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[About.com Bed & Breakfasts] Arcady Vineyard B&B in Charlottesville, Virginia: In addition to running the two-room Arcady Vineyard Bed and Breakfast in Charlottesville, Virginia, innkeepers Erika and Chris Goodell operate a working vineyard and wine-tasting tour company, which is now in its sixth year of operation .

[CVilleCalendar.com -- Event Calendar] 5 @ 5 Wine Tasting: Charlottesville, Virginia Community Events: Each Friday in February, the "I Have a Dream" Foundation will be the beneficiary of Whole Foods "5 @ 5" event. For a $5.00 donation, customers will be able to visit 5 tables set up throughout the Charlottesville Whole Foods Market where they can sample 5 foods and wines between 5:00 and 7:00 pm.

[The Wine Guild of Charlottesville] 94 Point Classic California Cabernet | The Wine Guild of ...: Robert Parker has been trumpeting this winery’s virtues for the past 10-15 years, and yet it still remains somewhat under the radar, perhaps due to its out-of-the-tourist flow location a few miles down Conn Valley Road off of Silverado Trail. In his just-released year-end reviews of the best California wines, Parker had this to say about them: “It’s safe to say that Todd Anderson and winemaking assistant Mac Sawyer are flying on all cylinders with their Bordeaux varietals at this winery tucked away in Conn Valley.”

[Virginia Wine Time] Virginia Wine Time » Blog Archive » Wine Tasting With Claude DelFosse: though wine comes first, Claude and Genevieve enjoy hosting weddings at the vineyards and see these events as ways to bridge special events, gourmet foods, and fine wines. And Claude likes to boast that DelFosse Vineyards is also green—the facility itself is a green facility, and he uses sustainable practices in the vineyards.

[Virginia Wine Quest] Virginia Wine Quest: Charlottesville: The 2008 Viognier had an appealing white peppery, smokey bite that our pourer attributed to aging in Eastern European oak. The Blenheim Farm Petit Verdot was the best Petit Verdot I have tasted thus far in Virginia.

[Anything Wine] Lunch at Palladio « Anything Wine: This past weekend Megan and I hit the road, traveling out to the Charlottesville wine country to celebrate my upcoming birthday. Saturday we went to Palladio at Barboursville for lunch, followed by a cruise through their tasting room, .

[Weddingbee] Minimoon for VA Lovers | Weddingbee: I knew that I wanted to explore more of Charlottesville with my woolly counterpart ever since visiting the town for a girls weekend wine tasting trip. Much like the Sprinkles, we opted for a B&B in Charlottesville.

[Amazing Green Tea Blog - New Articles] Dragon Well Tea (Longjing) - Finally! World's Best Green Tea Revealed: An intense umami flavour leaves the bag on its first opening, and this is tasted in the first infusion well but struggles in the second, with seeding I have 3 to 4 infusions of this tea, which is less than other greens for which I use the seeding method, and thus the only slightly above average score. I expect this to change with the AAA grade obviously!

[The Hook News Blog] Shovel stampede: Shoppers make last-minute buys amid flakes | The ...: A journalist decided to roam from Charlottesville business to business this morning in the opening hours of Snowmageddon to see how shoppers and managers were dealing with lovely little flakes— which will grow in intensity tonight and tomorrow into a record-challenging, or even record-breaking, blizzard.

[Style Me Pretty : The Ultimate Wedding Blog] Charlottesville Wedding From United Wedding Productions | Style Me ...: Lisa told us “I wanted an artistic portrayal of our wedding done by individuals who can recognize and capture the little moments and put them into an emotional video. I made the decision to have a fine art wedding film without Yen.

[Virginia Wine Time] Virginia Wine Time » Blog Archive » Summertime Along The ...: While Michael Shaps prefers to ferment his premium Viognier in stainless steel, Andy Regan of Jefferson Vineyards opts for a mix of fermentation in neutral French oak barrels and stainless steel tanks. We sampled Jefferson Vineyards’ 2008 Viognier and concurred with the tasting notes—floral and apricot aromas with complimentary flavors in the mouth framed in a nice acidic structure.

[All Wine. All the Time. - James Flynn's Wine Blog] Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard - Charlottesville, Virginia « All ...: If you are looking for a place to slow down and drink in the essence of Virginia, Kluge offers one of the best tasting experiences in the region. Take the time to sit on the front porch and sip a flight of their sparkling wines, indulge your appetite with a platter of either gourmet cheese or perhaps a fruit tart from the Kluge farm shop.

[immediacy: ephemeral thoughts on the immediate environment, a blog by Glen Engel-Cox] Barboursville Wine Tasting - immediacy: ephemeral thoughts on the ...: Actually Barboursville's tasting fee is reasonable for the Charlottesville area. Many of the wineries with the finer dinner wines are charging for their reserve tastings without giving a glass which can run $1 - $4, Jefferson charges $5 and gives you a glass, Keswick charges $6 - $8 and gives you a glass, and Kluge charges you $10 just for the tasting.

[Grapescape's Blog] Pollack Vineyards « Grapescape's Blog: As for the reds, all were decent without any being exemplary.  I liked the Merlot and the Cabernet Sauvignon best.  The Merlot was concentrated and offered good fruit and the clay that I find characteristic of good Merlot.  The Cab was different.  Certainly not California fruity or Bordeaux deep and brooding, it featured some fruit and hinted at some of the other Cab favorite flavors like leather and dirt but wasn’t quite there and wasn’t quite the same.  I enjoyed this wine not for its greatest but because it was on the menu.  Cabernet Sauvignon is not that well suited to Virginia.  Vineyards are experimenting with different clones that will produce better fruit here but I don’t believe they have hit the right one.  For my money, it’s the wine grape that Americans associate with “red wine” so it’s always interesting to me to see how it turns out in different places.

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