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Above: Linden Vineyards, Linden, VA. Everywhere we went, people said, "You've got to see Jim Law at Linden," and they were right. Purchasing an abandoned farm in 1983, Jim began planting vines from cuttings and grafts in 1985. Varieties included Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Vidal and Seyval. The first vintage was 1987 and the winery was opened in 1988. Production is a relatively small 5,000 cases.
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Above: Chrysalis, near Middleburg,VA. Owned by Jenny McCloud, Chrysalis is one of the larger winery/vineyard operations we visited, with lots of acreage under vine - including a huge planting of Norton, arguably the most well-known non-vinifera in the U.S.
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| Above: Barboursville, in Barboursville, VA. Luca Paschina, has General Manager and winemaker for the past 17 years. Owned since 1976 by the Zonin family of Italy, this historic estate is named after the town, which in turn is named for James Barbour, a former governor and senator from Virginia in the early 1800s. Barbour's old estate (which burned in a fire in 1884) was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and had the familiar octagon-shaped parlor, a design used often by Jefferson. The Zonins ushered in the first successful vitis vinifera plantings in the state. |
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| Above: Winery at LaGrange, just outside of Haymarket, VA. General Manager Fletcher Henderson discussed the very rich history about the new Winery at La Grange, which opened September 2006 as Prince William County's only established winery. The red brick three and a half story La Grange manor house built in the 1790's. |
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