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As the C-VILLE Design Annual returns (p. 16) to look at a rising generation of architects, we ask, What’s Next? I like the question; being C-VILLE’s editor for the past nine years, I’ve spent a lot of time pondering it myself. Putting together a good read each week—and landing on the thing that needs to [...]
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Wheels keep on turning
So many news stories lead us back to the MCP drawing board, such as this week’s look at the region’s poor options for bike commuting.
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Laugh it up
This week we look at Charlottesville’s fledgling stand-up comedy scene
NEW! C-VILLE COVER STORY: The work of the future
This week Will Goldsmith tackles the Recession-worthy crystal ball question: What will the next generation of jobs look like?
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: The playbook of love
This week’s cover story is packed with ideas to festoon your romance
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The year in local wine
Reality TV stars-turned chronic debtors, Tareq and Michaele Salahi provided one of only a few low moments in Virginia wine this year.
Bank retains Kluge for $19M
Glass half empty: Looking on as the failed auction commences for Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard are, from left, Chad Zakaib, former general manager at Jefferson Vineyards; Matthieu Finot, King Family Vineyards winemaker; Virginia Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Matthew Conrad; Jonathan Wheeler, former director of Kluge’s Champagne program; an unidentified observer; and Gregory Brun, [...]
Bank buys Kluge winery for $19M
Owed $35M on the 907 acre property, Farm Credit of the Virginias will continue to look for a buyer.
Once, twice, three times a wine
"We were probably at the brewery.” Emily Hodson Pelton is recalling a fateful conversation with fellow winemakers Jake Busching and Matthieu Finot, when Busching chimes in. “We said, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun if…?’” Matthieu Finot (left) of King Family Vineyards, Emily Hodson Pelton of Veritas Vineyard and Winery and Jake Busching of Pollak Vineyards combine [...]
Their $1.2M pledge to PVCC half paid, Kluge and Moses assure the rest is coming
The pledge, used to create the community college’s new Kluge-Moses science building, extends over 10 years.
Countdown to Kluge auction continues
Naturally, it didn’t take long for Patricia Kluge’s news to spread, like red wine on a white linen tablecloth. More than two weeks ago, C-VILLE broke the story that Farm Credit of Virginias have foreclosed on Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard, Albemarle’s largest winery, which is owned by Kluge and her husband Bill Moses. Kluge [...]
Price further reduced on Kluge estate, though it remains an Albemarle high at $24M
Kluge faces foreclosure of her winery and owes a hefty sum in property taxes to Albemarle County.
Owners renegotiate as Sweely Winery auction is canceled
Sweely’s reprieve leaves only one massive area winery in foreclosure: Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard
Attorney says allegations against Patricia Kluge and Bill Moses are “ridiculous”
While an attorney acknowledges the couple transferred land into a trust for Kluge’s son, "they have not fraudulently transferred anything
Bank pursues Patricia Kluge with personal lawsuit, business foreclosure
Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard borrowed $38 million in 2007. Her lender, Farm Credit, seeks $34.8 million.
Debts unsatisfied, bank takes control of Kluge winery
CEO William Moses issued a statement late last night, blaming the "perfect storm" of economic conditions
Kluge, Sweely: Putting a cork in it
Governor Bob McDonnell was among friends when, on October 22, joined by his wife Maureen and the state’s Secretary of Agriculture Todd Haymore, McDonnell visited King Family Vineyards for the ceremonial signing of legislation that repurposed state wine tax revenue towards marketing and promotion. McDonnell is an enthusiastic wine advocate, and he reminded all who [...]
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Taxpayer state park
When it comes to getting things done, it’s a straight-up question of who you know.
State Enologist Bruce Zoecklein says with winemaking, it's not one or the other.
State Enologist Bruce Zoecklein has been a major force in helping winemakers understand what can grow well in Virginia.
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Ted talks
VQR Editor Ted Genoways speaks out for the first time to provide a picture of what was going on in his office in the past couple of years.
Hundreds gather to remember John Kluge
Billionaire eulogized by poet as one who was "suffering from a disease called generosity"
The U.K.-Virginia wine link gets stronger with a visit from British writers
Thank the Icelandic ash cloud. Kathleen Burk does. Burk is one of about 10 wine writers from Britain and abroad who visited Virginia earlier this month to learn more about the Commonwealth’s wines. Members of the Circle of Wine Writers, as their group is known (membership nears 300 and includes wine writers of renown such [...]
Live Arts looks to freshen the script in its 21st season
At first glance, Satch Huizenga seems like a guy who’d be more at home hosting a TV show about fishing and trapping than a man in charge of the city’s best-known theater organization, which, at 20 years of age, has become, despite its best efforts to stay on the edge, an institution, capital I, of [...]