Past Themes

Date	Comments	Presenter	Food
4/12/2024	Finger Lakes	Novellino	Strickland
3/8/2024	Chateau Merillanne	Strickland	Heitmeyer
2/9/2024	Turkish Wines	Alan & Ruby Imports	Niznick
1/12/2024	Battle of the Sexes	Stutler
12/8/2023	Holiday Celebration	KGWS Members	Dish to share
11/10/2023	Bodega Altolandon - Mil Historias	Burckell	Oneill
10/13/2023	Burgundy	Hubbell
9/8/2023	Foods That Change Flavors in Wines	Ulfers	Jones
8/11/2023	Old World, New World, Out of This World Wine!	Koepfinger
7/14/2023	Card Bourdeaux	Strickland
6/9/2023	West, now East (Sanctuary Vineyard)	Hyde	Oneill
5/12/2023	Raylen Vineyards	Damon	Oneill
4/14/2023	Wines from the Land of Enchantment	Gibson	Strickland
3/10/2023	A taste of India	Hydes	Hyde/Bowling
2/10/2023	Blind Tasting: Observing Wine with Tools (See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip)…Can You Identify It?	Allan	Hyde
1/13/2023	Chateau Merrillanne	Kenny White
12/9/2022	Holiday Gathering at the Hyde's. Please enter thru the gate, and follow the brick path to the festivities!	Everyone	Everyone
11/11/2022	Better Living Through Chemistry	Crandall
10/14/2022	Pinot Noir verticals from Shea Vineyard	Walt Rachele (ASWA)
9/9/2022	National Tasting Project	Loudin
8/12/2022	Rausse Wines	Such/Rausse	Britton
7/15/2022	50 Shades of Rose	Strickland
6/10/2022	Does your nose know?	Gibson
5/13/2022	East Coast vs. West Coast	Damon
4/14/2022	Special Joint (Fredericksburg & Northern Neck Uncorked) AWS Tasting (Wines of Illyria)	Indira Bayer -
4/8/2022	Ancient grapes from the land of Noah	Niznik
3/11/2022	Wine Tasting in the Dark	Burckell	Oyster crackers/water provided
2/11/2022	Unknown	Mims	OYO
1/14/2022	Sicilian Wine	Jones	OYO
12/10/2021	Holiday Gathering	Everyone	Everyone
11/12/2021	PK on VA Wine - A TED Talk	Koepfinger
10/8/2021	National Tasting Project	Allan
9/10/2021	Lodi has more than Zins	Gibsons
8/13/2021	The wine regions of Virginia	Koepfinger
7/9/2021	Pool wines, by the pool.	Strickland	OYO
6/11/2021	Lauren Zimmerman (Port of Leonardtown)	Hyde
5/14/2021	Wines from Mexico	Niznik
4/9/2021	Pandemic Finds, Gems from around the World	Damon
3/12/2021	Eastern Europe	Allan
2/12/2021	Verona - Wines inspired by Romeo and Juliet	Hyde
1/8/2021	Unknown	Cancelled - No presenter	N/A
12/11/2020	Holiday Wines	The Board	BYOF
11/10/2020	The Back Roads of Spain	Burckell	BYOF
10/9/2020	A night with winemaker & owner, Rodrigo Redmont, of Tenuta Talamonti	Allan
9/11/2020	Old Housed Vineyards	Damon	Damon
8/14/2020	Wine & Pizza	Koepfinger	Jones
7/10/2020	Summer and Sauvignon Blanc	Heitmeyer
6/12/2020	Bonarda	Loudin
5/8/2020	Willamette Valley Vineyards	Willamette Valley Vineyards	Self provided
4/10/2020	Your choice of any American wine. You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (224) 501-3412 Access Code: 263-285-485	Any Participants	Whatever you pick
3/13/2020	Soil, a factor of Terroir	Linda Crandall	Britton
2/14/2020	Wine, Chocolate and a movie	Rita Allan	Moore
1/10/2020	American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine	Debbie Loutzenhiser & Renee Dunn	Bill Loutzenhiser & Curtis Dunn
12/13/2019	Holiday Celebration!	HolidaySocial	Everyone!
