virginia grape juice.........
with over 190 wineries, virginia is showing promising strides in the oenophile world....... meeting and dealing with virginia winemakers, vineyard managers, tony kornhieser's official champagne guy and legendary virginia winemakers like mike bowles and gabrielle rausse has brought me closer to the vine here in historic virginia..... I have become a devout virginia norton apprercia-nado and have also become a true fan of virginia viognier, cab franc and meritage..... most of these vineyards fall in the monticello AVA (an american viticultural area) situated in the central piedmont region of the state.... this area is nestled along the eastern slopes of the blue ridge mountains and encompasses the small ridge known as southwest mountain..... it is historic in that it is home to thomas jefferson's monticello, where he spent years trying to grow european grape varieties.... there are currently 198 AVA's in the united states, and a total of 6 are here in virginia..... there are 191 registered 'farm wineries' in virginia, I have well over 130 left to visit.... the winemakers make it easy to want to taste their juice, they like to compare the climate here to that of bordeaux, with humidity and the potential for rain (and even hurricanes) at harvest.... making each vintage an adventure for the palette, as a result the wines tend toward an old-world balance that emphasises acidity and freshness rather than big, bold cali-style ripeness..... here are some of the virginia grape juice producers that I have tasted over the years and more specifically over the past few months- while this blogspot sat blank and motionless...... gray ghost . albemarle cider works . barrel oak winery . horton . chester gap cellars . chrysalis vineyards . gadino cellars . foggy ridge cider . ducard vineyard . jefferson vineyard . narmada winery . prince michel . rappahannock cellars . the now defunct oasis winery (fricken white house crashers) . unicorn winery . veritas winery . williamsburg winery . thibaut-jannison . gabrielle rausse (the god father of va wine) . boxwood . barboursville . kluge estate (not even $100 million can keep a good thing going good luck to the trump family) . montdomaine (mike is the pioneer who applied for the monticello AVA many years ago) . blenhiem vineyards . hume vineyards . keswick vineyards . pearmund cellars . phillip carter winery . sharp rock vineyard..........
with over 190 wineries, virginia is showing promising strides in the oenophile world....... meeting and dealing with virginia winemakers, vineyard managers, tony kornhieser's official champagne guy and legendary virginia winemakers like mike bowles and gabrielle rausse has brought me closer to the vine here in historic virginia..... I have become a devout virginia norton apprercia-nado and have also become a true fan of virginia viognier, cab franc and meritage..... most of these vineyards fall in the monticello AVA (an american viticultural area) situated in the central piedmont region of the state.... this area is nestled along the eastern slopes of the blue ridge mountains and encompasses the small ridge known as southwest mountain..... it is historic in that it is home to thomas jefferson's monticello, where he spent years trying to grow european grape varieties.... there are currently 198 AVA's in the united states, and a total of 6 are here in virginia..... there are 191 registered 'farm wineries' in virginia, I have well over 130 left to visit.... the winemakers make it easy to want to taste their juice, they like to compare the climate here to that of bordeaux, with humidity and the potential for rain (and even hurricanes) at harvest.... making each vintage an adventure for the palette, as a result the wines tend toward an old-world balance that emphasises acidity and freshness rather than big, bold cali-style ripeness..... here are some of the virginia grape juice producers that I have tasted over the years and more specifically over the past few months- while this blogspot sat blank and motionless...... gray ghost . albemarle cider works . barrel oak winery . horton . chester gap cellars . chrysalis vineyards . gadino cellars . foggy ridge cider . ducard vineyard . jefferson vineyard . narmada winery . prince michel . rappahannock cellars . the now defunct oasis winery (fricken white house crashers) . unicorn winery . veritas winery . williamsburg winery . thibaut-jannison . gabrielle rausse (the god father of va wine) . boxwood . barboursville . kluge estate (not even $100 million can keep a good thing going good luck to the trump family) . montdomaine (mike is the pioneer who applied for the monticello AVA many years ago) . blenhiem vineyards . hume vineyards . keswick vineyards . pearmund cellars . phillip carter winery . sharp rock vineyard.......... 