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C-Ville Weekly | Published Fall 2022
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The votes are in! We are thrilled to share the news that your votes have been tallied and Eastwood was named 2022’s Best Small Local Winery in the Best of Cville Awards. We are so honored to have gotten your votes. Thank you!
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By: The Local Palate Athena Eastwood is the cofounder and co-owner of Eastwood Farm and Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia, along with her partner and daughters Hannah Velie and Megan Taub. Athena is also a commodities lawyer, recognized for her work helping agricultural clients develop innovative strategies to combat and adapt to climate change. Eager to focus on the…
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By Molly Frazier, Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, Published: September 26, 2022 Whether you’re planning a girls’ trip, a family vacation, or a romantic getaway, visiting wineries in Virginia is a great way to see the beauty of my home state. You’ll find an abundance of options all along the Virginia wine trails, from wineries…
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We knew this would be a special place from the moment we saw people stopping by and asking if they could use the property to propose, to host bridal showers, to take maternity and family photoshoots, the list goes on! We had that same feeling when we first encountered this property and took in the…
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Athena Eastwood knows all too well how difficult it is to get a winery off the ground. When the commodities lawyer-turned-vineyard owner was first trying to plant her roots in Central Virginia’s wine country nearly a decade ago, alongside her two daughters and partner, she knew those roots would grow only an inch at a…
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What a great day! Kathy won an item in an auction that supported the Sexual Assault Resource Agency – an afternoon with Jake Busching in one of the vineyards he manages as he pours samples and talks about his wine. We were lucky enough to be invited along and Jake sweetened the deal by adding a visit to the…
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If 2023 was the year that all the things came together for a literally perfect harvest season, then 2024 was a return to Virginia’s variable and extreme climate and a reminder of why it’s hard to grow grapes here – for some winegrowers it was as much of a dream vintage as 2023, for others…