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<\/a>Flowers Vineyard in Sonoma County, California utilizing its outdoor space for “touchless” experience. Copyright image by Douglas Friedman.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n For winemaker and owner, Bertony Faustin, of Abbey Creek Vineyard<\/a> in North Plains, Oregon, the winery\u2019s tasting room, The Crick<\/a>, was never a place of traditional wine tasting. \u201cThe Crick has always been a community space where people connect with each other,\u201d said Faustin<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re about hip-hop, wine, and chill, in that order.\u201d He added that he hopes to do continue doing the same but with fewer people. The Crick\u2019s outdoor patio is offering seating to reservations-only on Saturdays and Sundays, for about twenty-five people with a thirty-minute window between reservations, allowing the surfaces to be wiped down and sanitized.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re about hip-hop, wine, and chill, in that order.\u201d said The Crick’s owner, Bertony Faustin who hopes to do the same thing now but with fewer people. Copyright image by The Crick<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n For distilleries, tours are proving to be a challenge due to the up-close and personal experience contradicting the safety of employees, said president Eric Gregory, of the Kentucky Distillers\u2019 Association<\/a>. While some large distilleries like Angel\u2019s Envy<\/a> plan on reducing their tour sizes, others have entirely suspending tours for the time being.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fear is that someone brings the virus into the production area on a tour, and our staff has to go into quarantine,\u201d said Jay Erisman<\/a>, co-founder of New Riff Distilling<\/a> which resumed tours in the second week of June on those days when the production team would not be present in the distillery. Along with mandatory self-administered employee screenings, New Riff has rearranged its bottling line to ensure the required physical distance between workers, masked employees in the gift shop, and cashless payments. Disposable cups for tastings are to soon to be deployed as well.<\/p>\n Du Nord Craft Spirits<\/a>, a micro-distillery producing vodka, gin, and whiskey in South Minneapolis has transitioned to hand sanitizer production. Being the first black-owned distillery in the US, owners Chris Montana and Shanelle Montana were supposed to reopen during the time when mass protests for The Justice For George Floyd began initially breaking out in the neighborhood. \u201cWe are very involved in the South Minneapolis community and we wanted to play our part,\u201d said Shanelle Montana<\/a>. \u201cWe were handing out hand sanitizer and water to the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n Offering cooking classes, events, and catering services in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, BLVD Kitchen<\/a> had suffered an immediate impact due to the lockdown orders in wake of the coronavirus crisis. \u201cPretty much all of our lines of business disappeared overnight,\u201d shared proprietor, Sharon Graves<\/a>. \u201cQuarantine Cuisine<\/a>\u201d was one of their initial efforts to target their primary customer base of locals in the neighborhood, however, their online cooking classes<\/u><\/a> were able to reach people in the Midwest, New York, and San Francisco, said Graves. While the city of Los Angeles is edging towards reopening, Graves is not too big on in-person cooking just yet\u2014 for now, her plan constitutes \u201cconverting part of the kitchen into a studio for online learning\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s not quite the same as being here, but there is something magical about cooking together online\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n However, for some business owners, fragmented reopening isn\u2019t worthwhile. \u201cI\u2019m not interested in just having four or five people on a tour, or trying to resume business until it\u2019s safe,\u201d said Lynn Jaynes<\/a>, founder of Tastebud Tours.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m going to be on the conservative side,\u201d he added. According to Tiffany Jaynes Black, director of sales and marketing, the company will only likely resume business in August or September.<\/p>\n For farm-stays, the only approach is to rely on the core business – \u201cFarming is always risky,\u201d says Scottie Jones<\/a>, owner of Leaping Lamb Farm<\/a> in Alsea, Oregon. With the hospitality business crashed, the farming sector has started operations to fulfill the demand for goods. While Leaping Lamb’s initiatives (such as locally delivered lamb boxes) were a hit, and secured future reservations for summer and fall, they lost about $30,000 in business due to the lockdown.<\/p>\n Leaping Lambs offering the same farm-stay experience to its guests while maintaining social distancing. Copyright image by Melissa Carroll.<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-crick-1024x1024.jpg\")
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COOKING SCHOOLS<\/h4>\n
FARM STAYS<\/h4>\n
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