Brits Give Three Sisters Vineyards Cynthiana International Acclaim!
Robin Hall, secretary of the long-established Charlemagne Wine Tasting Society (see www.charlemagnewineclub.co.uk for details) in London, England introduced our Three Sisters Vineyards Cynthiana during an East Coast Wine shootout.  The CWTS has been holding regular tutored tastings for 35 years.  Members and tutors range from enthusiastic
amateurs to wine writers and educators, winemakers and trade professionals (including an occasional Master of Wine).

Robin led the tasting at The Charlemagne Wine Tasting Society on 20th June this year.  “This is, frankly, a very unusual tasting theme in Great Britain.  There is a total absence of distribution of wines from this area in Europe and resultant lack of knowledge of this subject.  It’s certainly not a topic that Charlemagne has ever addressed,” says Hall.

By a combination of personally shipping wines from the US plus help from one would-be distributor of Virginian wines attending the International Wine Fair in London, Robin arranged a suitable selection of wines. This covers Georgia (Blackstock, Three Sisters, Wolf Mountain), Virginia (Barboursville Octagon, Kluge Estate, Veramar, White Hall, Veritas) and North Carolina (Biltmore Estate).  Three Sisters Vineyards Cynthiana was the only non-vinifera wine on show.

The result was that the Three Sisters Cynthiana rated 7.5 out 9 points placing the wine in the top five best of the tasting.  Thanks to Robin Hall for including this Native American treat and introducing our British cousins to Three Sisters Vineyards Cynthiana! Cheerio ya’ll!

Here are the Combined Tasting Notes of The Charlemagne Wine Tasting Society:

A deep rich colour. Would not have guessed that it wasn’t vinifera on a blind tasting. Fruit on the nose "It could be French" (echoing Thomas Jefferson's description “the American black cherry, cedar and butterscotch Claret”). No “foxy” flavour like other native. American wine members have encountered elsewhere! The dark chocolate experiment not a success - club members preferred the wine without it!