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You'll feel like you're a world away from nearby Washington, D.C. when you visit the 400-acre property that's home to Stone Tower Winery in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Following is an incomplete list of wineries and vineyards in Virginia, United States. As of 2019 there are over 250 registered vineyards and wineries in the state. As of 2019 there are over 250 registered vineyards and wineries in the state.
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]
Ingleside Vineyards is a winery located in the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Ingleside is one of the oldest and largest wineries in the state, established in 1980, and part of an estate of over 3,000 acres (12 km 2) owned by the Flemer family since ...
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]
Monticello is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in the central Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on February 22, 1984, after six wine grape growers in the Charlottesville area petitioned the ATF to designate a viticultural area to be known as “Monticello.”
In the early 1900s, Charlottesville's Monticello Wine Company and its Virginia Claret Wine were so well-regarded that the city declared itself to be "the Capital of the Wine Belt in Virginia." [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Grape production increased until 1925 at which time there was a major reduction in vine and wine production throughout Virginia coupled ...
The Middleburg Virginia AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the northern Piedmont region of Virginia, 50 miles (80 km) west of Washington, D.C. It is named for the town of Middleburg, Virginia and is bounded by the Potomac River to the north and by mountains in other directions. [5] [6] The hardiness zone of the AVA is 7a.