Dave McIntyre's WineLine: King Family Takes Top Virginia Honors

March 03, 2010

King Family Takes Top Virginia Honors

This year's Virginia Governor's Cup - for red wines, at least - was awarded last Friday to King Family Vineyards for their 2007 Meritage, a stylish Bordeaux blend grown in vineyards just northwest of Charlottesville. Fifteen wineries took gold medals in this year's competition, which serves as a nice snapshot of Virginia's wine industry, which now stands at 157 wineries. Here's my column in today's Washington Post.

Mar 3, 2010 9:14:52 PM | Competitions, Eastern US, Local Wine, Virginia, Washington Post, Wine

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