{"id":23,"date":"2014-07-24T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:08:34","slug":"virginia-wine-trip-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/virginia-wine-trip-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Wine Trip Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first day of travel took us through the Blue Ridge Parkway where we met our first stops. Lunch and a beer flight was first on the list at the Blue Mountain Brewery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Blue Mountain Brewery<\/h2>\n

The beer flights were $9 for a 2.5 oz sample of ten different beers. They had a fairly good selection of beers split into different categories of how the beers “tasted” instead of a strict classification of the beer itself. The Regular beers included a classic lager, a K\u00f6lsch, a summer shandy and a wheat beer. Moving on to the Hoppy section brings you an American Strong Pale Ale, a pale Weissbock, a sour cherry, and a double IPA. The flight finished off with two beers in the Dark section, a sticke altbier and an imperial stout. (Not available at the time was the orange infused IPA.)<\/p>\n

The beers all had a very classic flavor profile. The lager left you with a nice crisp clean taste, the K\u00f6lsch was a bit wheaty and a bit hoppy, and the imperial stout was like drinking a nice pleasant bourbon.<\/p>\n

For food, I ended up with the Spicy Thai Burger with fries and Joe had the Skyline Turkey Wrap with a side salad. The burger was tasty, but a little messy. The wrap was good too, but the fresh salad showed it up a little. What was really surprising was the speedy service. We were seated, had our flight and our meal all within 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Overall impression<\/h3>\n

Favorite Beer – Matt<\/strong>: Evan Almighty (sticke altbier) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Joe<\/strong>: Dark Hallow (imperial stout)<\/p>\n

Veritas<\/h2>\n

Veritas Winery<\/a> was our next stop. We sampled 9 wines. The clear winners for the whites were the Viognier (which actually took gold at the VA Governor’s Cup) and the Sauvignon Blanc. The Viognier was crisp and nutty with a smooth finish. The Sauvignon Blanc was clear, clean and grassy.<\/p>\n

The reds were all from 2013 and showed good promise, but they may still be a bit young. The Merlot was the clear winner in this category. It was actually a blend of Merlot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc. This wine could easily hold up for another 3-4 years before reaching its prime.<\/p>\n

The last wine on the tasting was the Othello Reserve; a port style wine made from the best barrels from 2006-2011. It had a strong nose, but was smooth, smokey and filled with excellent dark fruit flavors.<\/p>\n

Overall Impressions<\/h3>\n

Favorite Wine – Matt<\/strong>: Sauvignon Blanc \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Joe<\/strong>: Othello Reserve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first day of travel took us through the Blue Ridge Parkway where we met our first stops. Lunch and a beer flight was first on the list at the Blue Mountain Brewery. Blue Mountain Brewery The beer flights were $9 for a 2.5 oz sample of ten different beers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[21,14,12,13,192,22],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-cellar","tag-blue-mountain-brewery","tag-crowds","tag-hops","tag-trails","tag-va-wine","tag-veritas-vineyard","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11220,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/11220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}