Constance Costas

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Pentagon City hotel delivers Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. (Photo by Greg Powers) On the menu at Santé, the new Mediterranean restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City, grilled Virginia oysters happily coexist with shrimp saganaki and…

Virginia wines compete for the coveted Governor’s Cup award. (Virginia Governor's Cup) Over seven days in March, world-class judges will assemble to sniff, swirl, and sip more than 500 Virginia wines in the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Cup, one of the…

A passion for sci-fi informs Caitlyn Horton’s Gears and Lace wines. Winemakers love dreaming up special blends to please their own palates. For Caitlyn Horton, the result is Gears and Lace, a line of steampunk-themed wines with names drawn from…

Enter the tasting room at Merrie Mill in Keswick and you’ll meet Chantal, a 150-year-old taxidermy sea lion, swaddled in pink and floating near the bar from circus balloons. She’s just one hint that the wine-tasting experience at Merrie Mill is like…