11/8/2019	What matters more with your Pinot Noir; Price or Palate?	Aimee Schlereth and Tracy Csoka	Aimee Schlereth and Tracy Csoka
10/11/2019	3 Regions – 3 Names – 1 Grape	Burckell
9/13/2019	National Tasting Project	Gibson	Gibson
8/9/2019	To Zin or not to Zin?	Koepfinger	Damons
7/12/2019	White Port	Walter Rachele, AWS Certified Judge (Gibsons)	Lawrence
6/14/2019	Austrian Wines	Klaus Wittauer	Strickland
5/10/2019	Pinot What?	Allan (Scott & Rita)	Damon
4/12/2019	Chateau Merrillanne	Kenny White	Strickland
3/8/2019	The other Cooper Vineyards in the other Shenandoah Valley - Amador County CA	Hanna (Brad)	Hanna (Deborah)
2/8/2019	Educating the palate...body, flavor, acidity & Sweetness.	Crandall	Crandall
1/11/2019	Pop, clink, fizz!	Hailey Lawrence	Terri Newman-Hyde
12/14/2018	Celebrate the holidays!	Holiday Social	Everyone!
11/9/2018	All Greek to me!	Allan	Moores
10/12/2018	October is VA wine month. Come sample wines from 6 of VA wineries. Try some of your familiar favorites as well as new varietals that VA is having success in growing	Loutzenhiser	Loutzenhiser
9/14/2018	National Tasting - Portugal	Gibson	Gibson
8/10/2018	Barbera	Adkins	Strickland
7/13/2018	Northern NY Vineyard	Damon	Damon
6/8/2018	Bandol	Burckell	Mims
5/11/2018	Ingleside - New Labels, New Wines, New Directions	Crandall	Church
4/13/2018	Alsace	Jones	Jones
3/9/2018	Austrian Wines with Klaus Wittauer	Strickland	Strickland
2/9/2018	What did you call that?	Allans	Moore
1/12/2018	Cooper Vineyads	Such	Such
12/8/2017	Holiday Social	Everyone!	Everyone!
11/10/2017	Wines of Napa & Sonoma - Let the Healing Begin	Board	Board
10/13/2017	Wine kits verses commercial - Will provide kit and commercial wines of the same types originating from the same geographical regions. Italy; white blend Pino Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc. Lodi CA; Cabernet Sauvignon. Italy; Super Tuscan.	Heitmeyer	Jackson (James)
9/8/2017	AWS 50th Celebration	Gibson	Gibson
8/11/2017	National Tasting	Loudin	Britton
7/14/2017	Chateau MerrillAnne Winery	Strickland	Strickland
6/9/2017	WINEXPERT Limited Edition Wine Kits	Jackson	Heitmeyer
5/12/2017	2009 CA Barbera, The perfect Pizza wine	Hanna	Niznik
4/21/2017	Meeting date changed - Wine & Chocolate	Such	Such
3/10/2017	In search of the true Zinfandel	Allans	Loutzenhiser
2/10/2017	Legends, Legacy, & Libations – A Story of Napa & Wine	Burckell	Church
1/13/2017	Bourbon barrel wine	Sutter	Sutter
12/9/2016	Holiday Social	Everyone!	Everyone!
11/11/2016	Wines from somewhere else on Earth	Ulfers	Niznik
10/14/2016	Idaho's Snake River Valley and Lewis N Clark AVAs	Loutzenhiser	Strickland
9/9/2016	Rhone Varietals from VA	Dunn	Burckell
8/12/2016	National Tasting (1/2)	Hyde	Hyde
7/8/2016	Regional Red Review	Sutter	Britton
6/10/2016	Greek Wines	Papadopoulos family from Molon Lave Vineyards	Mims
5/13/2016	Politics of wine	Rene Dunn	Dave Loudin
4/8/2016	Cotes du Rhone.....How do you like your Grenache?	Jones	Koepfinger
3/11/2016	Chambourcin	Such	Such
2/12/2016	Wines that pair with Cajun foods	Koepfinger	Koepfinger
1/8/2016	2007 California Pinot Noir Revisited	Brad Hanna	Deborah Hanna & Sara Sutter
12/11/2015	Holiday Social	N/A	Everyone!
