The Custom Furniture Patrick Ryan Crafts For Breweries And Restaurants Embodies Plenty Of Character The Benevolent in Benevolent Design isn’t just branding. No, a conversation with Patrick Ryan, the brain,…
From Cooking With Janie Jacobson Virginia Wine Pairing: Williamsburg Winery Two Shilling Red Zinfandel Serves 4–6 Ingredients 8–10 baby sweet peppers, cut in half lengthwise, cored and seeded 2 tbsp.…
From Cooking With Janie Jacobson Virginia Wine Pairing: Church Creek Steel Chardonnay Serves: 4 to 6 Ingredients 7 ears white corn, shucked (4 cups of corn kernels and pulp) 1…
Chef Janie Jacobson Creates Healthy and Fresh Combinations Using Some Of The Commonwealth’s Finest Products Who gives up a scholarship to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York?…
The Man Behind Legal Moonshine Shares His Spirited History And Thoughts On Virginia’s Booming Craft Distillery Scene Many people use the weekend as a reason to kick back and enjoy…
Saudé Creek Vineyards Most people have a vision of their perfect weekend afternoon. Mine always incorporates relaxation, my favorite people, warm weather and wine, of course. So when my husband…
Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery is now available in Coastal Virginia, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Newport News and Williamsburg. The brewery is partnering with Chesbay Distributing, an East…
I spent last Sunday making late-afternoon cocktails at home in Virginia Beach. I caramelized brown sugar-coated pineapple in searing butter, simultaneously stirred four different flavors of simple syrup, and strained…
Members of the Virginia Distillers Association (VDA) visited the State Capitol during their first Annual Legislative Day on Jan. 30 to thank their senators and delegates for their support of Senate Bill 1448 and House…
At a ceremony on Feb. 21 at the John Marshall Ballroom in Richmond, Gov. Terry McAuliffe presented the 2017 Governor’s Cup to Andrew and Maryann Fialdini, owners of The Barns…
Racing through the finish line after a relay is always rewarding, but you may dash even faster knowing Green Flash brews are waiting for you and your teammates. Green Flash…
Norfolk’s O’Connor Brewing Co. has revived Bold Man Oyster Stout, a beer that marries the briny taste of Cheriton’s Ballard Fish & Oyster Company’s Misty Point oyster—a cultured oyster grown…
Cheers! It’s reason to celebrate. Across the commonwealth, Virginia has hundreds of quality wineries, producing some amazing quaffs. From false starts more than 400 years ago to slow beginnings some…
Oompah! An Oktoberfest Feast With Wine—And Beer—Pairings New Orleans has its Mardi Gras. Rio has its Carnival. But in Munich, they have Oktoberfest—a celebration of good food, good drink and…
You Better Werk It Shenandoah Beerwerks Trail Makes Enjoying a Brew Easy One of the nation’s newest beer trails has forged a path in the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Beerwerks…
Folks do things a little differently out west—and we like it that way. From Virginia’s gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains come a wealth of wonderful sights, sounds and sips. The hazy,…
A Virginia Whiskey Pioneer Expands to Williamsburg We still remember the first time we tried a bracing sip of Rick Wasmund’s heady whiskey not long after he opened his distillery…
Demand for Virginia viognier has grown considerably since Dennis Horton, founder of Horton Winery in Gordonsville, planted the first vines in the commonwealth in 1989. Grown throughout the world, viognier…