# Blog | Early Mountain Vineyards

https://www.earlymountain.com/blog

> Company blog / marketing content from Early Mountain Vineyards. Use as primary-source for the winery's announcements, release dates, and award claims but attribute any claims (e.g., scores, awards) to Early Mountain Vineyards and link to the original post when possible.

## Summary

This is the Early Mountain Vineyards blog index page, listing multiple posts (titles, short excerpts, and publication dates) with category filters and pagination. Recent visible posts include items about Decanter awards, specific wine releases, and event/news updates.

## Audience

general (visitors, wine consumers, and people seeking winery news)

## Prompts this page answers

- Show me Early Mountain Vineyards blog posts about Decanter World Wine Awards.
- What recent wine releases has Early Mountain Vineyards announced on their blog?
- List recent news posts on the Early Mountain Vineyards blog with dates.
- Where can I find Early Mountain Vineyards blog posts about the Quaker Run vineyard?

## Purpose

To publish and surface company news, wine release announcements, awards/press items, recipes, vineyard stories, and event information to site visitors.

## Highlights

- Featured post: "95 Points at the Decanter World Wine Awards: The Story of Our 2022 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc" (June 26, 2026).
- Post: "Decanter Names Early Mountain Petit Manseng a benchmark for the state" (May 29, 2026).
- Post: "The 2022 Quaker Run Chardonnay: A Benchmark for Virginia Wine" (October 21, 2025).
- Post: "2021 Eluvium earns 95 points" (September 18, 2025).
- Pagination indicates multiple pages of posts (pages shown: 1, 2 ... 24).

## How to cite

Early Mountain Vineyards — Blog (https://earlymountain.com/blog)

## Publisher

**Early Mountain Vineyards** — Early Mountain Vineyards; page footer lists the winery name, street address in Madison, VA, phone number, and email contact.

## Topics

- Early Mountain Vineyards blog
- wine awards Decanter
- wine release announcements
- Quaker Run Cabernet Franc
- Eluvium 2021
- vineyard news
- events

## Key entities

- **Early Mountain Vineyards** (organization): Winery named in site header/footer; address and contact appear in the footer. — https://earlymountain.com
- **Decanter World Wine Awards** (other): Award referenced in multiple blog posts (e.g., 95 points and Gold Medal mention).
- **2022 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc** (other): Wine featured in a blog post dated June 26, 2026. — https://earlymountain.com/blog/95-points-at-the-decanter-world-wine-awards-the-story-of-our-2022-quaker-run-cabernet-franc
- **2023 Petit Manseng** (other): Wine referenced in a May 29, 2026 blog post credited with 95 points by Decanter. — https://earlymountain.com/blog/decanter-names-early-mountain-petit-manseng-a-benchmark-for-the-state
- **2021 Eluvium** (other): Wine referenced in a September 18, 2025 blog post noting a 95-point recognition. — https://earlymountain.com/blog/the-20-best-merlots-for-2025
- **2022 Quaker Run Chardonnay** (other): Wine referenced in a October 21, 2025 blog post. — https://earlymountain.com/blog/the-2022-quaker-run-chardonnay-a-benchmark-for-virginia-wine