The Blog · March, 2012

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Upcoming April Events

Hey folks!

First, I want to say hello to all of the many fantastic people we have met at festivals so far this year. We were pretty busy right out of the gate in 2012, but things are slowing down a little bit as spring arrives and our efforts turn to the grape-growing instead of the (much loved) grape-consuming. But that’s not to say we won’t be out there meeting, greeting, and pouring! Here are the two events we have scheduled for the month of April:

Friday, April 6th – We will be pouring our wine for the “Our Common Landscape” opening, a First Friday event at the WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery at 216 West Water St, in Charlottesville, from 5-7. I’ve never poured at a First Friday, but I’ve attended plenty, and they’re a blast. And in addition to seeing many of you there, personally, I’m looking forward to hearing our local DJs say who’s providing wine for the event on air all afternoon with a straight face. Should make for great radio!

Saturday, April 28th – The Fork & Cork festival in Blacksburg. We had fun at the Fork and Cork last year, but didn’t quite anticipate how large the crowd was going to be. This year we’ll be back with even more of our fine Well Hung pourers in tow, so let’s hope for short lines and long tastings. The Fork and Cork is great though, because even when you’re not tasting, something incredible to nibble on is close at hand.

That’s all we have lined up for April so far. Check back though- we have a lot of festivals and events as we get closer to summer, and if anything pops up on short notice, we’ll post it here. And on Facebook. And Twitter.

Cheers!

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Spring Has Arrived

Just as we finished clearing our old wood, spring arrived at Well Hung Vineyard and the buds began to burst [insert witty birds and bees pun here]. In fact, we are running about 1-2 weeks ahead of schedule which means our 2012 vintage will be in your glass shorter (barring frost, random diseases, deer, birds, Occupy Well Hung campers, and the much maligned late summer hurricanes).


We were going to wait and tell you about our most recent bottling but there is no better way to welcome the summer temperatures than grabbing a bottle of our 2011 Virginia Viognier and firing up some crab cakes. After reaching a tender bottle age of 4 days we sampled the Viognier and are confident we’ve got another winner on our hands; if we get a chance to enter it in a competition before it sells out (or we end up drinking it ourselves). The screw caps make indulging a little too convenient.