And no, it’s not made from oranges.. The first time I encountered orange wine (or skin contact white wine), I was wowed by the color and it’s presentation. It’s gorgeous. This beautiful, amber-hued liquid danced around the edges of my swirling wine glass. I gave it a...
Chester's Taylor Made Chocolates is working to aid survivors of human trafficking through the production of sweet delicious chocolate. Tucked away in a nondescript shopping center in Chester, Taylor Made Chocolate brings a unique presence to the Richmond area. Its founders, Steve and Kim Taylor, are marrying together a mission to do good with the...
Truckle Cheesemongers has graduated from pop-up shop to permanent location, and they've got plenty of cheese available for your sampling delight, from mild cheeses to the kind of intense flavors you cheese nerds crave. Richmond cheese-lovers might have a new favorite store in the city. The city's newest cheese shop, Truckle Cheesemongers, opened...
Old-school dive bars may seem like relics from another time in 2019, but in South Richmond, The Locker Room continues to thrive. In fact, the family is growing. A human-sized cardboard pack of Juul Pods sang Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” while a demonic nun smoked a cigarette and played a game of pool. Bernie Sanders belted out The Who’s “Baba...
What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out here. Our kegs are overflowing this week with beer releases and festivals,...
The Sporkful podcast's Dan Pashman visited Richmond for 2019's Fire Flour & Fork Festival to record a live podcast about wine and (vegan) cheese from right here in the river city. “We’re not for foodies, we’re for eaters,” Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast, announces at the beginning of each week’s episode. The Sporkful is a podcast...
Ever had a half-joking office debate go way too far? We have. That's how RVA Mag's Marilyn Drew Necci and Ash Griffith ended up engaging in a taste test to determine, once and for all, which gas station chain has the most delicious food. Wawa and Sheetz. These two upscale gas station chains, both of which originated in Pennsylvania (Wawa is from...
What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out here. Our kegs are overflowing this week with beer releases and festivals,...
What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out here. Our kegs are overflowing this week with beer releases and festivals,...
The Goochland-based craft brewery is ready to brighten up Shockoe Bottom with the grand reopening of their Richmond location next month. Renovations have been steadily underway for Goochland-based brewery Lickinghole Creek’s Richmond location, which is nestled among the myriad of restaurants, bars and cafes in Shockoe Bottom. By next month, those...
