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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Loudoun is glorious in the fall. The air is crisp and cool, early morning mist hangs in the valleys and the lush green of farm fields is offset by explosions of burnt yellow and salmon red from forests of oak, ash and maple. It’s also a great time to get out and celebrate the harvest. Here…
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Home to more than 50 wineries and tasting rooms in a stunning range of settings from vine-covered hills and river-crossed valleys to Blue Ridge Mountain slopes, Loudoun is an oenophile’s dream. Here are 10 reasons to visit – and fall in love with – DC’s Wine Country®. Drink Away. Award-winning…
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The annual Loudoun Wine Awards may be the most glittering event on Loudoun’s craft beverage social calendar, but in February the wine industry’s brewing cousins got in on the action. The inaugural Loudoun Beer Awards took place at Lark Brewing Co in south Loudoun on Tuesday, February 4. Dozens of…
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October is Virginia Wine Month! The Story Behind Loudoun's 40th Wine Blend On a Thursday afternoon in April, a group of Loudoun winemakers gathered in the tasting room of Hillsborough Winery, Brewery and Vineyard to make magic. Hillsborough’s owner-winemaker Kerem Baki had in front of him a…
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