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Umpqua Valley Oregon Vineyards

A Wine Story

Umpqua Valley Oregon: Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards. We enjoyed a very warm welcome and delicious award winning wine at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards. Upon arriving in the Umpqua Valley of Oregon, Stephen carefully mapped out 40 acres of vineyards to be planted. Umpqua Valley Oregon: Cooper Ridge Vineyard. Ron D'Vari.

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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

Sante

opened Woburn Winery, the first American, Black-owned vineyard and winery, in Virginia. Why aren’t they more visible to the broad consumer wine market and trade and not mainly Black purchasers? Also, marketers and sommeliers need to alter the stereotypes about what wine black people drink and offer quality wines equally to all.”

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The State of New York Restaurants in 2020

7 Shifts

Never before has our local market experienced such a massive disruption to the restaurant industry as we are experiencing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The Indoor Dining Blueprint Governor Cuomo recently announced their new blueprint for indoor dining , which somewhat opens up indoor-only restaurants to the public.

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For Marginalized Chefs, Are Pop-Ups the Path to Success?

EATER

For chef Preeti Mistry, who helped conceptualize the series with J Vineyards, developing Shifting the Lens was a way to center chefs of color who put their values and politics at the forefront of their work, but who may not have their own restaurant at which to showcase their talents.

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??Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: Sokol-Blosser

A Wine Story

Susan Sokol’s father had an excellent wine collection comprising fine Burgundy and Bordeaux. Blosser spoke at length about growing up in the 1970s on an isolated vineyard. Alex is also winemaker, while Alison focuses on sales, marketing, and overseeing operations. Life with Willamette Pinot Noir. Certified Organic and Green.

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An Eater’s Guide to the Finger Lakes

EATER

Packed with restaurants, farmers markets, fishing lakes, and cozy B&Bs, it’s a place where farm-to-table dining is (and has always been) just the status quo. Lake houses fill in the summer and farmers markets overflow with fresh produce in the spring (the ski slopes of the Catskills still have a lock on winter vacations).

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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

Sante

From Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim to the home of Graham’s , Quinta dos Malvedos, we tasted the Symington’s four port brands and their newer dry wines, walked the vine rows, and explored the vineyard estates.?. At our first dinner in Porto at O Gaveto restaurant, I sat next to Rupert, the CEO and marketing director for the U.S.

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