A History of Virginia Wines

by Rowe, Walker Elliott; Leahy, Richard; Timmes, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781596297012
• ISBN10: 1596297018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-23
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Go beyond the bottle and step inside the minds-and vines-of Virginia's burgeoning wine industry in this groundbreaking volume. Join grape grower and industry insider Walker Elliott Rowe as he guides you through some of the top vineyards and wineries in the Old Dominion. Rowe explores the minds of pioneering winemakers and vineyard owners, stitches together an account of the wine industry's foundation in Virginia, from Jamestown to Jefferson to Barboursville, and uncovers the fascinating missing chapter in Virginia wine history. As the Philip Carter Winery's motto explains, "Before there was Jefferson, there was Carter."

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction: From Burchard to Broadbent	p. 11
Virginia Wine Pioneers	p. 20
The Italians	p. 39
Thomas Jefferson and Charles Carter	p. 47
Linden: The Apogee of Perfection	p. 53
Migrant Workers in Virginia	p. 59
The Canadian Winemaker at Tarara	p. 68
The Champagnes of Virginia and the Woman Winemaker at Veritas	p. 71
The Lobbyist	p. 75
The Winemakers' Roundtable	p. 79
The Williamsburg Winery	p. 83
The Grape Growers' Conference	p. 92
The Wine Laboratory at Virginia Tech	p. 100
Barrel Oak Winery	p. 103
The Entrepreneur: Chris Pearmund	p. 106
Custom Crush at Michael Shaps Wines	p. 109
The Afrikaner at Keswick Vineyards	p. 115
Growing Grapes with Chris Hill at Pollak Vineyards	p. 119
About the Contributors	p. 125
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