delaplane Cellars 2010 Maggie’s Vineyard Viognier
  • Horton Vineyards Non-vintage Sparkling Viognier
  • King Family Vineyards 2010 Viognier

    • The tasting begins tonight at 7:00 PM. You can follow the hashtags: #vawine #vaviognier and #wbc11

    Un•ion

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    Cardinal Point Vineyard and Winery will be releasing the 2009 Un•ion on Saturday. We were lucky enough to get a sneak peak back in March and take a bottle home. As part of the release this weekend, we’ll be opening and tasting our bottle tonight LIVE on Twitter around 7:00 pm. Un•ion is a blend of 40% Petit Verdot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 30% Tannat. There are only 140 cases and it will retail for $25. Be sure to follow our Twitter feed around 7:00 tonight to read our impressions of the wine. You can follow Cardinal Point on Twitter and on Facebook as well. Tune in this evening!