Norfolk Wine

• September 2009

  1'd love to visit some of these wineries on our bike trip east next summer: ... southern route through VA to Norfolk. Maybe we should try to hit some of these wineries. The heartland is a very tough place to grow vinifera, because of the extreme winter cold. But there is fair... Read more1'd love to visit some of these wineries on our bike trip east next summer: ... southern route through VA to Norfolk. Maybe we should try to hit some of these wineries. The heartland is a very tough place to grow vinifera, because of the extreme winter cold. But there is fair amount of heat, so red varieties like Norton do quite well. This is one of the few hybrids I like. Little of the foxy flavors of the naive American grapes, and generally better ripening (and less coarseness) than the reds from New York State. These are definitely worth collecting.    (hide)

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