Virginia wine

I think Virginia wines have been a topic of conversation in the past. A little over a week ago we spent a few nights in Charlottesville, VA. So much history there - Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and others. Also, lots of wineries, but the snowstorms in almost all of the eastern U.S. caused lots of problems and hindered our visits to more of the wineries. We did, however, visit Barboursville Vinyards, home of the award winning Octagon cabernet. We sampled many of the wines at the wine bar including the 2006 Octagon and found them to be quite nice. No samples of the 2004 Octagon - it sells for over $70 per bottle. Purchased a few modestly priced bottles and vowed we'll visit more Virginia wineries next April.

Dick (From Minnesota, but presently in Hilton Head, SC where my thoughts turn to good seafood - and a bit of wine)

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Dick R.
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I've made a few visits to the Borboursville over the years. I found their lower priced wines a much better product, dollar for dollar, than the Octagon. I think that the less expensive wines stack up very well to similar wines from California, Washiington, etc but much better wines can be found at the same price point as Octagon. I'm heading back north on Sunday after being in S.W. Florida since January.....hmmm.

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rvwrlee

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:30:08 -0700 (PDT):

As a neighbor and one who actually knows the owner of a vineyard in Virginia, I'd say VA wines can be good, especially Barboursville, but they have a job competing on price with the West or New Zealand. I had a bottle of Virginia champagne a few months ago and it was very drinkable. Unfortunately, I can't find my notes of the vineyard.

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James Silverton

It was James who had notes on the Barboursville bubbly. Afton Mountain and White Hall are close to Charlottesville? We'll be returning there to visit more wineries next April when it's not snowing.

Dick

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Dick R.

Thanks for the suggestions, we'll check them out next year!

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Dick R.

Dick wrote on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:52:13 -0400:

I still can't find my notes but I think, after searching the web, that the Virginia sparkling wine that I drank was "Prince William" but I don't remember the vintage year.I have a URL whose title will gladden the hearts of patriotic French Champagne drinkers: "Virginia's so-called champagne."

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Eight wineries are mentioned including one whose prices have to be delusional.

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James Silverton

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