Well, it’s only taken us about 3 weeks to get to it, but we are finally gearing up for a series of posts about the Virginia Wine Festival, held on September 15 and 16. Joined by my sister, Heidi, and her boyfriend Mike, we attacked the festival on Saturday afternoon after a traffic-filled ride up from Richmond. The line at the entrance was very long, but luckily we had purchased tickets in advance and were able to jump to the front. This is a great tip to remember for any wine festival you attend - and in this case you even got a $5 discount for purchasing head of time. Tickets were $25 at the door ($20 in advance).

Sadly, there was no jumping to the front in the 3 crowded tasting tents! We had no plan of attack and didn’t do much in the way of researching the participating wineries. Although Dezel did give Jason a few tips on which wineries NOT to miss (more to come on that in future posts).

Over the next week, we’ll be writing more about the shining star wineries in attendance, including:

• Delfosse Vineyard and Winery
• First Colony Winery
• Peaks of Otter Winery
• Corcoran Vineyards
• Fincastle Vineyard & Winery, and
• Fabbioli Cellars

After the wine tasting was through, Jason and I ran through the grassy knoll…

For your enjoyment, I’ve tagged the wines from the winery tables we visited as vawinefestival07. We didn’t taste every wine at each winery table we visited. In many cases, a winery was all out of certain stellar wines. For others, I tasted a few wines and then left. With a limited amount of time and more vendors than it is possible to visit, I didn’t waste any time with wines that didn’t fit my preferences.