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Warren Bogle is the President and Vineyard Director. [2] The brand produces varietal wines including chardonnay, zinfandel, cabernet sauvignon, petit syrah, sauvignon blanc, merlot, and pinot noir. It also produces dessert wines in the style of Port with petit sirah. [3] [4]
The vineyards closed shop, and it wasn't until 1976, when an Italian named Gianni Zonin took a chance on Virginia and a historic estate now known as Barboursville Vineyards, that Virginia wine put ...
The state of Virginia has taken an active role in helping promote the wine industry in the state even to the extent of managing a state wide distributor company for Virginia wineries called Virginia Winery Distribution Company (VWDC) that was established by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. [13]
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 entrance of Robert Mondavi Winery. Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was an American winemaker.His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California.
Virginia's Eastern Shore is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) which encompasses a 70 miles (113 km) length of Virginia's Eastern Shore and consists of Accomack and Northampton Counties. [1] The viticultural area topography is primarily level ranging from sea level to 50 feet (15 m) above sea level .
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]
Wines made from grapes grown in Westmoreland, King George, Northumberland, Lancaster, and Richmond counties may use this appellation. The area is located on a peninsula of land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers in the Tidewater region of Virginia and known as the Northern Neck .