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Here are 15 Virginia vineyards that should be at the top of your must-visit list. Related: 5 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Wine, According To Southern Sommeliers Muse Vineyards
Middleburg Virginia AVA: 868 Estate Vineyards 2012 Hillsboro: Loudoun: Middleburg Virginia AVA [5] Abingdon Vineyards Abingdon: Washington: Above Ground Winery 2010 Middlebrook: Augusta: Shenandoah Valley AVA [6] [7] Afton Mountain Vineyards 1978 Afton: Albemarle, Nelson [8] Altillo Vineyards and Winery Hurt: Pittsylvania [9] [a] American Way ...
The winery's first vintage was in 1998 and released in 2000. Valhalla was one of two Virginia vineyards to process its grapes underground in 1998. [5] The vineyard uses a "gravity flow" [1] system in which grapes are pressed through holes in the roof of the winery, which is set into the hillside. The goal of this pump-free process is to prevent ...
Chateau Morrisette Winery is a winery located in Floyd, Virginia. It was founded by David Morrisette in 1980, making it among the oldest wineries in Virginia. Containing 13 acres (5.3 ha) of land, the winery production has increased to approximately 60,000 cases per year. [1]
The region is Virginia's first AVA, identified in 1982. [4] Limestone soil, which is common to the Valley, has been long associated with great wine growing regions in Europe. [5] The Shenandoah Valley AVA's climate allows grapes to attain higher acidity, generally regarded as good in wine. [6]
[23] [24] Trump Winery makes 36,000 cases of wine per year compared to Williamsburg Winery and Chateau Morrisette Winery, which produces at least 60,000 cases per year, according to The Virginia Wine Board. [23] Although, Trump Winery's 227 acre vineyard is the largest in Virginia and its French vinifera acreage is the largest on the East Coast ...
In 2008 the current Blenheim winemaker Kirsty Harmon joined Blenheim vineyards. Harmon, one of several female winemakers in Virginia, is a graduate of the University of Virginia and studied under Virginia winemaker Gabriele Rausse at the Kluge Estate owned by the deceased billionaire John Kluge's ex-wife Patricia Kluge. [5]
The Barboursville Vineyards flagship wine, Octagon, is a Bordeaux-style blend, mainly based on Merlot, with parts Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Octagon was first produced in 1991, then again in 1995, but 1998 marks the vintage that began the run of consistency, with the exception of the 2003 vintage when no Octagon was ...