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Middleburg was established in 1787, but the historic district includes a few 18th-century structures, with most dating to the mid-19th century. The district includes the Red Fox Inn & Tavern , the oldest building in town and listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places .
The Middleburg Virginia AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the northern Piedmont region of Virginia, 50 miles (80 km) west of Washington, D.C. It is named for the town of Middleburg, Virginia and is bounded by the Potomac River to the north and by mountains in other directions. [5] [6] The hardiness zone of the AVA is 7a.
Middleburg Virginia AVA [49] Hiddencroft Vineyards Lovettsville: Loudoun: Middleburg Virginia AVA: Hill Top Winery & Meadery 1998 Nellysford: Nelson: Monticello AVA [50] Hillsborough Winery, Brewery & Vineyard Hillsboro: Loudoun: Middleburg Virginia AVA: Honah Lee Vineyard 1992 Gordonsville: Orange: Montecello AVA [51] Horton Vineyards: 1983 ...
The vineyards closed shop, and it wasn't until 1976, when an Italian named Gianni Zonin took a chance on Virginia and a historic estate now known as Barboursville Vineyards, that Virginia wine put ...
The Shenandoah Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. The valley is bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian and Allegheny Plateaus to the west. Most of the AVA is in Virginia, with a small portion in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
The village is located midway between the port of Alexandria [6] and Winchester, Virginia, on the Ashby Gap trading route (now followed by U.S. Route 50). In 1863, Middleburg witnessed two skirmishes during the Gettysburg Campaign of the Civil War. From the early 1900s, Middleburg began welcoming visitors who participated in foxhunting and ...
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 ...
Aldie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located between Chantilly and Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.The historic village of Aldie is located on the John Mosby Highway (U.S. Route 50) in a gap between the Catoctin Mountains and Bull Run Mountains, through which the Little River flows.