Regional wine week: 2008

The roundup from the first regional wine week, Oct. 6-12, 2008, when some 40 bloggers and wine writers around the country wrote about their favorite regional wines. Regional wine Week 2009 will be held Oct. 4-10.

Arizona

Andrew Stover, The Chief Wino

Jay Bileti, Arizona Wines & Vines, Desert Wine Country

Colorado

Dave Buchanan on Colorado wines in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Terry Sullivan, Wine Trail Traveler visits several Colorado wineries
Rich Mauro, the People's Palate, visits the Winery at Holy Cross Abbey (requires subscription)

Florida

Alix Austin, The Amateur Gastronomer, Henscratch Farms and Eden Vineyards

Georgia

Gil Kulers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Wine Industry Seeks Chance to Shine

Wine Kulers

Tim Rutherford, Savannah Foodie, Blackstone wines add Georgia flair

Illinois

Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune on "Sipping Local"

Andrew Stover

Kentucky

Robin Garr, WineLoversPage.com, on "Locavino" and "Locavino Revisited!"

Maryland

Dave McIntyre, The Washington Post on Local Vintners Grow Respect

Maryland wine in Washingtonian , August 2008

Black Ankle Vineyards opens!

Gary Moore, Vinotrip on his favorite Maryland wines this year

Lou Marmon, Grapelines and Gazette newspapers

Scott Greenberg of DC Examiner on Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards

Michigan

Sandra Silfven, Detroit News, Regional Wine Week: Visit Michigan and Ohio

Missouri

Doug Frost - Missouri Wine Update and on wines from Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas as well!

Ann and Joe Pollack, Crown Valley Vineyards

New Mexico

Jim Hammond, Southwestern Wine Guy, Wines with a Southern Exposure and Must-Have New Mexico Wines

New York

Lenn Thompson, Regional wine week and Raphael 2005 La Fontana (North Fork of Long Island)

Richard Leahy, Richard Leahy's Wine Report on Tierce Riesling from the Finger Lakes and Wines of the Fingers Lakes

North Carolina

Bob Hodge, Yadkin Valley Wine Trail

Barbara Ensrud, Notes on North Carolina Wines

Ohio

Sandra Silfven, Detroit News, Regional Wine Week: Visit Michigan and Ohio

Sandy Mitchell, Celebrate Wine and Ohio Wine Lover

Pennsylvania

David Snyder, Philafoodie

Paul Vigna, The Wine Classroom on Val La and Chaddsford, Crossing Vineyards, Pinnacle Ridge, Vynecrest Winery, and local wine events

Texas

Jeff Siegel, The Wine Curmudgeon, Three Texas wines
Julie Blacklidge, D magazine, Where Texas wine comes from, part I
Russ Kane, Vintage Texas, Drink Texas -- save food miles
Lisa Petty, Dallas Eats, Texas wine report, part I, Texas wine report, part II, Texas wine report, part III
Alfonso Cevola, On the Trail in Italy, Marfa -- We say Chianti and they say Chianti

Virginia

Dave McIntyre in The Washington Post

Virginia's Garagistes, Washingtonian, March 2008

Doug Shaver, The Inquiring Vine

Genevelyn Steele pairs Virginia wine with Virginia cheese

Richard Leahy on a retrospective tasting of Virginia wine

Rob Hagman, Rob's Wine Review

Andrew Stover on Loudon County's Wine Country

The buzz around Pollak Vineyards, from Rob Hagman to Dave McIntyre and Richard Leahy

Canada

Charmian Christie, Christie's Corner on the fruit wines of Niagara

Remy Charest, The Wine Case on Quebec wines, Niagara: Napa North or Burgundy West?, and Chateau des Charmes St David's Bench Gewurztraminer