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“Richmond’s Väsen Brewing Company’s tagline for this Czech-style Pilsner is, ‘Our take on a classic Czech/Bohemian Pilsner utilizing the Saaz Noble Hop.’ Okay … but while Saaz is unarguably the solid way to go if you’re making a legit traditional version of Bohemia’s most famous lager, we think what distinguishes Väsen’s Boho Pils is the character of its malt …”

“The unnamed winemakers of this light-bodied, chillable red are located in the Chiroubles region of Beaujolais. For this wine, they subject their Gamay grapes to carbonic maceration (as is traditional for that region), keeping the red raspberry and plum notes front and center where we like them …”

“Vanish Farmwoods Brewery in Lucketts, VA started back in 2014, but before that Jonathan Staples started Black Hops Farm — a hop farm for Virginia’s then growing beer scene. Today, using ingredients from both their farm and from other local farms, Vanish Farmwoods Brewery focuses on “plant-to-pint” or “seed-to-sip” brewing …”

“Turns out that little Saint-Pourçain is one of the oldest grape growing regions in France, perhaps even pre-dating Roman involvement, going back to a Phoenician influence! Though, as we said, it’s part of the Loire AOC, it has more geographic proximity and similarity to neighboring Burgundy. So, no surprise, its grapes follow suit, with their dominant white grape being Chardonnay, and their dominant red grape being Gamay. (Can’t you just feel Mary Taylor Wines saying, ‘Oh, we absolutely have to do a wine here!’ ?) …”

“Agave is one of our favorite additives to find in beer as it can add a really appealing dimension to citrusy brews. So, we were excited to see our Waynesboro friends at Basic City Brewing Company kick out this hazy IPA with Agave and were intrigued, further, to see them pair it with Alora hops …”

“Austria is famous for affordable liters of wine – it’s practically considered a right that everyone should have wine on the table. Though we are not Austrian, we are more than happy to enjoy this de facto right.”

“Like we said, this beer is a classic … which means it had been a while, so we wanted to revisit it. We had forgotten what a work of brewing art this beer is! …”

“Montevento’s Montepulciano d’Abruzzo differs from many others in the fullness of its flavor. Rather than being juicy (or even jammy) as other Montepulcianos can be, this one features bright, deep fruit reminiscent of pomegranates or figs, wrapped in light leathery tannins.”

“Kara & Matt Richardson opened Ocean State Hops, Rhode Island’s first commercial hop farm, in 2007. In 2014, after supplying hops to breweries and homebrewers, they converted their century old, New England style, post & beam barn into Rhode Island’s first farm brewery — Tilted Farm Brewery. They’re the latest little brewery that we have fallen in love with …”

“Beale’s started as … ‘a kind of “anti-craft” craft beer company.’ Eschewing IPAs, they set out to make simple, lower alcohol beers. Clearly, [its founder] was more interested in beers that a lot of people would drink rather than beers that potentially fewer people would love. Fortunately for us, Beale’s hit on both with this, their flagship beer …”

“Give this wine a try to see what Montepulciano outside of Abruzzo is like.”

“Jose Antonio Arévalo and Benicio Garcia (Garcia + Arévalo) founded the winery in 1991 in Matapozuelos. Even though all of Rueda is known for its native white grape, Verdejo, the area around Matapozuelos is particularly known …”

“One Family Brewing Company, based in Lovettesville, VA — a brewery that is dedicated to putting out tasty beer (with a delightful “Dad” sense of humor — your “twinkle in the eye” funny dad, not your groaning, corny “Dad joke” dad) and is dedicated to helping families, especially military families …”

“The Makin’ Waves is Barrier’s small batch experimental beer series. What we have here is Number 23, a Pilsner, but not a regular Pilsner …”