Albemarle Terroir

An exploration of what makes Albemarle County Virginia Wine unique


Archive for August, 2009

August Albemarle/Charlottesville Wine Climate Update

Below I have prepared two graphs that detail the development of the 2009 Albemarle County Wine climate through the end of August 2009. Based on earlier posts on this blog regarding Bordeaux and California wine quality and climate, the Albemarle season is not shaping up to be great one.      The precipitation graph below [...]

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Pollak Pinot Gris goes to Shanghai

One weekend in July,  my extended family and I visited the Pollak Vineyards here in Albemarle County.   Just about everyone was taken back by how good the Pinot Gris was.    It was so good, that I decided to give it to a friend for his birthday.    The only issue is that my [...]

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