01/10/2018
Barboursville Vineyards
The California-based wine writer Robert Whitley has designated Luca Paschina among Winemakers of the Year for 2017, posting at his encyclopedic Wine Review Online -- "Then there is Luca Paschina, the brilliant winemaker at Virginia's Barboursville Vineyards, located in the Blue Ridge mountains two hours southwest of Washington, D.C. Paschina, a native of Italy's Piedmont region, has been winemaker at Barboursville since 1990. He is perhaps the most decorated winemaker in the history of Virginia wine, and 2017 was no different. Barboursville wines took 10 gold medals at the four annual wine challenges staged in San Diego. Paschina dazzled with a red Bordeaux-style blend "Octagon," a Nebbiolo Reserve that is consistently the finest Nebbiolo made in America, a Vermentino Reserve, a Cabernet Franc Reserve, a Viognier, a Sauvignon Blanc and even a splendid Cabernet Sauvignon." http://www.winereviewonline.com/wine_blog.cfm
