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The Journal · Harvest Notes & Dispatches

Notes from
the vines.

Short dispatches from the cellar and the rows — vintage reports, winemaker interviews, and the occasional recipe from Barrel & Board. Subscribe to receive them by email.

Harvest · October 2025

A long September, a patient Petit Verdot.

Why the 2025 vintage may be the most structured wine we've pressed in a decade — and what the dry autumn asked of the team.

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Kitchen · Seasonal

Barrel & Board's pressed rueben, finally written down.

Our chef's most-requested sandwich, with notes on the house mustard and why we only use Shenandoah rye.

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Tasting · Notes

Tasting the 2011 Blanc de Noir, thirteen years on.

Library release pour from our winemaker's personal cellar — what time does, and doesn't do, to Virginia sparkling.

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