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By Mary Reid Barrow
oak-blend chardonnays.
Virginian-Pilot correspondent © February 15, 2012 Spirits low? Get a mid-winter pick-me-up by ordering local wine from Chatham Vineyards on Church Creek in Machipongo on the Eastern Shore. The shipping is free. You can shop online: www.chathamvineyards.net, or call 678-5588. Or take a drive over for a tour, wine tasting and shopping from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Monday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Some Sundays, they offer chardonnay and Church Creek oysters. Check the website. Chatham Vineyards produces several reds - cabernet franc, merlot, vinter's blend and a late harvest dessert wine - as well as steel fermented and Rather have spirits of a harder sort? How about the Blue Ridge Vodka, produced in Virginia Beach by Chesapeake Bay Distillery. It's available in state Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. They're back Missing your rockfish fix? It was because the commercial rockfish season closed in Virginia and Maryland for a month and the big fish had not moved south to North Carolina. But the season is back in full swing, and there's plenty of the delicious fish available now and probably through March, said Richard Welton at Welton's Fresh Seafood in Virginia Beach. Local and Fresh, no matter the season You can still shop local, fresh and organic at Virginia Garden Organic Grocery at the Virginia Beach Farmers Market. Virginia Garden has local chickens for sale, including a heritage breed as well as local garlic, turnips, kale, collards, leeks, sweet potatoes and chard. More CSA openings New Earth Farm on London Bridge Road in Virginia Beach is taking CSA reservations at www.newearthfarm.org. It has more pickup locations this year. Clarke Farm on Bruce Road in Chesapeake is open for CSA enrollment, too: www.clarkefarm1.com. Mary Reid Barrow, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , hamptonroads.com/maryreidbarrow Read more http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/savor-spirit-season-local-wines |
