Yes, Virginia, There Are 248 Wineries in Virginia; Here's One
Wine has been made in the state of Virginia since about 1607, beating the Spanish missions in California by some 160 years. The early English colonists produced wine -- or "wine" -- from indigenous grapes. It was Thomas Jefferson, perhaps American's first wine connoisseur, who famously brought vinifera grapes from France and planted them (unsuccessfully…
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