"Big News!" Twin Oaks Tavern Winery won GOLD at the Beverage Tasting Institute's October 10, 2013 Competition, scoring a 92 (Exceptional) for Donna Evers' 2012 Twin Oaks Chardonnay: "Twin Oaks Tavern Winery 2012 Chardonnay, Virginia $21: Golden color. Rich aromas…
June, 2013 Our activity is now focused on the vineyard, which is pushing hard with luxuriant growth, and the flowers that turn into grapes have already come and gone. In France, the saying goes that harvest will occur “100 days…
April, 2013 On April 28th the bottling van with the assembly line arrived at Twin Oaks. Our workers were waiting for it and many friends showed up to pitch in - and work hard! Our goal was to bottle 530…
February, 2013 Overnight on Friday, February 15, it snowed on the mountain, so that the ground was lightly covered and every branch of each tree was delicately outlined in white. But, this winter wonderland was limited to the altitudes above…
January, 2013 Happy New Year! We just got back from France and here is a photo of me at Clos Montmartre, a vineyard the size of a city block high on a hill near Sacre Coeur Cathedral in Paris. The…
September, 2012 Our chardonnay harvest happened fast, since we decided on the morning of September 1st to pick the grapes. The prospect of rain and overcast skies for the next ten days helped us make our decision. Next, we worked…
Leesburg Today, August 24, 2012 Twin Oaks Tavern Winery's "Spectacular Sunsets" photo contest is set to run from Saturday, Aug. 25, through Oct. 31. Amateur photographers who wish to enter must take their sunset photos from the twin, split-level decks…
June, 2012 The highlight of my trip to Europe in June was a visit to my family's vineyard in Karlovac Province in Croatia. The old vineyard has been there for well over 100 years and the new one, recently planted…
April, 2012 Bud break came early this year. The buds appeared in early April and by mid-April we already had 3-4 inches of new green leaves. Winter pruning took place in February and March and we spur pruned the cordons…
In 2002, when Donna and Bob Evers of Chevy Chase harvested their first grape crop at their Virginia weekend home, experts told them that the chardonnay and cabernet franc grapes must be picked early in the morning to keep them…