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Virginia wines
Wine lovers may be pleasantly surprised to learn that Virginia produces some extraordinarily good wines. The Northern Virginia area has more than 20 wineries to visit, ranging in size from two to more than 100 grape-producing acres each.
Tb be considered a “Virginia” wine, the wine must be made with at least 75 percent Virginia grapes. The state grape, named after Dr. Daniel Norton, was claimed to be discovered on the banks of the James River nearly 200 years ago.
According to Jennifer McCloud, proprietor of Chrysalis, a 209-acre Middleburg wine estate, the thickskinned Norton grape “is the most disease-resistant and durable grape for wine production in the world.”
Therefore, it is a very practical grape to grow. But more importantly, it produces a pleasant-tasting, deeply colored, robust, and full-bodied wine.
Where does one go to acquaint oneself with local wines? I visited some recently; all will be exhibitors at the
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