2023 Governor’s Cup & Tasting Trail
Each year, wineries from around the Commonwealth compete in the prestigious Virginia Governor’s Cup, hosted by the...
Dry-ish January Cocktail Recipes
Our Winning Spirit-Free Cocktail At Coastal Virginia Magazine’s most recent CoVa Cocktail Party held at the Museum of...
Dessert Wines Final Flourish
If you’re like me, you have a tendency to shy away from dessert wines for fear that you’ll be greeted with something that...
What’s in an AVA?
A wine’s pedigree can be defined at least in part by its geography. Within Virginia, there are eight federally recognized...
Shop & Pop: Where to Buy VA Wine
Pick up Virginia’s best vino at locally owned, specialty bottle shops like TASTE (eight regional locations), Yianni’s in...
It’s Time for Virginia Wine
After 400 years of false starts and failures, Virginia wine has finally come into its own. It has become a $5 billion...
5 VA Bottles for Your Cellar
50 West Vineyards 2019 Ashby Gap ($40) At 75% cab franc and 25% cab sauv, this Governor’s Cup Case Winner is well balanced...
Somm Words of Wisdom
Women’s ascent is the wine world’s big buzz, but Lindsay Bennett has long been a leading certified sommelier locally. Her...
Winter Whites & Orange Delights
Crisp, cool white wines are just the thing for those hot summer days, right? Sure. But Virginia’s wide range of white...
Viva Virginia Varietals!
5 Essential Virginia Grapes to Know 1. Norton America’s oldest wine grape was first cultivated in Richmond by Dr. Daniel...
CoVa WineFest 2023
These Virginia wineries will be pouring at Coastal Virginia Magazine’s CoVa WineFest on February 11 & 12, 2023....
Booze at the Beach
Beach Vodka Is Born Again Stephanie Somers and Tony Gower Jr. introduced this born-again distillery to Virginia Beach...