01 Oct, 2009
Posted by: Sarah In: Wine
October is Virginia Wine Month and to kick off the month in style, the Virginia Tourism Board invited me to a wine tasting and Tweet-Up called Vintage Tweets. I’m going to have a full recap of the event in the next few days (in the meantime you can check out the tweets at #vawinemonth). Today [...]
14 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Sarah In: Wine
Thomas Jefferson’s vision of Virginia as a wine producing region came to fruition more than 200 years after his death, but I think that he would have been proud of the 20-some vineyards that have grown in the AVA bearing the name of his beloved home. Some of the oldest and best vineyards in Virginia [...]
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Afton Mountain Vineyards,
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Barboursville Vineyards,
Cabernet Franc,
Chardonnay,
Crose,
Jefferson,
Jefferson Vineyards,
King Family Vineyards,
Monticello,
Sangiovese,
Veritas Vineyards,
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