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Virginia Vineyard Month Part 2 April is Virginia Vineyard Month here in the Commonwealth! Being the wino that I am, I of COURSE had to find a way to celebrate with all of you! So, I’m going to be sharing a small series of posts featuring some of my favorite wineries in the state. Part 1 : Best Wineries Near Leesburg, VA Part 2 : Virginia Wineries with an International Twist Part 3 : Virginia Vineyards with a View  Virginia Wine-Making One of the benefits of Virginia’s young wine history is that winemakers are still exploring what works best here. There are no regulations on what grapes can be grown or what processes are used to produce wine, so the winemakers are free to experiment and use their creativity and basically do whatever they want to do. Typical Americans, right? 😛 In the wine-world, this is very unusual. Most traditional wine regions have their tried and tested ways of producing wine and go to great lengths to make sure those ways stay the same. Many reg...

Read on for a list of the best wineries near Leesburg VA! Best Wineries Near Leesburg VA Short History of Virginia Wine Before I list some of the best wineries near Leesburg, VA, I want to give a short history of Virginia wine. “Short” because when compared to wine-making in other places around the world, and even compared to the American west coast, Virginia’s history of winemaking is very short. That’s not for lack of trying or desire though. Wine was supposed to be one of Virginia’s main exports in colonial days. When the settlers first came to Jamestown, each man was required to plant and tend at least 10 grapevines. But they couldn’t get them to grow. The European varietals kept being destroyed by pests and disease. With the wild success of tobacco, interest in Virginia wine-making eventually died. Thomas Jefferson, francophile that he was, wanted Virginia to have as great a wine-making legacy as France. He tried to cultivate Bordeaux grape...