The Stories

Virginia Stories — History, Land & Wine

The BS Guide to Virginia Wineries couples winery descriptions with stories of Virginia.  Some about Virginia’s long history, others about aspects of the land that make it great for wine and for visitors.   Here is an index to all the stories, with links to the wineries where you’ll find them:

I) Virginia: The History
Virginia’s Native Americans

• Ancient Americans in Virginia                                 Glen Manor Vineyards
• Mound Builders                                                               Muse Vineyards
• Medieval Virginia: A Late Woodlands Village   Third Hill Vineyards
• Chief Powhatan                                                               New Kent Winery
• Werowocomocco: Powhatan’s “capital”            Saude Creek Vineyards
• The Pamunkey Tribe                                                    Chateau MerillAnne
• The Patawomeck Tribe and Pochahontas        Potomac Point Winery
• The Nansemond Tribe                                                SummerWind Vineyard
• Monacan Indian towns in Virginia                          King Family Vineyards
• The Monacan Nation Ancestral Museum          Lazy Days Winery
• Sioux-speakers in the Piedmont                            Mountain Run Winery
• The Tuscarora                                                                  Dry Mills Vineyards
• 17th Century Tribal Wars                                            Mediterranean Cellars

Colonial History

• This is where it all started                                          Williamsburg Winery
• From villages to plantations                                     Caret Cellars
• George William Fairfax                                                Hillsborough Vineyards
• The Age of Plantations and Robert E Lee          Vault Field Vineyards
• Berkeley Plantation                                                      Upper Shirley Vineyard
• Virginia’s Largest Empire                                           Valerie Hill Winery
• Loudoun Opens for Settlement: the Treaty of Albany     Eagletree Farm Winery
• William Byrd and the Founding of Richmond   Byrd Cellars
• The Plantations of Leesburg                                    Fleetwood Farm Winery
• Woodlawn Plantation                                                   Woodlawn Press Winery
• Leeds Manor                                                                     Naked Mountain Winery
• Religion in Early Virginia                                              Hark Vineyards
• Quaker Settlement in Virginia                                  The Barns at Hamilton Station
• Quaker Settlement – Waterford                             Terra Nebulo Vineyard
• German Settlement in Early Virginia                     Otium Cellars
• French Huguenot Refugees in Virginia                Bodie Vineyards
• The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe                 Kilaurwen Winery
• Opening the Valley: the Treaty of Lancaster     Shenandoah Vineyards
• Moving Through Backcountry VA: the Great Wagon Road    Winery at Kindred Pointe
• The Three Notch’d Road                                              Grace Estate Winery
• The Wilderness Road                                                    Valhalla Vineyards
• The Sage of Mary Draper Ingles                               JBR Vineyards & Winery
• Frontier Culture Museum                                            Barren Ridge Vineyards
• Scotch-Irish Settlement on Virginia’s Frontier  Virginia Mountains Vineyards
• The Settlers of Southwest Virginia Museum    Rural Retreat Winery & Vineyard
• Virginia’s Log Cabin Era                                               Hunting Creek Vineyards
• An Early American Watering Place — Michie Tavern   Chisolm  Vineyard
• The Frontier in Retreat: Shawnee Raids of the 1750s   Wolf Gap Vineyard and Winery
• The French & Indian War: Fort Loudoun              612 Vineyard
• Early Charlottesville                                                       Eastwood Farm & Winery
• Colonial Fort Mayo                                                          Stanburn Winery
• Daniel Boone and the Kentucky Frontier            Abingdon Vineyards
• Smugglers in Virginia                                                    Pollak Vineyards

Revolutionary War and Founding Fathers

• The Revolutionary War – France gave more than Wine      Gauthier Vineyard
• George Washington’s Birthplace                         Ingleside Vineyards
• George Washington — Founding Father and Surveyor   Gadino Cellars
• Thomas Jefferson: Monticello                               Jefferson Vineyards
• James Madison: Montpellier                                   Early Mountain Winery
• Patrick Henry’s Home                                                Fifty-Third Winery & Vineyard
• James Monroe                                                               Michael Shaps Wineworks
• Chief Justice John Marshall                                    Cobbler Mountain Cellars
• General Thomas Sumter                                          Chestnut Oak Vineyards
• A Virginia Estate in the Revolutionary War: Castle Hill   Keswick Vineyards
• Staunton: Capital of 1781                                         Ox-Eye Vineyards

