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New Charlottesville facility aims to reduce the costs of independent wine making
By Keagan Hughes, NBC29 News, Published: Sep. 14, 2023 at 10:50 AM EDT CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Eastwood Farm and Winery says it is in the next steps of its project for a new downtown facility. Co-founder Athena Eastwood says starting a winery from the ground up can be hard on the wallet. Now, she is trying to cut out…
Meet the Eastwood Farm and Winery Family (Southside Neighbors)
Resident Feature by Jennifer McArtor | Photos by Rob Garland Photographers Eastwood Farm and Winery with Megan Velie Q: Tell us a little bit about your family. Who makes up your family? A: My mother, two sisters, and I moved to Charlottesville in 1999 when my mother started law school at the University of Virginia. My…
The 2024 Virginia Wine Year In Review
I wrote my first “Year In Review” in 2020, mostly as a way to summarize my favorite articles of the previous year and post the latest winery openings & closings. Over time I added new material to these yearly updates, focusing on events and themes that stood out. To see my other ‘Years in Review’,…
What’s New in Charlottesville and Albemarle County in 2025
The area will welcome a variety of new culinary and craft beverage offerings, recreation opportunities, accommodations, and things to do CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau (CACVB) is excited to welcome several new additions to the area’s robust tourism offerings. Highlights of what’s new and noteworthy for 2025 in Charlottesville and Albemarle County include…
A New Collective Brings Fresh Ideas To Virginia Wine
Written By: Paul Ting In both scale and spirit, Virginia wine is growing, fueled by new talent, broader perspectives, and ambition. The result is a more confident, creative region that’s gaining national recognition. Like other thriving wine communities, we are seeing the emergence of small, independent winemakers, and side projects from established names. The Virginia…
That’s 2024 in the Rearview Mirror
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…