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Virginias Wine Country Golden Triangle

The Virginia Golden Triangle Wine Tour
Want to spend an afternoon in Virginias wine country and select from three of the unique Virginia wine regions during that single afternoon trip? Here is one trip tour that will give you variety in wine, scenery and vistas.

Taste at Virginia's most prestigious wine. Learn about Virginia wine with experts

Enter the world of Virginia wine as an insider.
Travel the northern Virginia wine tour to the Virginia wine business via the Virginia Wine Golden Triangle.
Using our first-hand knowledge and extensive contacts, we'll give you an exclusive insider's view and entre that other tour cannot offer. Reston Limo offers a limo tour to these wineries.

Privileged access to the best Virginia Vineyards.
From the prestigious classified growths to exclusive "boutique" producers, you will receive a warm welcome and a personalized tour and tasting. Each visit is unique and fascinating, as you meet the passionate men and women who make some of the greatest Virginia wines.

THE Virginia Golden Triangle Wine Tour- quality wines from here just disappear, it would be easy to pass over this wine region, suspecting that its just a bit of plank fun. And that would be a grave mistake as this is a cracker jack Virginia golden triangle region for some of the best Virginia wineries. Lip smacking, rich and intensely full flavored, its a fruit driven style supported by subtle American and French oak. An excellent food friendly wines that are already drinking well. International award winning wines.

We offer tours in Shenandoah and Loundoun Valley as well as Blue Ridge Wineway. Our tours focus on high-end boutique wineries. Our tours are known for being off the beaten path, insightful, and memorable. Here is the ONE tour route that brings you all three regions in one afternoon tour - The Virginia Golden Triangle Wine Tour.

"We are more than a tour route location, we are wine geeks" boasts Jim Bogaty, Founder, Veramar Vineyard

Both first time visitors and regular wine country patrons have delighted in our tours. Some have even gone so far as to say, "This tour far exceeded my expectations. It was like having a private wine class in the wine country. Not only was the wine we tasted beyond words, the scenery on this trip was so extraordinary that it rivaled our experiences in Tuscany."

We want to create for you a unique and lasting experience. For this reason we plan with you, your dream wine tour.

The Virginia Golden Triangle Wine Tour is closer then you think.

Begin at noon at Veramar Vineyard with a box lunch from Celebrations, Inc.

Veramar Vineyard & Event Center
Veramar Vineyard is situated on a private, 100-acre estate in the heart of Virginia Hunt County at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Shenandoah River. We are a small, family-run winery dedicated to producing naturally dry, full-bodied wines. Around Veramar Vineyard are a great number of bed-and breakfasts, championship golf courses and antique shops as well as some of the finest restaurants in Virginia. So, if you are in the mood for romance, or to enjoy fine wines, or simply want a picnic outing in the country, hike the Blue Ridge Mountain trails, come and be our guest as you experience Veramar Vineyard.Wines: Cabernet Franc, Rooster Red, Norton, Chardonnay, Tres Blanc, Seyval Blanc & DOra.Hours: Year round. 11:30a.m.-5p.m. Thursday- MondayTasting Fees: None-- FREEFood: Light fare, i.e. cheese & crackers (Catering available for groups of 50 guests or more).
Breaux Vineyards
You're invited to come and enjoy the internationally acclaimed wines of Breaux Vineyards. Our "Napa meets Mediterranean" style tasting room offers views of the beautiful Blue Ridge and Short Hill Mountains. Enjoy light gourmet fare, or bring your own picnic to savor on our umbrella covered tables at Patio Madeleine. Our winery and grounds, part of a magnificent 400-acre estate, are surrounded by 43 acres of vineyards including the original 16-year-old vines.Wines: Chardonnay, Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier.Hours: 11a.m.-5p.m. daily. Closed major holidays.Tours & tasting: May-Oct. daily, 11a.m.-6p.m.; Nov.-April: daily, 11a.m.-5p.m. Closed major holidays. Groups please call ahead.Tasting Fees: $3/person. Reservations required for group of 8 or more - $5/person.Food: Light fare, i.e. cheese & crackers.
Piedmont Vineyards
Virginia's first commercial vinifera vineyard, located on the pre-revolutionary farm of Waverly in the heart of Virginia's Hunt Country. Picnic area, private parties, wedding and reception facilities.Wines: Hunt Country Chardonney, Special Reserve and Native Yeast Chardonnays, Semillon and Cabernet Sauvignon.Hours: Apr.-Oct., daily, 11a.m.-6p.m.; Nov..-Mar., daily, 11a.m.-5p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Dec. 24, 25, 31 & New Year's.Tasting Fees: $3/person, refunded with wine purchase.Food: Light fare, i.e. cheese & crackers.Directions: From Middleburg: 3 miles south on Rt. 626. From Washington DC: I-66 to exit 31 at The Plains. Right at exit, right on Rt. 55. Immediate left on Rt. 626. Go 5 miles, winery on left.Gerhard von Finck, owner.P.O. Box 286,Middleburg, VA 20118.Phone: 540-687-5528.Website: www.piedmontwines.com.E-mail: info@piedmontwines.com

