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You'll feel like you're a world away from nearby Washington, D.C. when you visit the 400-acre property that's home to Stone Tower Winery in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Richmond: Independent city Blacksnake Meadery Dugspur: Carroll: Blenheim Vineyards: 2000 Charlottesville: Albemarle: Monticello AVA: Bloxom Vineyard 2020 Bloxom: Accomack: Virginia's Eastern Shore AVA [18] Blue Quartz Winery Etlan: Madison: Blue Ridge Vineyard Eagle Rock: Botetourt: Shenandoah Valley AVA [19] Blue Valley Vineyard and Winery ...
Monticello is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in the central Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on February 22, 1984, after six wine grape growers in the Charlottesville area petitioned the ATF to designate a viticultural area to be known as “Monticello.”
Charlottesville is 99 miles (159 km) from Washington, D.C., and 72 miles (116 km) from Richmond. Charlottesville exists on rolling hills between the University of Virginia to its west and Rivanna River to its east.
In the early 1900s, Charlottesville's Monticello Wine Company and its Virginia Claret Wine were so well-regarded that the city declared itself to be "the Capital of the Wine Belt in Virginia." [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Grape production increased until 1925 at which time there was a major reduction in vine and wine production throughout Virginia coupled ...
The vineyard owned by AI Weed, who was the second president of the Virginia Winery Association, was founded in 1973. It sits on 600 acres outside the historic district of Lovingston. Robert Lee Camden owned the property from 1910 to 1935.
State Route 147 (SR 147) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 13.13 miles (21.13 km) from U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Midlothian east to US 60 in Richmond. In various places, it is known as Huguenot Road, River Road, Cary Street Road and Main Street.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]