The 19th Century

• Meriwether Lewis                                                       Meriwether Springs Winery & Brewery
• The War of 1812                                                           General Ridge’s Vineyard
• The War of 1812 in Virginia                                     Rivah Vineyards at the Grove
• Virginia’s Seven Presidents                                    Septenary Winery
• Early 19th century Virginia                                      Barboursville Vineyards
• The Virginian Father of Texas                                West Wind Farm Vineyard & Winery
• Early Virginia infrastructure                                   Bluemont Vineyards
• Early Virginia infrastructure (II)                             Loving Cup Vineyard and Winery
• Where the early 19th Century elite played      Mediterranean Cellars
• A Virginia farm with a very present past          Zephaniah Farm Vineyard
• Cyrus McCormick changes farming forever  Rockbridge Vineyard
• Advance Mills                                                                 Montifalco Vineyard
• Before there was petroleum                                  Jacey Vineyards
• Early Virginia infrastructure (III)                           Flying Fox Vineyard
• Crossing the Blue Ridge: the Crozet Tunnel  Valley Road Vineyards
• Infrastructure gets militarized                              Delaplane Cellars
• How the West was Won                                           Quatro Goombas
• Infrastructure – End of the Line                           Sunset Hills Vineyard
• Escape from Malarial Washington                      Hunter’s Run Winery
• The Monticello Wine Company                           Wisdom Oak Winery
• A Streetcar Fortune from Virginia: Thomas Ryan    Lovingston Winery
• Booker T Washington                                               Brooks Mill Winery

The Civil War

• John Brown’s Raid                                                       868 Estate Vineyards
• West Virginia Goes its Own Way                         North Mountain Vineyard & Winery
• The Battle of Manassas – an alarming start   The Winery at Bull Run
• Ball’s Bluff Battlefield                                                 Fabbioli Cellars
• Richmond – Capital of the Confederacy          James River Cellars
• Lee’s Pre-invasion Headquarters                        Chateau O’Brien at Northpoint
• The Battle of Brandy Station                                  Old House Vineyards
• Potomac River Crossings                                        Tarara Winery
• Crossing the Potomac                                               Lost Creek Winery
• Mosby’s Rangers                                                          Gray Ghost Vineyards
• Leadership counts – McClellan is fired             Barrel Oak Winery
• Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign              Stinson Vineyards
• The Battle of Aldie                                                      Quatro Goombas
• The Battle of Upperville                                           Slater Run Vineyard
• The Battle of Loudoun Heights                            Cardamon Family Vineyards
• The Civil War comes to Purcellville                   Forever Farm & Vineyard
• Custer’s First Last Stand — Trevilians              Weston Farm Vineyard
• Cedar Creek Battlefield                                           Cedar Creek Vineyard
• Sheridan’s Burning Raid                                          Crushed Cellars

The 20th & 21st Centuries

• Experiencing Virginia’s Farm History                Rebec Winery
• Virginia’s contribution to early aviation history    Hillsborough Vineyards
• Virginia’s Universities: JMU                                    Marceline Vineyards
• Southern Virginia’s Manufacturing Boom — and Bust    Hamlet Vineyards
• The Great Depression in Virginia                        Glass House Winery
• The Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia   Skippers Creek Vineyard
• Bluegrass Music in Virginia                                    Chateau Morrisette Winery
• Bacon Hollow and Virginia Folk Singing           Stone Mountain Vineyards
• The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy   AmRhein Wine Cellars
• Precursor to the World Bank and IMF              Casanel Vineyards
• The National D-Day Memorial                               LeoGrande Vineyards & Winery
• The US Military in Virginia’s Economy              Oak Crest Winery & Vineyard
• Naval Station Norfolk                                                Mermaid Winery
• Spies in the Vineyards                                               Vint Hill Craft Winery
• William Faulkner in Virginia                                    Knights Gambit Vineyard
• The Great 1969 Hurricane                                      Thistle Gate Vineyard
• A Virginia Institution — the Inn at Little Washington   Little Washington Winery
• New Directions — A Culinary Destination in Appalachia  Nicewonder Farm
• Preserving Virginia History: Waterford Village   The Wine Reserve at Waterford
• A Catholic Refuge Comes to Virginia               Capstone Vineyards
• Staunton: Center of Politics                                   Ox-Eye Vineyards
• Where to Wine and Dino Your Friends             Valerie Hill Winery
• Loudoun: the Internet Capital of the World   Greenhill Winery

