Drink Local
Robin ShreevesJournalist and Wine Pro Robin Shreeves dives into wine, cider, spirits & beer, the people and places that produce them, and traveling to where they're made whether it's 10 minutes from her home or halfway around the world.
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Gone Camping and Twirling
Quick note to say there will be no Wine of the Week or East Coast Wine News this week. I’m squeezing a week’s worth of work into three days to take a four-day weekend to support local musicians (and my sanity) at a jam band festival.
Phot...
East Coast Wine News: May 29, 2026
This week, Decanter looks at Virginia’s Petit Manseng.
I'm already behind on my day, so I'm moving straight to the news.
East Coast wineries are getting creative in the Lanternfly fight, reports Wine Enthusiast. Wine professionals from Vi...
Cider of the Week: Wölffer Watermelon Sea Salt
Sorry for the fuzzy photo. I should really always have my readers on when I take photos.
Have you ever salted your watermelon? (Why does that sound dirty?)
If you haven’t, you’re missing out. It enhances the flavor. Makes it brighter. And...
East Coast Wine News: May 22, 2026
I have no photo in my personal library to go with this week’s news, so I’m adding a photo of the Red Tail Ridge (from FLX, NY) Pét Nats I found in the bottle shop at Jake & Cooper’s Wine Bar in Philadelphia’s Manyunk neighborhood. I was inc...
Wine of the Week: Fifty Third Winery and Vineyard 2023 Two Springs
Fifty-Third’s Two Springs is one of a dozen wines in the Virginia Governor’s Cup Case, the top 12 wines from the competition.
I have been staring at a dozen bottles of Virginia wine for close to a month now, waiting for me to crack one op...
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Wine, beverage, food, and travel journalist. Special—but not exclusive—focus on New Jersey and other East Coast producers.
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