Interview No. 1 with Annette Boyd
Interview with Annette Ringwood Boyd, Director, Virginia Wine Marketing Office January 28, 2022 For our January post, we are featuring an interview with Annette Ringwood Boyd, Director, Virginia Wine Marketing Office. Ms. Boyd has been involved with marketing Virginia since 1987 when she became the wine marketing specialist for the Virginia Department of Agriculture. She was instrumental in creating October as “Virginia Wine Month,” establishing the Virginia Governor’s Cup wine competition and recently the Governor’s Cup Wine Trail. In 2007, she was awarded the contract to manage the Virginia Wine Marketing Office as its Director. We held this conversation in the middle of Annette's planning for the Virginia Governor's Cup competition in March, which will be a combined trade and consumer event this year. Consumers are invited to have parties through YouTube and Facebook as the Cup selections are revealed. The ticketed trade party will be fundraiser for the