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Virginia Wineries Association

About the Virginia Wineries Association

Formed in 1983, the Virginia Wineries Association (VWA) grew out of the desire by owners of Virginia wineries to create a wine community that shared ideas and resources to the benefit of everyone in the Virginia wine industry. As a non-profit trade organization, the VWA advocates on behalf of the industry in a number of areas.

• The VWA promotes viticulture and vintner practices that ensure the highest quality wine production among its member-wineries.
• Education about Virginia wines and appreciation for their distinctive qualities among consumers are ongoing initiatives of the VWA.
• As a trade organization, the VWA helps develop increased market share for Virginia wines.
• The VWA supports continued research into the relationship between wine and health.
• A thriving wine industry is a growing one, so the VWA favors the industry's continued expansion statewide.

VWA President Ann Heidig sums up the association's mission this way.

"The VWA strives to be the voice of the Virginia wine industry, the go-to-resource, the representative of wine enrichment, the focal point within the industry for local, state and national issues as we work to establish our identity and our marketing."

Board of Directors

To learn more about the VWA and to sign up for their newsletter, visit www.vawine.org.

VWA Newsletter

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