People are becoming increasingly concerned with how their food is produced and what is in it as witnessed by the explosion in interest in local foods and farmers markets, and are embracing wine as food. Virginia wineries benefit by having an educated consumer base. Our customers benefit by learning that making wine is not some mysterious, glamorous endeavor but a sometimes arduous marriage of agriculture and manufacturing. To a great extent we have become disconnected from knowing how and where our food is made and a visit to a winery can answer a lot of questions that people may have about grape growing and wine making. Grape growing and winemaking have become an important component of agriculture in Virginia, and go hand in hand with the burgeoning local food movement. Having so many local wineries is a fantastic opportunity for people to come out and see what we do to process and prepare this most complex food-wine- and talk to winemakers about the grapes that we grow and the wine...