Wine of the Month: 2018 Reserve Red
For our November Wine of the Month, we are featuring our 2018 High Ridge Reserve Red. Complex and delicious, our Meritage-style blend is the perfect addition to any Thanksgiving feast! As you learned in our March wine of the month posting, Meritage wines must contain...
Wine of The Month: 2017 Mount Pleasant Tannat
Autumn is officially upon us here in the Blue Ridge! To complement the cool weather rolling in, we will be featuring, for the month of October, the biggest and boldest red on our wine list; our 2017 Mount Pleasant Tannat. Tannat is characterized by heavy tannin, and...
Wine of The Month: 2018 Cabernet Franc
We are reaching the end of summer but not quite yet into the cool weather of fall. By the end of August, all of us are ready for those cool fall breezes to arrive. As we look forward to autumn, and hopefully to encourage that weather to come a little earlier, we are...
Wine of the Month: 2018 Bell Mount Rosé
August brings us those hot, humid, dog days of summer; the end of summer vacations and getting ready to go back to school. What better way to fight the heat and end of summer blues than with a bottle of crisp, cold, rosé? In the interest of keeping you all cool and...
Wine of the Month: 2018 Mount Pleasant Viognier
Along with warm summer days, July brings us Independence celebrations. Living in Virginia, and especially Charlottesville, we are surrounded by revolutionary history everywhere we look. In honor of that historical tradition, we will be featuring a quintessential...
National Rosé Day
Join us on Saturday June 12th for National Rosé Day and the culmination of our Spring Rosé Celebration at Mount Ida Reserve! Here at the Tasting Room we have rosés to match anyone’s preference. With two still rosés and a sparkling you’ll want to be sure to try all...
Wine of the Month: 2018 Over the Moon
During the month of June, as we enter the warm days of summer, we are featuring our 2018 Over the Moon Sparkling! Our signature white sparkling, this vintage was released just this Spring. Our first sparkling that is not a blend, but 100% Chardonnay…you can call...
Father’s Day Gift Guide
Father’s Day is comin’ in hot (literally, can you believe this hot hot hot weather we’ve been having?). It is hard to believe that we are already hitting June; we don’t know about you, but 2021 is absolutely flying by for us here at Mount Ida Reserve. Still haven’t...