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October is Virginia Wine Month
For many wine lovers, October, Virginia Wine Month, is the perfect time of year to visit Virginia wine country. Vineyards and wineries are creating their next great vintage and celebrating with dozens of special events and activities. Crisp sunny days and the beautiful changing of the leaves are great attractions to our area this time of […]
Health Benefits of Wine
We’ve all heard that a glass of wine here and there is good for you, but how exactly does it contribute to your health? The ways seem almost endless. New studies appear to be constantly backing up the health benefits of drinking wine for moderate drinkers. Before we talk health benefits though, let’s talk pour size. It can […]
How to Read a Wine Label
How do you choose a wine? You may want to buy wine for a dinner party or a special occasion. There are various types of wine in hundreds of bottles with fancy or colorful labels. Here is factual information that may help you make a better wine selection.
Are you Okie-Dokie with Kelliokee?
Since her release, “Kelliokee” our sparkling white wine, has gathered quite a following! Not your typical champagne, prosecco or Moscato, Kelliokee has a dazzling fruit-forward nose and a sweet finish. Kelliokee is quite unique AND she has a best friend, or BFF! If you are already a fan of our sweet delicious Concord wine, you […]
We have a Geocache! Can you find it?
Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates. Look for a regular hidden container near or around our patio. When you find it, write your name and date in the logbook! If you take something from the container, leave something in exchange. The terrain is 1.5 and difficulty is 1.5 (out […]
“Kelliokee”- A Sparkling Traminette Wine
MountainRose Vineyards proudly presents “Kelliokee”, a sparkling white wine, symbolized by the mysterious lady in the Black Hat! This exciting wine isn’t your typical champagne, prosecco or moscato. Kelliokee has more bubbles and higher alcohol content than moscato but has a similar dazzling fruit-forward palate profile with a welcoming sweet factor. Kelliokee is unique! She […]
What’s Up with the Rain and the Grapes?
Each summer everyone asks, “What is the effect of this rain on the grapes?” Is it good for the grapes? Grapes grow fine in dry weather climates so the short answer is that the grapes don’t really need much rainfall. The longer answer is that more rainfall causes David and the vineyard workers to prune […]
Fire up the BBQ this Summer!
Let’s get fired up, it’s BBQ season! If you’re like us, you look forward to July’s annual BBQ Festival & Competition, Chillin’ and Grillin’ in the Glades! But when it comes to wine, which one should you bring to the cook-out? Here are our top picks… Pardee Red is a versatile blend featuring beautiful summer flavors of fresh […]
Twas’ the Week Before Harvest
What’s happening in the vineyard a week before harvest? A lot! We are doing 100 berry samples for all of our different varieties. We take a hundred berries from the vineyard for each variety and bring them to the lab to run an analysis of sugar levels, total acidity and pH. We are looking for […]
The Grapes… they are a Changin’!
August is a beautiful time of the year – the grapes begin to change color at MountainRose Vineyards! If you keep up with the annual status of the vineyard, you might remember bud break in April, shortly followed by flowering, and then fruit set in June. Next we go into the important stage called veraison, […]