Virginia Wines Earn Awards in San Francisco

Virginia Wines stack up well against wines from around the world, including some of the best from Sonoma.

From Schillerwine here:

Virginia wineries continue to gain national and international national recognition. 10 of them recently won awards at the 2012 San Francisco International Wine Competition. The competition, held in June 2012, is the largest international wine competition in America, with more than 4,500 wines from 26 U.S. States and 29 countries competing.

“Just as last year, a number of Virginia wines scored highly against more than 4500 other wines and were awarded double gold, gold, silver, and bronze medals,” said Governor Bob McDonnell in a press release. “The First Lady and I congratulate all of our wineries and wine makers for their accomplishments and for helping raise the Virginia wine industry to higher levels.”

Some of my favorite vineyards were winners, including Barboursville, Gray Ghost and Paradise Springs. So if you are interested in a wine tasting vacation, forget California. Virginia is where it’s at.