Capital Wine School is excited to present the WSET Level 2 Certification Course at Pearmund Cellars! The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 2 certificate course provides an overview of the wines and spirits of the world. The class covers the major wine producing regions of the world, major wine grapes, factors affecting quality and…
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Virginia Wine Sales Reach New Record High
Pretty exciting news for the Virginia Wine Industry. Governor McAuliffe announced this week that #VAWine sales have reached a new record high in 2015. Increasing by 26 percent since 2010. Virginia wineries sold more than 524,000 cases of wine, or over 6.5 million bottles in 2015. Personally, I believe the upward tick has lot…
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The Secret to the Best Virginia Chardonnay
Unsurprisingly, a harvest full of high quality grapes is the foundation in a great wine. Pearmund Cellars boasts the oldest Chardonnay Vineyard in Virginia and countless awards including a few Governor’s Cups to match. Celebrating 40 years next year, the vines are healthy, and producing high quality grapes. In 2014, the vines produced their second highest yield…
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Pearmund Cellars 90 Pt. 2013 Viognier Review from Gary Vaynerchuk
Pearmund Cellars (voted Virginia’s Best Winery and Winemaker several years running), owner and executive winemaker, Chris Pearmund and Ashton Lough Viognier journey has reached a peak this year! Pearmund Cellars 2013 Viognier has been awarded 90 pts by the World Wide Championships. Chris Pearmund: "In tasting French Viogniers for a few decades, I am always…
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Virginia Wine – A Quickly Growing Industry
Virginia Wine is a quickly growing industry, which has been 40 years in the making. With prohibition laws, Virginia lost about 50 years of knowledge about growing grapes and making wine. So for the past 40 years, Virginia winemakers have been trying to figure out "what makes a good Virginia wine." Chris Pearmund, Executive Winemaker at…
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Virginia’s Best Winery Wine Full Monty Tasting!
Pearmund Cellar's, voted Virginia's Best Winery, Virginia’s Best Winemaker, Virginia’s Best Tasting Room (to name a few) - several years running, welcomed the Skopp's for the kick off of their 10th anniversary weekend. They came to Pearmund Cellars as the first stop on their Virginia Wine adventure and booked our Full Monty Tasting Experience . We…
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From Law Enforcement to working at Virginia’s Favorite Winery!
Cory recently joined the team at Pearmund Cellars as Assistant Manager. She and her family live in Warrenton, VA. She comes from a big Italian family. Her Grandpa made wine on an old fashioned wine press. And her family owned a restaurant in upstate New York. Everything about Cory screams “Born to work at Pearmund Cellars!”…
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