- Nominations for 2025 Grape Grower of the Year now being accepted. Send your nominee’s name, vineyard/farm name, and why you are nominating them to the office by January 1oth.
- Check out the 2024 Commercial Grape Report now!
- Happy 2025 harvest! Want to share your stories and images from harvest? Please like/follow us on Facebook and Instagram and tag us in your posts. Want to provide a more detailed report of your harvest for our post-harvest newsletter? Email the office and let us know you are willing to contribute.
- Register now for the Winter Technical Meeting! We will be returning to the Hotel Madison (Harrisonburg, VA) Feb. 24, 25-26, 2025!
- Exhibitor & Sponsorship sign up for the Winter Technical Meeting is now open! Details can be found here.
- 10% discount on EWE registration for VVA Members! Details can be found here.
LOOKING TO BUY or sell grapes or industry-related equipment or supplies? Are you offering or hoping to apply for a position in the wine industry? Make a connection on the VVA Exchange. Classified listings are public, but only VVA members may posts items on the exchange for free.
Growing better and smarter depends, in part, on keeping up with the experts and the research. We pull relevant links and updates together for you: Virginia Tech/Virginia Cooperative Extension and Education & Research.
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Welcome to the Virginia Vineyards Association
The VVA is a nonprofit organization that brings together commercial grape growers, winemakers, researchers and educators to advance and promote viticulture in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VVA focuses on education, legislation and networking among our members to provide the resources and information required for successful grape growing. Membership is open to all who share our interests. |
| Welcome to the Virginia Vineyards Association
The VVA is a nonprofit organization that brings together commercial grape growers, winemakers, researchers and educators to advance and promote viticulture in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VVA focuses on education, legislation and networking among our members to provide the resources and information required for successful grape growing. Membership is open to all who share our interests. |
About the Images
| Top photo: Nicewonder Farm and Vineyards team member Sophia Bellamy with 2023 harvested Merlot in Bristol. Photo by Kevin Sutherland |


