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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No East Coast Wine News This Week
I’ll do a double post next week. 14-year-old Buddy was running yesterday and aggravated “old Arther,” as my mom would call it, AKA arthritis. This morning, he wouldn’t come down the stairs. Got him down, got pain pills in him, and spent som...
Wine of the Week: 2024 Barbousville Vineyards Vermentino Reserve
Since 2019 (I didn’t research further back), Barboursville Vineyards Vermentino Reserve has failed to show up in the Virginia Governor’s Cup case only one time.
The 2024 Barboursville Vermentino Reserve was one of the 12 wines in this yea...
East Coast Wine News: June 19, 2026
random photo of grapes because I need a photo
Not a lot in the news this week. Let’s get to it so we can get on with the rest of our workdays and head into summer’s first official weekend, where I plan to usher in the season by going to a...
Wine of the Week: Bellview Winery 2023 Grüner Veltliner
This isn’t the first time a photo of New Jersey’s Bellview Winery’s Grüner Veltliner has been the main photo of a Drink Local post. The last time was back in January, when the winery’s 2024 Grüner took best in class at the 2026 San Francisc...
East Coast Wine News: June 12, 2026
Blaufränkisch is “trendy” in New Jersey, according to Food & Wine.
Back after two weeks. Had quite the time camping and twirling last weekend, although I did discover my tent is not waterproof as it’s supposed to be. My cot became an isla...
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