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Governor McDonnell Announces New Virginia Wine Region Signs – Program Aimed at Promoting Increased Visits to Wineries, Vineyards – RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the unveiling of a new Virginia wine region sign program aimed at attracting more visitors to Virginia wineries.  The signs will announce to travelers on selected primary and secondary roads that they have entered a particular Virginia American Viticultural Area (AVA) or wine region.  The first phase of this program consists of seventeen signs in four Virginia AVAs and one well-known wine region. Speaking about the new wine region signs, Governor McDonnell said, "In addition to having [...]

From Tony Wolf: I’ll continue to pass along weekly (more or less) regional weather forecasts that might be of interest to grape producers and others. The forecasts go into somewhat more detail than most other weather forecasting services, and will typically reach out 7 to 10 days, and in some cases further. With the exception of SW Virginia, the spring thus far has been generally benign with respect to frosts.  There were some vineyards that dropped below freezing in the southwest on the mornings of 12 and 13 April, as early morning winds subsided and there was little or no cloud [...]

On April 19th, Virginia is launching a wine region sign program being implemented as a partnership between the Transportation and Agriculture & Forestry secretariats and the Virginia Wine Board. The first phase of this program consists of 17 signs in 5 of Virginia’s wine regions. These signs will announce to travelers on selected primary and secondary roads that they have entered a particular Virginia AVA or wine region. The signs will draw attention to the various and diverse wine regions in the Commonwealth and encourage both Virginians and guests to Virginia to see what Virginia wine has to offer. The sign [...]

The latest Virginia Wine Council newsletter discusses the results of a recent meeting with ABC to clarify regulations concerning on-line and 3rd party offers, as well as how to comply regarding the sale of sangria and mulled wines. Please Click here to read the newsletter.

The VVA would like to thank Katie Frazer on behalf of the entire membership for all of her hard work with the Virginia Wine Council and wish her the best of luck in her new role! Here is the announcement from the VWC: Message from Philip Carter Strother, Chairman, VWC Late last week, I was notified by Rob Jones that Katie will be leaving The Alliance Group/Virginia Wine Council effective May 4th. She does this to assume the position of President at the Virginia Agribusiness Council. This is a great opportunity for Katie and for our industry. Never before have we [...]