19 November, 2012

Virginia Wine Tasting at the Fox Liquor Bar

Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Raleigh - NC, Bordeaux - Red, Events, Petit Verdot, Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Viognier, White Wine on November 19, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: barbara ensrud, boxwood, brut, country vintner, cru, foggy ridge, fox liquor bar, ingleside, raleigh, sparkling wine, trump, vineyard, virginia, virginia wine board, wine notes, wine tasting, winery

Virginia Wine Tasting at the Fox Liquor Bar Back in July, I attended a wine tasting event at the Angus Barn promoting wineries from Virginia. It was very informative and a great preparation for my trip to Charlottesville a few weeks later. Well, the VA Wine Board was back in town a week and a
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9 July, 2012

Virginia Wine Tasting at the Angus Barn

Comments : 9 Posted in : Cider, Dining in Raleigh - NC, Events, Nebbiolo, Other Red Blends, Petit Verdot on July 9, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: angus barn, arturo ciompi, barbara ensrud, barboursville, blends, box wine, Chateau Morrisette, cider, democracy vineyard, foggy ridge, ingleside petit verdot, kilravock, lamb, michael shaps, nancy mcdermott, pippin black, pippin gold, review, rosemont, sashsa travers, the wine feed, virgina meat, virginia cheese, virginia wine, virginia wineworks, white hall, wine tasting

About two weeks ago, I was invited out with other food and drink industry types to come for a special wine tasting at the Angus Barn. It was the second event in a tour promoting Virginian wares to their neighbor to the south: us. The first was a Virginian wine and food event at Fullsteam
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6 January, 2012

Graniwinkle @ Watts Grocery

Comments : 1 Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Durham - NC, Brandy, Cider on January 6, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: apple cider, bar, cider, cocktail, durham, foggy ridge, graniwinkle, lemon, maple syrup, nightlife, review, watt's grocery

Graniwinkle Watts Grocery Review/Website Watts Hillandale, Durham $9 This is a seasonal offering at Watts, and it’s the second I’ve had locally featuring Foggy Ridge cider—I must check into that label to see why our bartenders are experimenting with it! Including the cider, the Graniwinkle is made of house-spiced apple cider syrup, brandy, lemon juice,
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