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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!
Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.
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Bloxom Vineyard 26130 Mason Road, Bloxom, VA 23308 Map 757 665-5670 Top of Page Wineries - Heathsville Athena Vineyards & Winery LLC 3138 Jessie Dupont Meml Highway, Heathsville, VA 22473 Map 804 580-5599 Top of Page Wineries - Irvington White Fences Wineries 1 White Fences Drive, Irvington, VA 22480 Map 804 438-5559
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Wineries - Heathsville
Athena Vineyards & Winery LLC 3138 Jessie Dupont Meml Highway, Heathsville, VA 22473 Map 804 580-5599 Top of Page Wineries - Irvington White Fences Wineries 1 White Fences Drive, Irvington, VA 22480 Map 804 438-5559
Wineries - Irvington
White Fences Wineries 1 White Fences Drive, Irvington, VA 22480 Map 804 438-5559
White Senses Vineyard 1 White Fences Drive, Irvington, VA 22480 Map 804 438-5711 Top of Page Wineries - Machipongo Chatham Vineyards & Winery 9232 Chatham Road, Machipongo, VA 23405 Map 757 678-5588 Top of Page Wineries - New Kent New Kent Winery 7330 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA 23124 Map 804 932-8240 Top of Page Wineries - Warsaw Belle MT Vineyards 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, VA 22572 Map 804 333-4700
Wineries - Machipongo
Chatham Vineyards & Winery 9232 Chatham Road, Machipongo, VA 23405 Map 757 678-5588 Top of Page Wineries - New Kent New Kent Winery 7330 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA 23124 Map 804 932-8240 Top of Page Wineries - Warsaw Belle MT Vineyards 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, VA 22572 Map 804 333-4700
Wineries - New Kent
New Kent Winery 7330 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA 23124 Map 804 932-8240 Top of Page Wineries - Warsaw Belle MT Vineyards 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, VA 22572 Map 804 333-4700
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Belle MT Vineyards 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw, VA 22572 Map 804 333-4700
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