11/13/2015	May I introduce you to...(Grapes or wines you may never have tasted)	Burckell	Adkins & Burckells
10/9/2015	Discovering the other fermented beverage	Jeremy Meyers (BadWolf Brewing Co.)	Julie & Ken Moore
9/11/2015	National Tasting - Hungarian	Curtis Dunn	Rene Dunn
8/14/2015	Pinot Gris & Pinot Grigio	Denise Gibson	Jerry Gibson
7/10/2015	Arizona Wines	Chris Strickland	Hyde
6/12/2015	Petit Verdot	Scott Such	Such Girls!
5/8/2015	Portuguese **Please note date change, changed*	Sutter	Sutter
4/10/2015	Miljenko "Mike" Grgich: The Man, The Icon, The WINE.	Kuker	Kuker
3/13/2015	Red Mountain Viticultural Area (WA's new AVA)	Hyde	Strickland
2/13/2015	Unusual and Inexpensive Wine-Food Pairings (7 glasses)	Paul Koepfinger	Anne Koepfinger
1/9/2015	2009 & 2010 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Two great vintages	Brad Hanna	Debra Hanna & Sara Sutter
12/12/2014	Holiday Social	N/A	Everyone
11/7/2014	Loire Wines - Note date change!!!	Brian Jones
10/10/2014	Washington State Wines	Niznik	Wersal
9/12/2014	Meeting Cancelled
8/8/2014	National Tasting	Sutter	Debbie & Omar
7/11/2014	Old Vine Wines	Hyde	Adkins
6/13/2014	Finger Lake Wines	Chris & Kathy Strickland	Such
5/9/2014	Austria	Dunn	Loutzenhiser's
4/11/2014	Tempranillo	Dave Loudin	Such
3/14/2014	“Nebbiolo” - Barolo, Barbaresco, and beyond!	Matthew Leader (Country Vintner)	Hyde
2/21/2014	Valentine Theme- Wines paired with foods that are aphrodisiacs	Koepfinger	Renee Dunn
1/10/2014	Governor's Cup Gold	Denise & Jerry Gibson	Hyde
12/13/2013	Christmas Social	All	All
11/8/2013	Mencia!	Tom Burckell	Mike & Terri Hyde
10/11/2013	Gabriele Rausse - The father of VA wine	Such's	Lolly & Shane Rice
9/13/2013	National Tasting Project (NTP) Rhones	Laura Spivak	Sarah Sutter
8/9/2013	Pool Wines (Pool Party!)	Stricklands	Loudin/Such
7/12/2013	Viognier	Scott & Julie Such	Scott & Julie Such
6/14/2013	TBD	Paul Koepfinger
5/10/2013	Croatian Wines	Kuker's	Kuker's
4/12/2013	Washington State Wines	Steve Pope (Total Wine)	Jim & Debbie Mims
3/8/2013	Chilean Wines	Mims	Renee Dunn & Sally Stutler
2/8/2013	MMDUSA Portfolio	Roland Herman	Tom & Janet Burckell
1/11/2013	California Red Values	Brad Hanna	Deborah Hanna & Laura Spivak
12/14/2012	Christmas Party!
11/9/2012	Sparkling Wines	Niznik	Wersal
10/12/2012	Octoberfest!
9/14/2012	Wine Trivia!
8/10/2012	National Pinot Noir/Red wine tasting project	Gibson	Gibson
7/13/2012	Malbecs	Strickland	Adkins
6/8/2012	Que Syrah, Shiraz	Spivak	Hanna/Hyde
5/11/2012	A comparison of wines from India	Hyde	Kukers
4/20/2012	Super Tuscan's
3/9/2012	7 Glasses!
