One of the most exciting wines produced in Virginia is not a Viognier, and it's not a Cabernet Franc or Petit Verdot, either. (Though there is definitely some excitement with those three grapes in the Old Dominion!) No, the wine that really gets Todd Thrasher, award-winning sommelier of Restaurant Eve in Old Town Alexandria, Va., excited is an Albarino from Chrysalis Vineyards in Middleburg, Va. Watch this short film clip to see why Thrasher should be writing wine reviews .... I mean, "a smokin' representation of what Virginia wine can be." ... I can't top that.
(There's more discussion of the Chrysalis Albarino in our lengthy dialogue about Loudoun County wines, to be posted later this week right here on Dave McIntyre's WineLine.)
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