Prize: 4 tickets to Loudoun County Fair
Winner: Sandi Tucker
Village Winery and Vineyards Fun Facts
|1.| They make Elderberry Wine, Sparkling Elderberry and Elderberry Syrups. They like using elderberries because they have 17 times more flavonoids than raspberries or strawberries and are thought to be highly medicinal.
|2.| They have a bank barn adjoining their winery’s tasting room, which was built in the mid- 1700s and was burned down to its foundation by Sheridan’s army in November 1864 during the Civil War burning raid of Loudoun County. It was rebuilt 10 years later.
|3.| They have their tasting room and 10 acres of vineyard walking distance from the Historic Landmark Village of Waterford.
|4.| They grow their own grapes and make their own wine. The owner, grower and winemaker is personally available in the tasting room every weekend to share his hand-made wines and answer questions.
|5.| This winery ferments all of its wines in French oak barrels.
Chrysalis Vineyards Fun Facts
|1.| They have the largest planting of Norton Grape in the world!
|2.| They are home to a small herd of American Milking Devon Cows.
|3.| They have a logo that is a butterfly- fairy.
|4.| They are home to the annual Hottest Cool Jazz Festival and annual Norton Bluegrass Festival.
|5.| They are located on the Locksley Estate in Middleburg, VA.
