Annette Boyd Interview #3
January 4, 2024. Hello Gentle Readers and Welcome to 2024! We are beginning the year with our third annual interview with Annette Boyd, Director of the Virginia Wine Marketing Office in Richmond. Our discussion took place on January 4, 2024. As with last year, this post paraphrases our discussion and does not directly quote Annette. I hope that I have captured the discussion accurately. Question #1 . In July 2022, Wine Enthusiast Magazine announced that it would limit its reviews of U.S. wines to wines from California, Washington State, Oregon, New York, and Virginia.* In November of 2023, Wine Enthusiast named the Charlottesville area as “the 2023 Wine Region of the Year Wine Star Award.”** I imagine that the Virginia Wine Marketing Office played a role in the magazine’s decision in favor of Virginia over other states that it could have included (like Texas), and more recently in favor of the Charlottesville region. How did you accomplish this? Let me start wit