If you've felt like 2026 has been a rollercoaster, wait until you hear what Virginia's grapevines went through! I've been getting a lot of questions lately about why this year's Virginia harvest is such a hot topic (pun very much intended), so let's talk about it, because it's honestly one of the wildest vintage stories our wine country has seen in a long time. It all started back in April. After an unusually warm early spring coaxed the buds out ahead of schedule, a brutal f

Can you believe it? We're already staring down the last stretch of summer, and that means one thing: it's time to squeeze every last drop of cookout season out of these warm evenings before the leaves start plotting their turn! Whether you've got one more backyard barbecue on the calendar or you're just trying to make the most of peach season before it disappears, I've got some pairings that'll make your final summer spread absolutely sing. Let's start with the classics, beca