Tag: Chardonnay

Fox Meadow Winery

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After our trip to Linden, we decided to stop at Fox Meadow Winery to see what’s happening. We did not have reservations so we weren’t sure what we would be allowed to do at Fox Meadow.

Once we arrived, masked up and went to the tasting bar, we were informed that we wouldn’t be able to do a tasting since we didn’t have a reservation. We would however, be allowed to enjoy a bottle on the deck or on the lawn. So we decided to check out the 2019 Barrel Fermented Chardonnay on the deck. The weather was beautiful and the views were gorgeous.

The 2019 Barrel Fermented Chardonnay did not disappoint. We noted apple and pear on the nose and tropical/citrus notes on the palate. The oak finish was not overwhelming and could stand up to some creamy dishes.

Having enjoyed the 2019 Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, we decided to bring home a few other wines to add to our rack. We committed to returning when we could do a full tasting and see what else we might like. If you happen to visit Fox Meadow Winery, tell them Virginia Wine Time sent you!

Harvesting Chardonnay

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On Saturday we went to Gray Ghost to help harvest the chardonnay. As in past years, we do this every year and always have a great time. Here are some photos from our time harvesting.

We gathered early Saturday morning to harvest the chardonnay.
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Al used his “Powerpoint” presentation to demonstrate how to harvest.
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Amy put on a show to display this years harvest T-shirt.
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Before heading to the vineyard Warren got a chance to talk with Al about the harvest.
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We then headed to the vineyard and got a closer lesson on harvesting.
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Here’s Warren harvesting some grapes.
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After all the lugs were full, Al Jr and helpers collected all the lugs and brought them to the crush pad.
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Here are some of the grapes we were harvesting.
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After all the grapes were brought in, we toasted to this year’s harvest.
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Harvesting at Gray Ghost

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Yesterday we spent a good chunk of the day at Gray Ghost Vineyards helping to harvest the chardonnay grapes. This has become an annual event for us. This was my 6th year and Warren’s 8th year harvesting. We always have a good time and enjoy meeting new people.

As usual, we got up really early and met others at the winery and enjoyed some breakfast treats before heading out to the vineyards.

Al gave us a quick lesson on how to harvest the grapes.

We then headed out to the vineyards to begin harvesting the grapes.

Here’s Warren hard at work snipping the stems.

We found a small bird nest IN the vines!

A few hours later the lugs were weighed and 11 TONS (yes, tons) of chardonnay grapes had been harvested.

At the end we toasted and cheered for the record breaking harvest and what a good job we had all done! We look forward to repeating this again next year!