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Beyond Napa: 7 Emerging American Wine Regions to Visit Now

Todd Plummer - https://www.vogue.com Sep 28, 2018

History buffs and oenophiles alike can do double duty at this southern AVA where colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil War-era histories intersect with unique viticulture.

Defining Virginia’s Signature Wine Style

Courtney Schiessl - http://daily.sevenfifty.com Sep 24, 2018

Local winemakers and somms discuss the grapes and styles that could come to exemplify the state’s wines

The Two Unsung Grapes Putting Virginia Wine on the Map

Carrie Dykes - https://www.winemag.com Sep 19, 2018

Petit Manseng and Petit Verdot may not be household names yet, but a group of Virginia winemakers are looking to change that.

Travel Off the Beaten Path in Virginia Wine Country

Carrie Dykes - https://www.winemag.com Jul 11, 2018

There's more to Virginia wine country than just the vineyards. We'll guide you through the best offbeat adventures, like the oldest edible ham, "skywalking" pygmy goats and more.

One of the best rosés in Virginia can be found at this Loudoun County winery

Trevor Baratko - https://www.loudountimes.com Jun 27, 2018

Pink wine continues to crush it at wineries, restaurants and retail shops across the country, and one of Virginia's best rosés can be found at Maggie Malick's Wine Caves in northwestern Loudoun, according to judges for the Virginia State Fair Wine Competition.

The man who turned underdog grapes into Virginia’s star wines

Dave McIntyre - https://www.washingtonpost.com/ Jun 21, 2018

Virginia’s wine community is celebrating the life and achievements of one of its giants, Dennis Horton, the maverick vintner who defied conventional wisdom by planting grapes few people had heard of, and in so doing convinced many skeptical oenophiles that Virginia could make great wine.

In Memoriam: Dennis Horton, East Coast Wine Pioneer

Lenn Thompson - http://thecorkreport.us/ Jun 20, 2018

Dennis Horton, who founded Horton Vineyards in the 1980s, died earlier this week. Dennis and his wife, Sharon, were pioneers and entrepreneurs in the Virginia wine industry and Dennis’s contributions to our industry are many, though he’s perhaps best known as the first to plant viognier in Virginia.

Virginia Winemakers Group Expands Focus

Linda Jones McKee - https://www.winesandvines.com/ Jun 17, 2018

In the four years since three winemakers launched the Virginia Winemakers Research Exchange (VWRE) as a cooperative research program for wineries on the Monticello Wine Trail, the VWRE has grown in both size and scope. On June 1, the VWRE announced it had hired Joy Ting to be its new research enologist and exchange coordinator as the next step forward in its growth.

The long climb for Virginia's vineyards

Charles F. Bryan Jr. - https://www.richmond.com Jun 08, 2018

Virginia provides a microcosm of the American experience in winemaking.

Smell the Rosés

Andrew Cebulka - Jun 06, 2018

This spring, try some bottles with distinctly Southern terroir.

Virginia's Award-Winning Monticello Region Is Your 2018 Summer Wine Trip

Jill Barth - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillbarth/2018/05/14/virginia-monticello-wine-region-is-your-2018-summer-wine-trip/#1c7532904554 May 13, 2018

It's been called the birthplace of American wine, thanks to Thomas Jefferson. Like so many distinctions in American heritage, the Monticello AVA wine region in Virginia has Jefferson's fingerprints all over it and it's one of this summer's most exciting wine-tasting destinations.