Wednesday 23rd April [1862] Count Mercier, the French Minister, has been in Richmond for the last week. He expresses great surprise at the spirit and unanimity of our people. Says the Yankees have no idea of it. They think the rebellion i…

There were a ridiculous number of events going on in Fredericksburg today, all designed to help entertain the throngs of people that are expected to visit Fredericksburg this weekend for tomorrow’s Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon. There are 6,000…

I headed over to Kybecca this afternoon for their Saturday tasting to try the Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse. While I was there I picked up a six pack of Hop Head Red Ale from Green Flash Brewing Company of San Diego. I had read about this beer ear…

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Without sounding too much like a wine snob, I have to say I have always loved using good quality stemware. It is always a disappointment to me when I order a glass of wine at a restaurant and it is served in a clunky glass with a thick rim.

So when we began working on the wine bar I knew we had to use a well crafted crystal glass that curved inward enough to capture the lovely aromas of the wine, but not so large that you end up drinking out of a fish bowl (you know what I mean, being trendy doesn’t necessarily make for good function).

After testing out endless stemware choices, we settled on various selections from the Schott Zweisel line of crystal. Two glasses will be from the forte line, and two choices are from the sommelier top ten series. They are sturdy and beautiful, and the dessert wine glass in particular really makes you feel as though your are sipping something special.

Cheers

We have spent months working on our small food menu and finally it has come to test them out on the public.

Lats night we made 4 different panini, all to-go. Pictured to the left is our pulled duck bbq with radichio slaw panino.

What a crazy night! We sold over 50 of them and it was a great practice run for us to help figure out flow, what prep work needs to be done, how well our equipment is working, etc..

Thanks you to all of you who let us use you as guinea pigs, and if you have any feedback for us, please do not hesitate to post it right here.

Cheers

Sunday 20th [April 1862] I was called out of church to day to see one of our scouts who was on the hill at Mr. Harts and would carry letters to Richmond for us. It was a pleasure to see him and give him the letters myself. He promised to d…

The SPC and the local Sterling forecast office didn’t hold out much hope for storms this afternoon, but after I reviewed the models around lunchtime and saw enough instability and an approaching cold front to trigger storms I headed out at 1300. Sur…