Alas, he had not assessed the best grapes for the soil and climate of Charlottesville, and his attempts to start the Virginia wine industry failed. For the next couple of hundred years ...

They chose their spot well, if their first vintage winning the honor of "Best White Wine ... 25 miles west of Charlottesville sits one of the oldest farm wineries in Virginia.

Head just a half hour outside Charlottesville to Afton, Virginia ... it's known for having one of the best locations in the ...

For the first time in the 43-year history of the Virginia Governor’s ... said as he awarded the Cup to the winery, which is located outside Charlottesville between Monticello and Montpelier.

“Virginia does a good job of making wine accessible and the more stuff in the city of Charlottesville the better,” he added. “Point-blank and period.” ...