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Check out this great article on low impact living and biodynamic wine from the peeps over at the ReThink wine blog. Click here for the Rethink Article.

Saturday evening Megan and I ventured up to Barrel Thief Wine, the new wine shop/ wine bar/ café across from Short Pump Towne Center. We were heading there for some dinner and (of course) wine. Prior to leaving for the restaurant we checked the website to make sure they had vegetarian options on their menu [...]

One of my complaints about tasting rooms at wineries in Virginia is that a good percentage of the time the staff are not very knowledgeable about wine. Seems as though that should be one of the prerequisites for the job! Now of course I understand that wineries aren’t going out and hiring sommeliers to work [...]

First of all this has nothing to do about wine, so disregard the title of the blog for the next few minutes. I have been hearing good things about Karsens in Carytown, but unfortunately I couldn’t seem to find a menu online. Well yesterday the Times Dispatch did an article on Karsens and within the [...]

Hello again everyone – here is the list of what Jeff will be serving up this Friday for his FREE tasting at the Wine Cellar. 1. GROTH SAUVIGNON BLANC 2006 $20.452. AQUINAS PINOT NOIR 2006 $11.953. ROBERT MONDAVI PINOT NOIR 2006 $12.454. FRANCIS COPPOLA CLARET 2005 (CABERNET) $19.455. VILLA MT EDEN GRAND RESERVE CABERNET 2004 [...]

So with grape harvest in Virginia wrapping up, there are many winery open houses and festivals to help you celebrate the fact that October is Virginia Wine Month. Click the link to the Virginia Tourism site to check out a complete list of what is going on this month around the state. A small plug [...]

Check out tonights wines that the Wine Cellar will be serving up. September 28th 1. BARNARD GRIFFIN FUME BLANC $11.952. BARNARD GRIFFIN CHARDONNAY $14.953. HOGUE CHENIN BLANC $12.454. BARNARD GRIFFIN CABERNET SAUVIGNON $19.95 5. BARNARD GRIFFIN MERLOT $19.95Tonights wines are all from the Columbia Valley in Washington State.See you tonight 5-8, and FREE as always!

This past Friday Megan and I ate at Pasta Luna on Southside for dinner. It had been over a year since we had been back due the last time being a horrible dining experience from the service that was horrible to the rigatoni that tasted like it had a pound of salt on it.We recieved [...]

How many people do or don’t want to see how many calories are in a glass of wine? Did you know that if a wine is less than 14% alcohol wines don’t need to list the specific percentage level, and that they need only label it with “Table Wine”? Do you think wineries should be [...]

At The Wine Cellar 9.21.07This weeks Friday night FREE wine taste will include the following wines from France 1. CHATEAU LA GRASIDE WHITE BORDEAUX $13.65 2. ROUZ PERE & FILS SAINT-VERAN WHITE BURGUNDY $16.95 (DRY, CRISP CHARDONNAY)3. ROUX PERE & FILS PINOT NOIR RED BURGUNDY $13.95 4. RPUX PERE & FILS COTE DE BEAUNE VILLAGES [...]

Friday night tasting at the Wine Cellar this Friday September 14th. This Friday Jeff is offering up some BIG REDS from California. 1. TEN MILE BROKEN ROAD RED $12.952. TWENTY BENCH NAPA CABERNET $20.953. PARCEL 41 NAPA MERLOT $20.954. HULLABALOO NAPA ZINFANDEL $20.955. REGUSCI STAGS LEAP DISTRICT CABERNET $49.95FREE AS ALWAYS FROM 5-8pm.See you there!

SPECIAL FREE TASTING AT THE WINE CELLAR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2007, 5 – 7 PM COME MEETMITCHELL TAYLOR, WINEMAKER FOR WAKEFIELD WINERYFROM THE CLARE VALLEY, AUSTRALIA. WAKEFIELD PROMISE LAND UNOAKED CHARDONNAYWAKEFIELD ESTATE SHIRAZWAKEFIELD ESTATE CABERNETWAKEFIELD ESTATE DRY RIESLINGWAKEFIELS ESTATE OAKED CHARDONNAYWAKEFIELD ST. ANDREWS CABERNET THESE WINES ARE JUST BEING INTRODUCED TO VIRGINIA!PLEASE STOP BY AND [...]

More Wine Tasting in the Piedmont Region of Northern Italy Our second and final winery (cantina) that we visited was Rizzi in the Barberesco zone in the small town of Treiso, north of Alba. This was about a 15 minute drive from where our bed and breakfast was that you saw in the previous post [...]

Friday September 7th FREE wine tasting at the Wine Cellar in Midlothian This week Jeff and his crew at the Wine Cellar will be tasting some great wines from Washington State. I am excited about the Northstar Merlot, we have a bottle at home in the cellar that I got for a gift that I [...]

Friday August 31st Tasting at the Wine CellarHere are this weeks wines that will be tasted….for FREE. Unfortunately I will not be there this week. Don’t feel sorry for me, I will be at the beach. 1. RANSOM DRY RIESLING WILLAMETTE VALLEY $18.452. MONTINORE PINOT GRIS WILLAMETTE VALLEY $15.453. FORIS PINOT NOIR ROGUE VALLEY $17.954. [...]