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DAY☝🏽of Oeno Camp brought energy surrounding Virginia wine to Charlottesville 💫
The @quirkhotelcva is home base and we are grateful for landing here!
Major hugs to the @cvillejeffschool x @heenneeh for laying the heavy foundation of history and knowledge going back to the 1600’s.

Winemakers from @stonetowerwinery @septenarywinery @blenheimvineyards @kingfamilyvineyards @earlymountain @commonwealthcrush showed up to talk & pour their delicious wines.

We were graced with food from @chimmtaste to soak it up, followed by an amazing dinner @oakhartsocial 🫨

Heartfelt tears were shed and our connections will only grow stronger and deeper with our amazing new family between @theveraisonproject x Oenoverse x @vawine

Keep following along ✊🏽⚡️

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Wine people are the best people ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

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The latest "I'll Drink to That" podcast episode features some amazing storytelling by @heenneeh (and a brief appearance by @joytingwine as well!). Check it out wherever you get your podcast fix.

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Lately, I’m been particularly interested in ‘island wines’. And sometimes, that often involves volcanic soils. This can make for a highly unique combination of aromas & flavors. This @bodegabermejo Rosado of Listan Negro turned out to both that & one of my favorite roses of the last year! Quite juicy & fleshy, expressing Strawberry, Cherry, & tropical notes w dried herbs, and tasting of similar with a noticeable glycerin-y mouthfeel & that very unique, almost prickly, spicy notes on the finish. If you bit into a ripe strawberry/guava fruit whilst standing on pointy black volcanic soil, you’d get an idea of the experience. Dear Canary Islands, I’ll be tasting more of you, pronto ! ( I provided a vineyard pick to give you the idea of the challenges of viticulture there!)@plantwines

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Raw bar. It’s one of those things that changes the trajectory of your day … or even your opinion of a city.

After months and months under wraps, @birdiesva at @commonhouserva showed a little leg last night. 🦪 & clams shucked with precision and paired with finesse. Orange n citrus-jazzed crudo got me good. And the vibe stirred memories of @167_raw and @neptuneoyster, two perennial nonpareils.

Grazie @heenneeh @mrchancefischer
& co for filling a #Sewansecott-sized niche in our #rvadine scene.

#oysters#ersters#rawbar#crudo

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🦞 What does it say about me that I LOVE a lobster roll but I’ll knock a person down for a Maitake? 🍄

The soft opening of @birdiesva last night was so easygoing, y’all. Chilled plates of halibut crudo, the cleanest oysters from Virginia, Maine, Conn, and Mass., a cold fried pork chop (this is an interesting one, btw.) a lobster roll and the most outstanding Maitake mushroom.

The spot, housed at the bottom of @commonhouserva, is partially a coffeehouse and mostly a raw bar. My favorite thing is the “pop up”specials (buy them for the table on the spot @statebirdprovisions style) roaming the little place from Chef Dave — like the aforementioned pictured, seared, soy-ed and chilled Maitake and a potato mousse.

Bonuses from last evening: a CHILI conversation with @themoderngent (@villagegardenrva), a hug from @tsgrichmond and @mrchancefischer, some from afar (couple seats and/or a bar away) sightings of the lovely @heenneeh, salganz, and @eileen_mellon.

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nights like tonight remind me why we do what we do. T-minus seven days until @birdiesva is (finally) open 🦪

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Looking for Pinot Noir? ⁠
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Seek ye no farther! The new vintages from Moorooduc Estate just dropped. A small estate planted in the early 1980s south of Melbourne, this winery has grown to be recognized as one of the finest in the region. Dry grown, wild ferments, minimal sulfur. Their winemaking produces a perfect combination of Mornington Peninsula meets the McIntyre family. ⁠
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2019 McIntyre Vineyard Pinot Noir - 95 Halliday. "It's a whorl of the darkest cherries, covered in baking spices, a fleck of mint and an overlay of savory inputs, the French oak neatly integrated. It builds on the palate, full bodied but not unwieldy. mouth-filling and generous, with the plushest tannins, ripe and sweet. Very satisfying and approachable now."⁠
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2019 McIntyre Vineyard Chardonnay - 95 Halliday. "This is so bound to the Moorooduc Estate DNA, there's no point unravelling it. It sits comfortably even in a warmer vintage. There's a neat confluence of stone fruit and citrus, moreish sulphides, savoury notes and more besides."⁠
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#pinotnoir #wine #winelover #chardonnay #winetasting #redwine #winetime #vino #instawine #winestagram #winelovers #sommelier #redhill #wineblogger #cellardoor #australianmade #foodandwine #wineoftheday

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A very cool collaborative project came out of last years’ otherwise rough harvest season: @common__house @theveilbrewing and our friend @heenneeh created this elegant and complex beer from our #chenin grapes! With cardamom and cocoa nibs, it’s a wonderful wild ride! Very special. #gratitude #beergrapes #silverlinings #virginiagrowers

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I started my wine journey in earnest 1 year ago today, and what a year it has been.

At its core, wine is about people and place; things that can embody so much beauty and complexity.

Here are a few markers of this last year’s journey:

1. 🍃Growing season in the vineyard. - Ben invited me to help work their family’s vineyard during growing season, to learn about the growing side of viticulture alongside he and his brother Tim Jordan (the most generous and patient teacher).
2. 📚Wine Unify - Shoutout to M3, Alicia, and my entire Wine Unify crew. This was the catalyst for everything. I’m forever grateful, and forever fam 🙏🏾.
3. 🍷Siân and Thadd - If you’ve heard me talk about wine, you know Market Street Wine is where the love started. When they invited me to build and host a 3-part virtual series with them last October, I jumped at the chance.
4. 👻I got to work Hellawine w/ the Lightwell Survey crew!
5. ✨Erin Scala - Erin has always made me feel welcomed in wine. She gifted me my first Zalto glass, my first taste of Donhoff (which was simultaneously my first taste of an Auslese), and introduced me to Terry Thiese, all in the same visit
6. ✍🏾Julia Coney. It started with the after-zoom (akin to an after party, on Zoom) for Wine Unify, and culminated in a Washington Post quote. Then, it kickstarted from a Google Doc and a Clubhouse chat. Her mentorship has been a gift, and sharing a 4.5 hour dinner w/ her in my city was everything I hoped it would be.
7. 🧑🏾‍🎓I got my first wine certification! I’m starting my second (WSET Level 2) soon (10/4).
8. 🍇I picked my first wine grapes and tasted my first juice (Pinot Noir) for testing sugar levels, thanks to an invite from Tracey and Kirsty at Blenheim. I still haven’t tasted/eaten a whole wine grape!
9. 👨🏾‍🌾Picking Petit Manseng before work w/ Tim and crew.

There are so many more incredible people, tastings, workshops, vineyard days, dinners, and more in between 🙏🏾. I’m looking forward to learning and exploring more.

If you’re visiting Charlottesville, you’re invited to my place for wine. Come through.

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Hell of a gorgeous day to harvest the #cabernetfranc #monticellowinetrail #harvestday #virginiawine #gratitude #hardwork

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