Back in 2016 Kendell Anderson was a star running back at William & Mary. A year later, he was invited to an Atlanta Falcons training camp. A pro career beckoned, but a torn labrum put an end to that. In college, a girlfriend took him to visit some Loudoun wineries. While wine wasn't his drink…
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Early one morning in late August or early September every year, six wine experts gather in a private room in Echelon, the sleek basement restaurant on Leesburg’s King Street, to judge some of the finest wines in Loudoun County. The experts – usually a combination of sommeliers, chefs, wine buyers…
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Famous for its antique emporiums, little Lucketts on a northern stretch of Route 15, is bursting with eclectic treasures at its roadside vintage stores, while all around, from the Potomac River in the east to tumbling hills in the west, are grain fields, vineyards, wineries, breweries and farm…
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Founded by Quakers on the banks of Catoctin Creek in 1733, this exquisite village comprising of dozens of colonial and red brick Federal homes looks as if it’s been preserved in aspic for 200 years. Waterford, a National Historic Landmark, is celebrated for its annual fair, the wineries on…
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Founded in 1732 by Pennsylvania Dutch who first called it “The German Settlement,” Loudoun’s northern-most town honors its roots with a boisterous Oktoberfest every fall that draws thousands of beer lovers. Recent years have seen a slate of superb new restaurants opening in the once sleepy historic…
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Loudoun’s county seat is a fashionable burg with a historic downtown buzzing with craft breweries, cocktail bars, artisanal coffee shops, farm-to-fork restaurants and chic boutiques and home decor stores. Dine on oysters, tacos, homemade pasta and more on King Street, Leesburg’s “restaurant row.”…
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Drinking wine is a pleasure but to really enhance a bottle – and a mood – drink it in a spectacular setting. Here we select five great Loudoun tasting rooms for the best wine country ambience. Walsh Family Wine Enter the free-flowing open-plan tasting room of Walsh Family Wine and it’s like you’ve…
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If music be the food of love and Bacchus the Roman God of wine, then it’s no wonder wine and music go very well together. Luckily, in Loudoun you don’t have to travel far to experience this alchemy in action. While October is Virginia Wine Month and a great time for music in the vines, here we…
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Loudoun County is home to more than 50 wineries and tasting rooms and has been described by Decanter Magazine as “the most exciting corner of Virginia and among the most intriguing in US wine.” But who are some of the pioneers of the Loudoun wine scene? Here we take a look at the Founding Fathers…
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As a relatively young wine industry, Loudoun is not yet known for one grape or style, but our winemakers constantly innovate. As a result, a tasting tour of the county can be a trip around the world, trying everything from Austrian Grüner Veltliner to French-style Bordeaux, Italian Nebbiolo…
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