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VWA Governor’s Cup Regional Seminar
The VWA is pleased to invite you to attend the first of the Virginia Wineries Association’s Governor’s Cup Case educational series, supported by the Virginia Wine Board and Virginia Vineyards Association. As part of the newly revamped Governor’s Cup competition, educational forums that highlight the viticulture and winemaking practices of the top 12 scoring wines from the 2012 Governor’s Cup competition are being presented. Each seminar will be a tasting and discussion of the Governor’s Cup Case wines. The forums … Continue reading
Schedule Posted for 2012 Summer Technical
2012 Summer Technical Meeting is this June 14 & 15 at AHS AREC, Winchester, VA The 2012 Schedule is now available on our Events Page. More news to come!
VWC Updates and News- April 20, 2012
From the VWC: General Assembly Update- Virginia passes a budget! After a few tense days in Richmond this week, the General Assembly passed a budget for FY 2012-2014, although not without a few bumps in the road in the evenly-divided Virginia Senate. The Governor now has a week to review the budget and send amendments to the legislature for final approval, which is expected in early May. The VWC was successful in achieving our budget goals for the 2012 General … Continue reading
Governor McDonnell Announces New Virginia Wine Region Signs
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 … Continue reading
Threat of severe weather April 21 and 22
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 … Continue reading
Virginia Wine Destination signs unveiled
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 … Continue reading
How did everyone fare with the cold?
This weeks cold overnight temperatures had Virginia grape growers on edge and worried about losing their crop for the year. With the unusually warm weather in March and early bud break it caused, the results of a freeze event would have been devastating. We’d like to hear from you as to how you came through these cold mornings. Also, don’t forget to continue scouting for damage throughout the weekend. Often times cold damage can take a few days to fully … Continue reading
