Patt Eagan saw a niche to fill in Virginia’s burgeoning wine industry, and filled it with a custom wine-making operation.
“Growing grapes is so much sweeter than tobacco ... Beth even took classes at Piedmont Virginia Community College for some hands-on instruction. “A lot you have to learn on your own ...
This year marks 40 years of exceptional winemaking in Loudoun County, which is home to more than 50 wineries and has been ...
If someone shouted "Virginia" in the middle of a word-association ... found the ideal spot to grow grapes: on a former cattle farm in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Harvest season is the perfect time to enjoy Virginia wine country, and since October is Virginia Wine Month, there are a ...
The County reported a record-breaking $1.1 billion in agricultural production, with wine grapes leading the way.
As a result of climate change, English wine producers are now able to grow grapes traditionally associated with Champagne and producing top-quality sparkling wine. For more than 300 years ...
Kate Evans Residents should keep watching for signs of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) as the insect ...
According to head winemaker James Davids, the weather so far this year could not be much better for growing grapes. "It's been a wonderful season, we had no big storms or hail or anything like ...
It is also probably one of the most versatile and easy to grow grapes; its buds appear on the vine early in the spring, but it becomes fully ripe well into fall. The naturally high sugar content ...
The Royal gardener, John Rose, published The English Vineyard Vindicated (1666), in which he wrote about the growing, training, and pruning of vines, while during the following century Charles ...
The grant will fund a 32-person team working across the nation to combine traits from muscadine and table grapes, with the goal of boosting disease resistance to make the crop easier to grow and ...