The Financial Times

Jancis Robinson

"Considerable efforts stand a good chance of putting the state [of Virginia] on the world wine map."

Virginia's Climbers | September 2011

Decanter Bordeaux Issue

Jane Anson

"Amid Bordeaux's cauldron of power brokers, few people work with as many of the big names as Jacques and Eric Boissenot. Yet the pair have a low profile - and they want to keep it that way."

Silent Partners | Spring 2010

Washington Post

Dave McIntyre

"The next generation of Virginia wine."

Wine: First Growth Virginia? A fledgling Vintner Wants To Prove It's Possible | March 15, 2011

RdV Wants to Give Virginia a Truly Iconic Wine | March 16, 2011

WINE SPECTATOR

TIM FISH

"Trotter’s dish, which he named “A Study in Exotic Mushrooms With ‘Surprises,’” made for a tough decision between Matthews’ crisp Spanish white from the nearly forgotten Godello grape and Andrés’ Bordeaux-style red blend from RdV Vineyards in Virginia."

2012 New World Wine Experience: The Four Chefs Match Food and Wine

TIM GAISER, MASTER SOMMELIER

TIM GAISER

"The RdV style combines the best of the old and new worlds with the ripe, polished fruit of a Washington or California red and the pronounced herb/mineral character and lifted natural acidity reminiscent of Bordeaux. The balance is impeccable and the wines are seamless and imminently appealing."

Great Wine from Unexpected Places

Garden and Gun

James Conaway

"What most impresses is its intensity. A long, firm shaft of flavor that runs through the whole tasting experience and out the other side."

Virginia Terroir | October 2011

Wine Review Online

W. Blake Gray

"Striking, serious, over-90-point wines that I would not have been able to place. Any of these four wines would sit comfortably on the table with a collection of Bordeaux style wines from either California or the Motherland."

Breaking Barriers in Virginia | November 2011

WASHINGTONIAN

TODD KLIMAN

"De Vink clearly has proven that it's possible to make a good Bordeaux-style wine in Virginia."

Virginia'S ROGUE WINEMAKER | MAY 2012

carol joynt

"When the sun set, the winery glowed from within, thank to candlelight, the fire, and the gleam on so many wine glasses."

RdV Vineyards and CityZen Pair Up for a Sumptuous Sunday Supper | October 2012

Flavor Magazine

Adrienne Wichard-Edds

"RdV's philosophy is a pastiche of best practices that de Vink has picked up from winemakers he's met along the way."