00:07it's interesting when I travel and people are like oh I didn't know there was wine in Virginia
00:12I still run into people who are like oh my gosh Virginia makes wines and my response is oh my
00:18god where have you been let's start with Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was a lover of wine
00:24and he thought gosh in this wonderful climate we have we should be able to grow grapes Jefferson
00:30thought that to produce wine in Virginia was very important they tried and tried and and they a lot
00:36of the European varietals did not fare so well in our climate it's a unnatural act probably to grow
00:42grapes here looking at the radar to see we've got a little pop-up storm dude that's a mouse
00:49we're looking at frigging bait now to accept that not everything is always going to work out in your
00:55favor that's grape growing
01:06so yes there's a lot of inspiration from other part of the world but at the end we are very
01:10Virginian
01:11into what we do you grow up on the land and it becomes part of who you are it becomes
01:16part of
01:16your soul you really just need to find this one grape variety that is correct for Virginia we're not
01:22a one grape wine region Virginia is not actually a region it's a big state with a lot of regions
01:28in
01:28it I think we make some of the best viogniers in Cabernet Francs Verlo Cabernet Francs Petit Verdot Cabernet
01:34Sauvignon Nebbiolo Alba Rigno Pinot Gris Sauvignon Blancs Viognier and Chardonnay
01:46we're blessed to be in just I think a fantastic part of the world taste this did you know it's
01:52for
01:53Virginia
01:53Virginia
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