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The Swirl Girls are very excited to participate in an online tasting of Virginia wines on October 25th. At 8 p.m. eastern standard time, bloggers nationwide will taste and chat about Virginia wines on TasteLive.com.
Virginia has a long history of winemaking, beginning more than 400 years ago when Jamestown settlers were required to plant and tend vines. Thomas Jefferson was a passionate wine lover who cultivated European varietals in his Monticello vineyards for more than 30 years. Phylloxera and Prohibition brought Virginia’s budding industry to a standstill, but since the mid-1970′s, the region has made great strides towards recovery.
Today the Commonwealth of Virginia is the fifth-largest wine producing region in the United States with more than 140 wineries and six recognized AVA’s (American Viticultural Areas – designated wine-growing regions regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau).
Check out a fun video Sweet and Dry put together to promote the event and follow us @SwirlGirls on Twitter or on TasteLive Monday at 8 p.m. to see what we think about this new and exciting wine region.
~ The Swirl Girls
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