Prize: $50 gas card (donated by Cardinal Bank)
Winner: Kari Pace
Hillsborough Vineyards & Winery Fun Facts:
|1.| They are the first winery in Virginia to hold
comfortably seated tastings served in flights of two wines.
|2.|
This vineyard and winery were started from scratch as a family “hobby”
in 2002.
|3.| This winery’s winemaker
also makes the wines for three other Virginia wineries.
|4.|
The first two wines this winery produced were named in memory of the
mothers of the owners.
|5.| This winery
owners’ grandson is often seen “raking in the big-bucks” selling lemonade
outside the tasting room.
8 Chains North Winery Fun Facts:
|1.| This winery has two vineyard locations: 1st in Lucketts
on Potomac River and 2nd in Waterford on same property as the winery.
|2.| this winery will host a second label
named “Otium Cellars” varietals (Blau Frankish, Grau Bergunder and
Dornfelder).
|3.| This winery name
refers to a distance upriver from Col. White’s farm, where the the Army of Northern
Virginia crossed the Potomac on it's way to Pennsylvania.
|4.| This winery is Loudoun's newest licensed
winery (as of 7/17/2010!)
|5.| This winery will introduce sheep into the
vineyard on the river for weed control starting in 2011.
Bluemont Vineyard Fun Facts:
|1.| This vineyard sits at 951' above sea level, and you can
see the top half of the Washington Monument on a clear day.
|2.|
This vineyard has farm animals on its labels to represent each of its
wines. Norton wine is "The
Pig", Viognier is "The Goat", Vidal Blanc is "The
Cow", Rosé is "The Donkey", Merlot is "The Ram".
|3.| This is the only winery with a home
décor shop in-house.
|4.| This is the
only winery sponsoring an annual 5k race with a 350 ft. vertical finish.
|5.|
This winery provides the perfect backdrop for the next private party,
rehearsal dinner, or wedding / reception with seating from 50.