Albemarle County staff on Tuesday will present a list of proposed rules that would limit which farm wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries could host on-site events. A draft county ordinance requires that farm alcohol producers who want to host events have at least five planted acres of crops that will go into their products, have […]
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Hard April frosts could spell trouble for Virginia wineries
Central Virginia’s vineyards might have to wait until the fall to feel the full sting of the area’s April cold snap. Hard freezes on April 6 and April 10 — when overnight temperatures dropped into the mid-20s — decimated crops of early-budding grapes. Local winemakers estimated that the freeze killed between 75 percent and 90 […]
