A good deal of winemaking is experimentation. Inoculating with different yeasts, opting for shorter or longer maceration periods, inciting or preventing malolactic fermentation, aging in new oak or neutral oak—these are just a handful of the decisions with which our Mr. and Mrs. Wine Wizards are faced. Something not commonly experimented with are the types […]
A good deal of winemaking is experimentation. Inoculating with different yeasts, opting for shorter or longer maceration periods, inciting or preventing malolactic fermentation, aging in new oak or neutral oak—these are just a handful of the decisions with which our Mr. and Mrs. Wine Wizards are faced. Something not commonly experimented with are the types […]
The dame game These days there’s some sort of Derby Dames practice all but one night a week. The more hardcore skaters hit the pavement at least three nights. Stone, Bone, Machete, Beat Box and a few others seem like they are laced up pretty much every night, doing something derby centric. Practicing, trying out […]
Save Your Green: Only Chance to Earn 12 Elective CE Hours for FREE Register for July 12 – 13 Sustainability Training to Become ‘Earth Advantage Broker’ Home energy performance and green construction or retrofits have become mainstream in Charlottesville and the surrounding areas. To bolster the REALTOR® community’s understanding of how to incorporate it into […]
Perhaps your taste in live theater runs to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged for an evening’s worth of laughs). Or maybe you’d prefer a musical trip to 1960’s Las Vegas with tributes to Frank, Dean, Sammy and their crooner friends. How about the Brothers Grimm fairytales woven together in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the […]
From the hall to the mall If you’ve already heard that Dean Maupin left his executive chef post at Keswick Hall to take the helm at another restaurant, you probably want to know where that might be, since his extraordinary food’s reputation precedes him. Well, that would be the cozy and venerable C&O Restaurant. We’re looking […]
Those of you who lived through the ’70s probably have quite a bit you’d like to forget about the decade.
The University of Virginia is a magnet for men and women from all parts of the globe to come to Charlottesville and often to remain here. Others come for a variety of reasons: an Internet meeting leading to marriage, a new job or fleeing a homeland that is becoming dangerous. This Independence Day will mark […]
Choosing a financial intuition is an important decision for a young person opening their first account or for established adults moving to a new area. The choice between a credit union, local bank or national bank can be the first decision in narrowing the field of possibilities. There are differences between these institutions that should […]
Charlottesville’s power lunch scene’s a far cry from D.C.’s, but there’s still plenty of wheeling and dealing being done over the midday meal. Here’s where our town’s most influential go to discuss, deliberate, decide—and eat.
What grows together, goes together Local food and wine go together like a horse and carriage, or on Saturday, June 30 at Keswick Vineyards, like a horse and buggy. At 11am and again at 1pm, Keswick winemaker Stephen Barnard and Horse & Buggy Produce founder Brett Wilson will lead an in-depth discussion on the merits of eating […]