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WV Farm Wineries: one in, two out

July 6, 2015

Word from three West Virginia farm wineries tells us change is in the air. Two announced they are hanging up the grape presses, while a new farm cidery is opening its doors. The state license year for farm wineries began on… Continue Reading…

Craft Beer • WV Barrel Trail

Stumptown Ales hopkicks WV beer scene

June 30, 2015

To call him a hop-head is putting it mildly. The owner of this upcoming brewery likes his hops big, up-front, and juicy. “We’re hop-centric,” said Jonathan Robeson when concisely defining the DNA of his Stumptown Ales brewery project in Davis,… Continue Reading…

Food • West Virginia

Leavitt Farm puts moonshine on the breakfast table

Moonshine—it’s what’s for breakfast. Well it may be once you try some of Shari Leavitt’s moonshine jelly. Shari has been making and selling small-batch gourmet jellies from her Jackson County, West Virginia, farm for years. But her moonshine jelly is a recent addition. Shari originally… Continue Reading…