NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN for the VVA’s annual Grower of the Year award, which will be presented during our 2022 Winter Technical Meeting. The recipient must be an active VVA member with at least seven years of experience managing or operating a commercial vineyard of at least five acres, and must be an active and respected participant in Virginia viticulture with a track record of service to our industry.

Please send your letter of nomination with the nominee’s full name, title, company or farm and the reason you are nominating them to the VVA by email, or mail to: VVA, PO Box 168, Waterford, VA 20197. The nomination deadline is December 20, 2021.