2/10/2012	Loire	Jones
1/13/2012	Greek Wine	Mims
11/11/2011	Beaujolais	Tom Burckell
9/1/2011	How to read a German wine label	Kuker & Wersel
8/1/2011	7 Couples, 7 Days, 7 Wineries	Such, Church, Gibson, Buchanon, Lefeve
7/1/2011	Finger lakes	Lonnie Wersal
6/1/2011	Recession Value Wines (red)	Hanna
5/1/2011	Biodynamics	Joy Veazey
4/1/2011	Spain with Tappahannock Tasters	Field Trip - Willis Parker
3/1/2011	St Patty Day	Koepfinger
2/1/2011	Aeration	Hyde
1/1/2011	Tuscany	Total Wine
11/1/2010	5 Grapes = Utopia	Tom Burckell
10/1/2010	Tailgating	Laurie Buchanon
9/1/2010	National Chile/Argentina	Brian Jones
8/1/2010	Viognier & Syrah	Rachael Pennington
7/1/2010	Germany/Austria	Peeds
6/1/2010	Summer Wines	Jim Mims
5/1/2010	Old World vs. New Cab Franc	Koepfinger
4/1/2010	Meritage	Gibson	Wersal
3/1/2010	Local Food & Wine	Such & Church
2/1/2010	Italy	Kerry Adkins
1/1/2010	Total Wine	Jim Mims
11/1/2009	Watt St. Journal Winme & Bread	Ulfers
10/1/2009	Dinner at Sandy's	Sandy Devault
9/1/2009	Wine Scoring	Koepfinger
8/1/2009	Trip to California, Wine Discoveries	Spivak
7/1/2009	Yeast Flavor in Wine	Conrad Brandts
6/1/2009	National Zinfandel	Denise Gibson
5/1/2009	Oakcrest	Brandts
5/1/2009	Health	Tom & Janet Burckell
4/1/2009	Visit to Ingleside
3/1/2009	Australian Shiraz	Brian Jones
2/1/2009	Off the Beaten Path Wines	Brad Hanna
1/1/2009	Unknown	Mims
11/1/2008	Wine Election - Burckell vs, Stutler	Tom Burckell & Rich Stutler
10/1/2008	Spain	Koepfinger
9/1/2008	Old World vs. New World	Brad hanna
8/1/2008	Maryland	Blanton & Armstrong?
6/1/2008	Total Beverage, Joe & Steve	Burckell
5/1/2008	Merlot Basics	Tom Burckell
4/1/2008	Blind Wine Test	Such
3/1/2008	Kybecca Riesling	Kybecca
2/1/2008	Sparkling	Laurie Buchanon
1/1/2008	Unknown	Denise Gibson
11/1/2007	Croatia	Kuker
9/1/2007	Grenache	Brad Hanna
6/1/2007	Italy	Tom Iezzi
4/1/2007	Washington State	Ray Gamache
3/1/2007	Cabernet Franc	Brian Jones
2/1/2007	Fad Wines	Jim Mims
1/1/2007	Once a Month/Year/Lifetime	Mike Tilch
11/1/2006	Holiday Wines	Tom Burckell
9/1/2006	Zinfandel	Brad Hanna
6/9/2006	Barrel and Reserves	Ingleside Plantation Vineyards
5/1/2006	Provence	Tom Iezzi
4/1/2006	Box Wine	Ray Gamache
3/1/2006	NE Italy	Tree Andre of SEMA LLC
2/1/2006	Spain	Kybecca
1/1/2006	Beaujolais	Koepfinger
11/1/2005	New Zealand	Brian Jones
9/1/2005	Tuscans	Stutler
6/1/2005	Blind Tasting - Wine Spectator Rated	Jim Mims
5/1/2005	Texas	Hagenlocker
4/1/2005	Ofactory	Tom Iezzi
3/1/2005	Box Wine and Consumer Reports	Joe Futcher
2/1/2005	France	Benedict Calza
1/1/2005	Unknown	Craig Laveroni
10/1/2004	South Africa	Karen & Phyllis
9/1/2004	Australia	Lonnie Wersal
5/1/2004	Spain	Fletcher Henderson
5/1/2004	Oregon	Bill Armstrong
4/1/2004	Slovenia/Crotia	Ann Lusher
3/1/2004	Wine Dinner	Tilsh
2/1/2004	Beaujolais	Hagenlocker
1/1/2004	Argentina	Tom Burckell
11/1/2003	Rhone	Kevin Kean
