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Virtual Wine Tastings Embraced as Tasting Rooms Close Due to Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 scare closing winery tasting rooms, wineries are rapidly using technology platforms such as Zoom, Facetime and Skype to encourage their customers (especially wine club members) to tune in for “virtual” tastings and discussion on their wines. Some...
Lemons into Lemonade: Inspiration from Wineries and Licensees Coping with Covid-19
Wine may be more important for us now than ever, not just for its physical pleasures, but for being able to celebrate something that has always transformed our humdrum ordinary lives, whether it's making a humble weekday dinner so much better, or connecting with good...
Sat. March 28 is Open A Bottle of Virginia Wine Night
Wine blogger Frank Morgan, (https://drinkwhatyoulike.wordpress.com/)who also organized this year's Monticello Cup wine competition, has taken inspiration from Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, who wrote the highly acclaimed ‘Tastings’ column in The Wall Street...
Michael Broadbent MW Dies at 92
Michael Broadbent MW, the English wine critic, writer and auctioneer died March 17th at home. He is described by the British trade magazine The Drinks Business as “a towering and influential figure in the wine trade.” Broadbent was born in Yorkshire in 1927 and...
Ninth Eastern Winery Expo to Focus on Sustainability
[this story was written by Linda McKee and posted on winebusiness.com, 3/5/20] From left to right, Kevin Hardcastle, Chuck Lawrence and Bob Manley, partners in Hermit Woods Winery of NH, at the Eastern Winery Exposition The Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE), the...
Monticello Wine Trail Holding Monticello Cup Wine Competition & 2020 Monticello AVA Wine Week
The Monticello Wine Trail (MWT) will hold its 30th Annual Monticello Cup Wine Competition on Monday, March 2 at Barboursville Vineyards. The competition is closed to the public, but results for the top scoring wines will be announced live during the public Monticello...