So come, visit wineries in the Virginia Wine County (VWX) and sample our wines, each a taste of seasons past: The snows of winter, April showers, summer sunshine and crisp fall nights. It's all there in the bottle, waiting for...YOU.

Call Della at Veramar Vineyard 540-955-5510 to set up your tour.

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Wine History - When the cork met the bottle

The role of the Church in the production and marketing of wine declined with the Reformation, particularly in northern Europe, but this did not convulse the wine world half as much as the discovery of the usefulness of corks about a century later. For the first time since the Roman empire, wine could now be stored and aged in bottles. Throughout the Middle Ages wine had been kept in casks which had presented a dual handicap: first, too long kept in wood could rob a wine of all its fruit; second, once the cask was opened the wine inevitably deteriorated unless drunk within a few days. The bottle, with its smaller capacity, solved the former problem by providing a neutral, non-porous material which allowed wine to age in a different subtler way and removed the latter problem by providing sealed containers of a manageable size for a single session's drinking.

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In the early 19th century, Europe seemed one massive vineyard. In Italy 80% of people were earning their living from wine and in France there were vast plantings rolling southwards from Paris. Also the vine had moved abroad thanks to explorers, colonists and missionaries. It went to Latin America with the Spaniards, South Africa with French Huguenots, and to Australia with the British. Could anything stop this tide of wine expansion?

Well, yes and it came in the form of an aphid called phylloxera, that fed on and destroyed vine roots. It came from America in the 1860's, and by the early 20th century, had destroyed all Europe's vineyards and most of the rest of the world's as well. The solution was to graft the vulnerable European vine, vitis vinifera, onto the phylloxera-resistant American rootstock, vitis riparia, naturally a very expensive effort. The most immediate effect in Europe was that only the best sites were replanted and the total area under vines shrank drastically as a result. Elsewhere the havoc wrought was comparable and vineyard acreage is only now expanding to old original sites destroyed over a century ago.

The 20th century brought further change as science and technology revolutionised viticulture and wine making. But despite the chemical formulae and computerised wineries, the grape retains its magic and allure that attracts wine enthusiasts from all over the world.

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Wine looks the same when poured in a glass, but it tastes different to your taste buds. It all depends on your taste. Do you often find it difficult to select the brand of wine you like best? Well, this time you get to participate in some simple fun filled ways of judging your taste profile through some exciting corporate events.

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The whole process takes around two hours, however the work timing can be adjusted according to individual requirements. Even the corporate event venue is arranged according to your preference, thus it includes no venue fees. You can even take this corporate wine tasting courses in Northamptonshire to a competitive level by placing your request at Chillisauce.

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Wine tasting corporate event arranged by Chillisauce gives you the perfect opportunity to be your own judge, and self-judge is unquestionably the best judge. It trains you to concentrate as you make the fine distinguishing between different flavours of blended wine. This corporate event is filled with fun. It is relaxing and interactive and fills you with a sense of self-satisfaction as you judge your own taste successfully. When you take this corporate event to a competitive level by a request made to Chillisauce, it strengthens the team unity and helps in building the perfect team.

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