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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]
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, many other vineyards and wineries joined the mix and by 2009, over 163 wineries were operating in Virginia. By 2020 there were over 280 wineries operating in Virginia. [2] Almost all of these are small, family-owned vineyards and wineries, and only the very largest have developed distribution networks.
The Greater Richmond Region, also known as the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia, is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) used by ...
Part of an affiliated group of wineries owned by Zonin based in Vicenza, [3] [4] Barboursville Vineyards is its only American venture. [ 5 ] The winery is built on the grounds of Barboursville , the home of the 19th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, James Barbour , on an estate of 870 acres (350 ha) which is divided between Albemarle ...
A warm winter and a dry summer made the 2023 wine harvest one of the best for vineyards in the Northern Neck and along the Blue Ridge Mountains, which also attract 2.6 million tourists annually. [277] [278] Virginia has the seventh-highest number of wineries in the nation, with 388 producing 1.1 million cases a year as of 2024. [279]
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In 2005, the area's viticulture industry grew to 14 wineries and 400 acres (162 ha) of vineyards in the region. By 2013, there was 38 wineries operating in the Yadkin Valley. [ 18 ] As of 2024, there are nearly 50 wineries resident in the appellation.
Trump Winery (formerly Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard [3]) is a winery on Trump Vineyard Estates in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is within both the Virginia and Monticello viticultural areas and is among the 23 wineries on the Monticello Wine Trail. [ 4 ]