9/1/2003	Sherry	Carl Brandhorst
5/1/2003	Alsace	Brian Jones
4/1/2003	Wine Fundamentals	Tom Iezzi
3/1/2003	Greek Wine	Elsie Hagenlocker & Mike Tilch
2/1/2003	Cancelled - Snow
1/1/2003	South America	George Winkler
11/1/2002	Different Flights of the Same Wine Maker	Tom Burckell
9/1/2002	Ingleside Plantation Vineyards	Tom Iezzi
6/1/2002	Syrah-Shiraz	John Prokop
5/1/2002	National Pinot Noir	Kevin Kean
5/1/2002	Wines of Food Lion	Jim Mims
4/1/2002	Burgandy	Christine Iezzi Blaine
3/8/2002	Wine Dinner	Bobbe Morrissett & Ann Lusher
2/1/2002	Wine From Monte's Basement	Monte Newton
1/1/2002	Wine Bottles	Connie Grittner
11/1/2001	Mexico	Brian Jones
9/1/2001	Olive Oil and Wine	Tom Iezzi
6/1/2001	South Africa	Jesse East
5/1/2001	Canary Island Wine	Ed & Joy Veasey
4/1/2001	Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage	Tom Burckell
3/1/2001	Pinot Noir	Mike Tilch
2/1/2001	Riesling Wine	Bernie Ufers & Brian Jones
1/1/2001	Value Wines	Connie Grittner
10/1/2000	Canadian Wine	Diane Kean
9/1/2000	Wino Night	Susan Vecchione & Barb Garrison
6/1/2000	Languedoc	Meg Ulfers & Karen Mittura
5/1/2000	Award Winning Virginia Wines	Denise Gibson
4/1/2000	Bordeaux	Kevin Kean
3/1/2000	Zinfandel	Paul Lusher
2/1/2000	Wine and Chocolate	Jenni Jones
1/1/2000	Portugal	Connie Grittner
11/1/1999	Whites Around the World with Turkey Dinner	Tom Burckell
9/1/1999	Ingleside Plantation Vineyards	Doug Flemer
6/1/1999	Pinot Grigio	Meg Ulfers & Karen Mittura
5/1/1999	Crus of Beaujolais	Dave Barber
4/1/1999	Languedoc	Kevin Kean & Susan Vecchione
3/1/1999	Chile	Bernie Ulfers & Brian Jones
2/1/1999	Australian Shiraz	Mike Tilch
1/1/1999	Piedmont	Tom & Bev Iezzi
11/1/1998	Portugal	Keans & Vecchiones
9/1/1998	Spain	Conrad & Dottie Brandts
6/1/1998	Wines by the Label	Meg Ulfers & Karen Mittura
5/1/1998	German	George Winkler
4/1/1998	Loire	Christine Iezzi Blaine
3/13/1998	Wine Spectator Top 100	Brian & Jenni Jones
2/13/1998	Vertical - 4 Decades of BV	Tom Burckell
1/9/1998	Italian Table Wines & Food Pairing	Bev Iezzi
11/14/1997	Argentina	Steve Brown
9/12/1997	New Zealand	Brian & Jenni Jones
6/13/1997	Summer Wines	Meg Ulfers & Karen Mittura
5/9/1997	National Gewurtztraminer	Tom Burckell
4/11/1997	Balance	Earl Bierman
3/14/1997	Antinori Tuscan	Pamm Houchens
2/14/1997	Dessert Wines	Kevin & Diane Kean
1/10/1997	Southwest France	Bev & Tom Iezzi
11/8/1996	Northern Italy	Jack & Barbara Townsend
10/11/1996	Tough Wines	Jesse East
9/13/1996	National Pinot Noir	Contrad Brandts
8/9/1996	Wine Aroma	Meg Ulfers & Karen Mittura
6/14/1996	Rhone from California	Mike Tilch
5/10/1996	Historic Wines of Virginia	Earl Bierman
4/12/1996	Oregon	Jane Wodworth & Jackie Fowler
3/8/1996	Hartwood Winery	Dave Barber
2/9/1996	Burgandy	Christine Lezzi Blaine
1/12/1996	California and French Comparison	Tom Burckell
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