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Do You Have Mother’s Day Plans?

May 9, 2010 – 10:50 am

No, you didn’t forget your mother today did you? Everyone is so busy. Even if you did forget for a moment, consider taking your mother to a local winery. It can be a great experience that she won’t forget. Pack a picnic lunch and surprise you mom with a “Guess where we are going?” You […]

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Join the Wine Century Club

May 8, 2010 – 9:51 am

The Wine Century Club is an interesting club to join and it’s free to participate. This wine club is not about how much you drink but instead focuses on how many varieties you have tasted. If you have a blend you can count each varietal grape in the blend. The application is at http://www.winecentury.com/membership.php and […]

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Buying Local Food and Local Wine

May 7, 2010 – 1:05 am

I am pondering what eat and drink local means to people at least to those who are interested in the local movement. Does it mean buying directly from the farm or winery? Does it mean food produced within 100 miles or 250 miles of your home or restaurant? Or does it mean buying from anywhere […]

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How do You Choose Wine?

May 3, 2010 – 1:03 am

Just read an interesting article in the Vancouver Sun. The article, Wine lovers respond to price, not eco-friendly methods,” by Leslie Gevirtz.  Gevirtz notes, “In a survey of 1,000 consumers by global consulting firm AlixParnters eco-friendly was rated the least important attribute for wines, while price topped the list.” It made me wonder what the […]

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Markham Vineyards Sponsors Community Involvement

May 2, 2010 – 1:05 am

Markham Vineyards, a Napa Valley Winery believes in giving back to the community. The winery is involved in many charitable organizations including United Way, Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation, Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, Napa Valley Vintners Annual Auction, Make it Right Foundation, Lili Claire Foundation, City of Hope, Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, and […]

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Wineries Unlimited Moves to Richmond, Virginia

April 29, 2010 – 7:41 am

I’m so excited about the move of the annual Wineries Unlimited vineyard and winery conference from Pennsylvania to Virginia. In March of this year, we had the opportunity to visit and write about Wineries Unlimited held in King of Prussia outside of Philadelphia. Due to a prior commitment we were only able to attend the […]

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Drinklocalwine.com Conference in Virginia

April 26, 2010 – 9:00 am

This past weekend has been an exciting one for Virginia wineries many of which participated in the Drinklocalwine.com conference held in Lansdowne, Virginia. The weekend began Saturday night with a special winemakers dinner (invitation only). At this dinner we met Virginia winemakers and social media bloggers and Tweeters and Facebook users. This event took place […]

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If Local Food, why not Local Wine?

April 25, 2010 – 12:58 pm

The third session of the Drink Local Wine Conference delved into the idea of the “eat local movement” and asked why not add local wine. Dave McIntyre of the Washington Post moderated the session of panelists that included Todd Kliman of Washingtonian magazine, Andrew Stover of the Chef Wino blog and Mary Watson-DeLauder from Lansdowne […]

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Social Media Session at DrinkLocalWine Conference

April 25, 2010 – 10:34 am

The second session of the DrinkLocalWine Conference focused on social media – “Social media: How regional wineries can get the word out.” Jeff Siegel, the Wine Curmudgeon; Jennifer Breaux Blosser, Breaux Vineyards; Lenn Thomson, New York Cork Report were the panelists. Michel Wangbicker was the moderator. Social media allows people to find the regional wines […]

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The Grapes that Do Well in Virginia

April 25, 2010 – 9:10 am

The first session of the conference asked the question, what grapes work best in Virginia? The session moderated by Richard Leahy of Vineyard & Winery Management magazine included panelists Matthew Meyert from Williamsburg Winery, Jennifer McCloud from Chrysalis Vineyards and Matthieu Finot from King Family Vineyards. The panelists represent three of Virginia’s nine wine regions: […]

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