Pick up handmade baked goods, artisan bread, meat, yogurt, and homemade jams when the Clarke County Winter Farmers’ Market opens for its second winter season on Saturday, December 20th. Just because the temperatures have dropped, doesn’t mean the convivial market has to close its doors. Au contraire! You can thaw out while chatting with local [...]
Filed under: Clarke County, Farms and Farmers, Local Products on December 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Head to historic Purcellville this weekend for some yuletide cheer. “A Christmas to Remember” is certainly one of Loudoun County’s holiday highlights! This day-long celebration on Saturday, December 13th begins with breakfast with Santa, followed by a Christmas parade that includes dogs, horses, carriages, and floats. There will be plenty of children’s activities, to boot. [...]
Filed under: Events, Local Products, Loudoun County on December 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
‘Tis the season. Taste an other-worldly fruit cake made by the monks at Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville. As featured in the Autumn 2008 issue of The Piedmont Virginian, the Monastery Fruitcake is quite the bestseller, causing a stir in magazines across the U.S. To place an order, call 540-955-4383 or order online.
Filed under: Clarke County, Local Products, Shops and Boutiques on December 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s not just Red Truck Bakery that’s getting some serious media attention. Rappahannock’s own Virginia Chutney was lauded in the New York Times recently:
Clare Turner, an Englishwoman who grew up in East Africa, has merged her country’s chutney wisdom with Southern recipes. The results are full of fruits, instead of gooey syrups. For the Christmas [...]
Filed under: Local Products, Loudoun County, Rappahannock County on December 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve been waiting to check out Everona Dairy but thought you might want to just sample wines this weekend, then this is your perfect family outing. Dr. Pat Elliott, cheesemaker and proprietor of Everona, has become a popular presence at many area farm markets, but this weekend she’ll be at the dairy on Saturday [...]
Filed under: Culpeper County, Events, Farms and Farmers, Local Products, News, Orange County, Wineries on December 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Tri-County Farmers Market, Piedmont Environmental Council and the Northern Piedmont-area Buy Fresh Buy Local chapter cordially invite you to the First Annual Open House for the Tri-County Farmers Market at Clevenger’s Corner:
Please join us in celebrating the inaugural Tri-County Farmers Market selling season and help us shape the vision for the 2009 season.
When: Thursday, [...]
Filed under: Culpeper County, Events, Farms and Farmers, Fauquier County, Local Products, Rappahannock County on December 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a holiday gift idea guaranteed to please those chocoholics and wine lovers in your life. Straight from the horse’s mouth, Scott Elliff of Ducard Vineyards:
We have reserved a small quantity of wine for Holiday Gift Packs again this year – 2 bottles of Virginia Native Norton and a 16 piece box of Gearhart’s Chocolates. We’re [...]
Filed under: Local Products, Madison County, Wineries on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Our very own Brian Noyes was highlighted in the New York Times today. Marian Burros hailed Red Truck Bakery as one of her favorite discoveries of the year, praising Brian for his “deft hand with pastries and an unerring sense of flavor balance.” Don’t miss holiday treats like the Havana fruit cake, almond stollen, and [...]
Filed under: Local Products, News on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t miss the festivities this Sunday, December 7th. Kick off the holiday season with a jolly day exploring the artisans’ market, sipping local wines, and ogling the annual parade in Little Washington. Rumor has it that Santa will be on hand to hear the children’s Christmas wish lists. Kids can even have pictures taken with [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Hotels and Country Inns, Local Products, Rappahannock County, Restaurants, Shops and Boutiques, Wineries on December 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Excuse us as we wax poetic about the county wedged between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the James River. There’s just so much packed into the (relatively) small geographic area of Nelson County! The Blue Ridge Parkway begins at Route 250 in Afton. (And there’s plenty of hiking along the Appalachian Trail.) The county’s orchards [...]
Filed under: History and Historic Places, Hotels and Country Inns, Local Products, Nelson County, Wineries on December 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
