Thinking of Spring Break, Thinking of Spring? Thinking Green? Then Think Blue, Blue Ridge Parkway. Virginia Tourism has launched a Go Green on the Blue Ridge Parkway Sweepstakes you and your family can win a seven-day family trip including a hybrid rental car, Virginia Green lodging and airfare for four. This is to celebrate [...]
Filed under: Events, History and Historic Places, Hotels and Country Inns, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, Local Products, News, Piedmont Regions on March 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
I started out Virginia Wine Week at a Wine class at Corcoran Vineyards. Classes like this are a wonderful way to learn more about the wine in your glass, why it tastes the way it does, and what sets Virginia Wine apart from the rest of the world. Classes can cover anything from the [...]
Filed under: Events, News, Piedmont Regions, Wineries on March 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
In celebration of Virginia Wine Week I was planning on posting a great wine each day. Well it has been a busy week and I am just now catching up with myself. Today I wanted to share a new find with you, Vint Hill Craft Winery Petit Manseng. This is young wine to Virginia, but [...]
Filed under: Events, News, Piedmont Regions, Restaurants, Wineries on March 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
As promised we are alerting you to the new date to purchase tickets for Outstanding in the Field events. After the computer glitch (debacle), they decided that the smart move would be to create two different scheduled sign-in times this Saturday, March 27. If you are trying to purchase one of the special farm-field dinners [...]
Filed under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Gourmet Food, Local Products, Loudoun County, News, Restaurants on March 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
The folks at Outstanding in the Field apologize for this morning’s communication breakdown.
They will notify us when they are up and running and give everyone an equal chance to sign up for the event(s) they want.
Stay tuned. We’ll keep you posted.
Filed under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Gourmet Food, Loudoun County on March 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
In the good news department, here’s a live one: Love by the Glass, Virginia Wine Week. This is the first such celebration, and it will take place March 22-28. The good news just gets better as more than 100 businesses are already committed to help with the festivities.
Coming off the winter we’ve had in the [...]
Filed under: Events, Local Products, News, Piedmont Regions, Restaurants, Wineries on March 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
It’s not too early to think about participating in a Fall event in our region, especially an event that sells out quickly and has legions of followers. I’m talking about this September’s Outstanding in the Field event at Ayrshire Farm in Upperville on September 11, starting at 3PM.
Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 20, the [...]
Filed under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Gourmet Food, Local Products, Loudoun County, News on March 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the early leaders of the VA Wine Industry who believed that good wine, great wine, could be made in VA, has returned to the state as winemaker at Chrysalis Vineyards. Alan Kinne served as a consultant for many of the state’s wineries from the late 80s to the late 90s. Then he took [...]
Filed under: Loudoun County, News, Wineries on March 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
It’s long been reported that women have a better palate than men for all food and beverage tastes. This especially holds true with wine. Women winemakers are a growing cadre and our region proudly boasts an impressive representation (27)–see fall 2009 Piedmont Virginian article–with the national average closer to 15% of women as winemakers.
Washington, DC [...]
Filed under: Events, Gourmet Food, Local Products, Loudoun County, Restaurants, Wineries on March 11th, 2010 | No Comments »
The headline could be a book title for anyone following news in the food world. Restaurants have tuned in to the small plate explosion, whether they call it small plates, mezze, or tapas, the result is the same: A more affordable and fun way to eat out. Maybe it’s a response to the continuing focus [...]
Filed under: Events, Gourmet Food, Local Products, Loudoun County, News, Restaurants on March 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
