by Jeff Maisey | Sep 19, 2020 | Drink, Food, Restaurant News, Wine & Spirits
(At Voilà, delicious red wines from South Africa, Sonoma, and the Burgundy region of France pair perfectly with the ever-popular entree, Beef Wellington.) By Marisa Marsey When 2020 began, the biggest headaches in the wine world were tariffs and hard seltzer. Then...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 14, 2020 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(Edan Valkner is the new head cider maker at Sly Clyde Ciderworks in Hampton) By Jeff Maisey There’s a new head cider-maker in town. By late August, Sly Clyde Ciderworks will introduce Edan Valkner as its new cider-maker, tasked with producing the award-winning...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 26, 2020 | Drink, Food, Restaurant News, VIDEO, Wine & Spirits
(Mermaid Winery’s new “to-go” wine tasting glasses with plastic lids are a fun and clever way to take the winery experience home to share) By Jeff Maisey Like many Virginia restaurants and breweries, Norfolk’s Mermaid Winery is getting creative...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 10, 2020 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(Glenn Lavender says everyone needs mead. Photo by Sarah Harris) By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones When you think of mead, what picture do you see in your mind’s eye? Some Thor-ish fellow downing a skull-chalice of mead after an epic battle? Beowulf, wolfing down...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(In 2020, make it your New Year’s Resolution to tour Virginia’s distilleries. Photo by Revel Photo Co.) BY JIM ROBERTS General Assembly Increases Commission For Distillery Stores The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill in March raising the commission for licensed...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 24, 2019 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(Significant investments in new equipment and vineyard expansion at leading wineries such as Early Mountain are helping put Virginia on the map of great wine regions. Photo courtesy of Early Mountain) By Marisa Marsey Have you seen the bumper sticker proclaiming:...
