WashPost: Horton Vnyds Evolves

Interesting article in the WashPost:
WashPost:HortonVnyds
on the recent evolution of HortonVnyds in VA. The grandaughter is now the winemaker and she professed that she doesn't like many of the traditional wines made at Horton, so has started her own label Gears & Lace.
DennisHorton (deceased in 2017) planted the Horton vnyds in 1990, with his first wine the Horton Viog '93. I remember tasting it at his first appearance at HdR. It was a bit on the soft/fat side but had wonderful Viog aromatics....pushing into DollyParton territory. He was an early champion of PetiteManseng. And I always liked the Horton Norton because of the way it rolled off the tongue.
Dennis was a very affable guy that I really liked a lot. He did a lot for the VA wine scene...a real pioneer.
Anyway, an interesting article on the evolution going on at HortonVnyds.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

Some of those early/mid 1990s Horton Norton bottles evolved really well over the course of two decades.

Some of those early/mid 1990s Horton Norton bottles evolved really well over the course of two decades.

Hmmmm..... I never really followed them over time, David. I only had sme 3-4 btls & drunk them young
in all their rustic glory.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

The 1994 at 20 years of age was very Rhône.

Thanks Tom.

Shannon Horton emailed me a couple of months ago inviting me to their International Pinotage event in October. Unfortunately I cannot go because I've got a family holiday booked on the same date.

I met Dennis Horton; he was an interesting man and a real pioneer in Virginia wine.

And, like Tom, I got a kick out of the name Horton Norton - and it was stocked in Total Wines in Florida which is where I think I last had it/