GV – I have had only one wine from VA, I think it was a Valhalla Cab Franc. It was decent, but as you say – it did not change my ife.

QOTD – Trying not to be too political, but the Virginians maintain some of the charm of the South with a more tolerant sensibility. I lived in NC for six years and they tend to be a bit less tolerant, but more tolerant than MS and AL. When I say tolerant, I mean religion, background, race, gender, and even the H word.

Excellent show; on the road, a few homegrown wines that taste good…and a couch!

QOTD – Haven’t been, it’s too far away!

Great show! I’m glad the local wines showed so well. I’ve never been to VA. I used to smoke Virginia Slims as a wayward youth.

QOTD – Oddfellows Cantina in Floyd…with a Villa Appalachia Primativo and lamb chops.

I know absolutely nothing about Virginia!
That dessert wine sounds really good though!

QOTD: The Jefferson Nat’l Forest, and the wild brookies that live there!

I’m originally from Northern California. I vacationed every year in Sonoma and love Napa Valley wine. Now I live in Virginia and I’m surprised at the great quality of some of the wines here. There are quite a few vineyards located in Loudoun County, where you can go wine tasting. In the summer, there are wine festivals as well, which allow you to sample some of these great Virginia wines all in one place.

Chincoteague/Assateague

This is great. Being a Virginia resident, it’s awsome to see Virgina Wines getting good press now. The major wine publications and websites won’t even touch it. This is probably because no one in Virginia is buying full page ads from them.

I linked up the video here with some commentary:

http://robswinereview.com/blog/archives/45

Gary says he’s changing the wine industry, and I believe him.

–Rob
robswinereview.com

QOTD: Driven through on the way to Florida. My favorite part was that I would quickly be leaving it.

QOTD: I remember when I used to live in DC taking trains to Virginia and back with my dad. That’s what I did, and still do for fun: ride trains.

QOTD: the best thing about virginia is not having to live there!!!

QOTD: We visited Mount Vernon during a family trip to the DC area. That was a nice day.

Live in VA and its wine history goes back to colonial days. There are many wineries and almost all are in scenic parts of the state. The wine, as Gary has shown, just keeps getting better.

I had a great time at the tasting (even though I spilled the first wine in my lap). I ended up taking my wife out to La Grange and Pearmund a week later for a tasting and surprisingly she found a few wines she liked.

Interesting show. I was glad to see that you really liked the Viognier. I was sort of hoping that some Barboursville wines would be in the lineup because they are available here in Chicago. I’ll have to see if I can find some of the Pearmund.

Gary, i’m thrilled you got to VA for a tasting, I wish I’d been keeping up and made it out to watch the show!

I love the Virginia Cab Franc’s and alot of the blends that are heavy on the the Cab Franc.

QOTD: I grew up here, I love the diversity of VA; Northern VA, Shennendoah, SW VA (GO HOKIES!), Tidewater, Norfolk area…. lots going on!

very good.i like that

Good show, good show GeeVee

As a resident of Virginia I am indeed happy to see some decent wines coming out of this area!

My favorite thing about Virginia? DARCEY is here with me!

QOTD: My favorite thing about Virginia? It has to be that it is getting more and more progressive, and may go for Obama in this year’s general election!! Shenandoah National Park is my 2nd favorite thing about Virginia.

QotD: Virginia Tech Hokies!!

Wow…that was interesting….I have a craving for Snort and chocolate cake now. I hope to get to Virginia next summer?.it?s just a little far from Texas.

Viginia rose to the occasion- nice! QOTD: that house where that one president lived, its pretty cool

gary this episode is good thanks. its wednesday payday on 10-15-08 and im looking around to try to find a possible thunder filled wine for about 12 bucks. so im watching diff. vids to see how you liked them . one for today and one for saturday.

Nice showing from an up and coming state. Im down with the viognier Gary! QOTD: The DC area. I have fond memories of a vacation there when I was a lil’ nipper!