II)  Virginia: The Land

Natural Virginia

• The Rappahannock River                                        Good Luck Cellars
• The Shenandoah River                                             Maggie Malick Wine Caves
• The James River                                                          Elk Island Winery
• Fishing on the Dan River                                         Two Witches Winery
• The Rivanna River                                                       Burnley Vineyards
• The (Old) New River                                                   The New River Vineyard & Winery
• The Northern Neck                                                    Monroe Bay Vineyard
• Virginia’s Eastern Shore                                          Chatham Vineyards on Church Creek
• Museum of the Shenandoah Valley                   James Charles Winery
• Shenandoah National Park                                     Brix and Columns Winery
• Catoctin Mountain                                                      Stone Tower Winery
• Old Rag Mountain                                                        DuCard Vineyard
• Massanutten Mountain                                            Cross Keys Vineyards
• Fairy Stone State Park                                              Preston Ridge Winery
• Rockfish Gap                                                                 Veritas Vineyard
• Front Royal: Gateway to the Mountains          Chester Gap Cellars
• Peaks of Otter State Park                                      Peaks of Otter Winery & Orchards
• Natural Chimneys State Park                               Bluestone Vineyard
• Volcanoes in Virginia                                                Magnolia Vineyards
• Virginia Dinosaurs                                                      Valerie Hill Winery
• Virginia’s Scenic Byways                                        Winding Road Cellars
• America’s Favorite Drive — the Blue Ridge Parkway     Cardinal Point Winery
• Skyline Drive                                                                 Moss Vineyards
• Virginia’s Covered Bridges                                    Cave Ridge Vineyard
• Almost Natural Virginia — Lake Anna              Lake Anna Winery
• Underground Virginia — Luray Caverns          Wisteria Farm and Vineyard
• Ragged Island Wildlife Refuge                            Smithfield Winery
• Virginia Arboretum                                                    Veramar Vineyard
• Ancient King of the Forest                                     Chrysalis Vineyard
• Virginia’s Wild Cats                                                    Miracle Valley Vineyard
• The Bald Eagle                                                             The Dog and Oyster Vineyards
• Making Childhood Summertime Memories   Cunningham Creek Winery
• The Waltons Mountain Museum                         Delfosse Vineyards and Winery
• Large-scale Recreation: Wintergreen Resort   Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery
• Hampton Roads                                                            Hampton Roads Winery

Vineyards, wineries and farms

• Virginia wine history: in the beginning              Philip Carter Winery
• Virginia wine history: the first 10 post-Prohibition Wineries  Mountain Cove Vineyards
• Virginia wine history: Jim Law                               Linden Vineyards
• Virginia wine history: Dennis Horton                 Horton Vineyards
• Virginia wine history: Gabriele Rausse             Gabriele Rausse Winery
• Virginia wine history: Lucie Morton                   Ankida Ridge Winery
• Virginia wine history: reaching higher               RDV Vineyard
• Virginia wine history: learning by trial and error    Willowcroft Farm Vineyards
• Trending in Virginia: women in wine                  Cana Vineyards and Winery
• Making Wine in Virginia: learning at Piedmont CC    Reynard Florence Vineyard
• Making Wine in Virginia: extension services support   Winery 32
• Making Wine in Virginia: immigrants making it happen  Revalation Vineyards
• Making Wine in Virginia: preparing for climate change  Quartzwood Farm
• Making Wine in Virginia: All in the Family… not too close  Hidden Brook Winery
• Making Wine in Virginia: Viognier — the State Grape   White Hall Vineyards
• Making Wine in Virginia: Petit Verdot                 Turk Mountain Vineyards
• Making Wine in Virginia: the Grapes of Italy   Villa Appalaccia Winery
• Making Wine in Virginia: Fruit Wines                  American Way Country Wines
• From winemaking wine to winery ownership   Walsh Family Wines
• Virginia Wine by the Numbers                               Prince Michel Vineyards and Winery
• Sustainability in the winery                                     Northgate Vineyard
• So many grapes, so little time                                Five Oaks Vineyard
• French genes in Virginia wine country              Breaux Vineyards
• A Taste of Portugal in Virginia                               Morais Vineyards
• California Wine Country comes to Virginia    Rappahannock Cellars
• That’s Greek Wine You’re Drinking                    Blue Valley Vineyard and Winery
• Chinese investment in the Vineyards               The Winery at La Grange
• Indian Wine in Virginia (no, really!)                      Narmada Winery
• A Short History of Kosher Wine                          Molon Lave Vineyards
• Celebrity wineries: calling all sports fans        Boxwood winery
• Celebrity wineries: Dave Matthews                   Blenheim Vineyards
• Pairing Wine and Food                                             Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards
• Weddings and Wineries                                           Mt Ida Reserve
• Making Wine from Kits                                             Ramulose Ridge Vineyards
• Wine and Literature: Alice in Wonderland      Two Twisted Posts
• Wine and other entertainments: for runners  Doukenie Winery
• Wine and Art                                                                 Rosemont of Virginia Winery
• Farm-to-table in Virginia                                          Hiddencroft Vineyards
• A bit of France in Virginia                                        Arterra Vineyard
• Virginia’s Country Stores                                        Fox Meadow Winery
• Goats in Virginia                                                          Quievremont Winery
• The Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival         Honah Lee Vineyard
• The Virginia Lavender Festival                             Beliveau Farm Winery
• Well-behaved Virginia: no Bacchanals             Afton Mountain Vineyard
• Sometimes it Doesn’t Last Forever                   Thatch Winery

Land use politics

• Plantations vs Family Farms                                Corcoran Vineyards
• Conserving Virginia Land                                       Pearmund Cellars
• Infrastructure – to Dam or not to Dam           Creek’s Edge Winery
• The Internet vs The Vine                                       Three Fox Vineyard
• Not everyone loves a winery                               Desert Rose Ranch and Winery
• Not everyone loves a winery (2)                         Paradise Springs Winery
• Not everyone loves a winery (3)                         Effingham Manor Winery