Loudoun and Fauquier counties put Virginia's wineries in the Blue Ridge foothills west of Washington, D.C., with more around Charlottesville, in the Shenandoah Valley and along the Chesapeake Bay. Cruv maps each region and shows which tasting rooms are open now.
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Six wine clusters stretch from the Blue Ridge foothills to Middleburg horse country, about 25 miles west of Washington, D.C.
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Horse and wine country in the Blue Ridge foothills, about 40 miles from Washington, D.C., with part of the Middleburg Virginia AVA.
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Monticello Wine Trail wineries sit within 25 miles of Charlottesville, a place Thomas Jefferson believed was ideal for growing grapevines.
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Virginia's first AVA runs nearly 200 miles between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies, from West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle down to Botetourt County.
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Virginia's Chesapeake Bay wine region takes in the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula. The Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA, established in 1987, has a boundary along the Potomac River, the bay shoreline and the Rappahannock River.
Commercial grape reports prepared for the Virginia Wine Board show most of Virginia's vineyard acreage in vinifera grapes, with hybrids and American varieties making up the rest. Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Viognier are among the largest plantings.
Red
Cabernet Franc is one of the state's largest plantings in its commercial grape reports. Loudoun's tourism office and the Monticello Wine Trail name it among their grapes, and the Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail ties it to the valley's cooler climate.
White
Chardonnay is a leading white grape and one of the largest plantings in the state's commercial grape reports. Loudoun County, the Charlottesville area and the Shenandoah Valley all list it among their grapes.
Red
Merlot is one of the next largest plantings in the state's commercial grape reports. Loudoun's tourism office names it among the county's grapes, and the Monticello Wine Trail lists it with Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Viognier and Chardonnay.
Red
Petit Verdot is a red among the state's larger plantings. The Monticello Wine Trail calls it bold, and Loudoun's tourism office names it with Cabernet Franc among the county's reds.
White
Viognier is a white among the larger plantings in the state's commercial grape reports. Loudoun's tourism office cites it as an example of the whites that grow well in the county, and the Monticello Wine Trail calls it floral.
Red
Norton is a leading American variety, a separate category from vinifera and hybrids, in the state's commercial grape reports. Loudoun's tourism office calls it Virginia's native grape and lists it among the county's grapes.
