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Appalachian High Country is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located mainly in North Carolina with sections in Tennessee and Virginia.The approximately 2,400 square miles (1,536,000 acres) viticultural area encompasses all or portions of the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, and Watauga Counties in North Carolina; Carter County and Johnson Counties in Tennessee; and ...
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
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
[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 ...
North Carolina; Wine region: Official name: State of North Carolina: Type: U.S. State Appellation [1]: Years of wine industry: 501 [2]: Country: United States: Sub-regions: Appalachian High Country AVA, Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County AVA, Haw River Valley AVA, Swan Creek AVA, Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA, Yadkin Valley AVA
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]
Yadkin Valley had a pre-Prohibition wine industry, when North Carolina produced the most wine than any other state in the nation, centered on the native Muscadine vine. The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors nationwide in 1920. Vineyards were uprooted in favor of tobacco and soybeans which became the cash ...
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]