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Virginia Wine 2.0new
Michael Shaps is making Virginia wine work in a new way.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Behind The New Yorker Story on Thomas Jefferson's Winesnew
The first bottle went at auction for $156,450, still the record for a single bottle of wine, but almost as soon as the gavel fell questions arose about their authenticity.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Virginia Assembly Can't Kill HPV Vaccinenew
Last year, Virginia joined Texas as the only states to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papillomavirus, a move that outraged social conservatives in both places. Now in Virginia, legislators are trying to push back requirement’s start date, or kill it altogether.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Watching People at Computer is Boringnew
Untraceable, the new would-be cyber-thriller starring Diane Lane, misses this concept entirely.
C-Ville Weekly |
Devin O'Leary |
01-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
Sex Files: In Control Panelnew
When it comes to getting aroused, women have more buttons to push than men.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
01-30-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Fighting the Devil in Outsider Artnew
Greg Bottoms uncovers the wild side of Christian art in The Colorful Apocalypse.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
01-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
UVA Professor Talks Credit Crisisnew
Commerce School Professor Robert Webb, who specializes in the study of speculative markets, points out that last year, the European Central Bank and the Fed made rate cuts that analysts thought would be a shorter involvement than it has turned out to be.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
01-30-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Fiery Furnaces Get Fired Upnew
The band campaigns on platform of '70s synths and heavier rhythms.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
01-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces
How a Few Wine Lovers Upset the Va. Wine Industrynew
Immediately following the founding of the Wine Guild of Charlottesville, several distributors were furious. They said that by advertising how much wine actually costs retailers, and how much lower the Guild's mark-up is, the Guild would force distributors to undercut the shops and restaurants that are their most important customers.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
01-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Stick a Fork in George Allen -- He's Donenew
The one-time high-flying Virginia governor, senator and probable presidential nominee (all until "macaca"), signals the end of his career in politics with a bland, platitude-filled missive declaring that he (quel surprise!) will not re-seek the governorship in 2009.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
01-23-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: George Allen, macaca
Sex Files: Reading the Signsnew
Erotica can tune you in to what turns you on.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
01-16-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
WWWGA Do?new
Screenwriter Megan Holley skips the picket lines for Sundance.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
01-16-2008 |
Movies
Proposed Coal Plant a Symbol of Looming Energy Debatenew
The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region's economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hundreds Flood Virginia Capitol to Oppose New Coal Plantnew
Alternative energy, efficiency the way to go, locals say.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Kurt Warner is Flying Solonew
The Lambchop frontman talks about touring on his own, egg timers and Yo La Tengo.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kurt Wagner
