| Romancing the grape -- ALL ABOUT NORTON | | | | By: James Bogaty | << back  Page 2 of 2 |
Travel & Leisure Magazine named Virginia as “One of Five Up-and-Coming Wine Regions” in the world in its July, 2007 issue. It was the only American wine region featured. Other regions were in Chile, Spain, New Zealand, and Italy.
Veramar Norton Strikes GOLD as the Acclaimed Veramar Winery Brings Home medals from International Competition. Veramar Vineyard, the award-winning Virginia Shenandoah Valley producer of premium wines, achieved one of the industry’s highest honors recently when it garnered a Gold Medal for the Veramar Norton at the 2006 Indiana International Wine Competition, the premier competition of its kind in the world. Wines from around the world poured into the Blue Ribbon Pavilion for the fifteenth annual Indy International Wine Competition. The largest wine competition in the US, the Indy International brought in over 3,800 wines from 17 countries.
Zinfandel is often described as America’s first and most original gift to the world of wine. Actually, it’s Norton. Today, in the Virginia the wineries are re-cultivating and producing wines from Virginia Norton grapes.
Cheers from Veramar Vineyard
Jim Bogaty
About the Author:
James C. Bogaty is Founder, Owner/Operator of Veramar Vineyard, Past President of the Shenandoah Valley Wine Grower Association, and Past Member of the Board of Directors for the Shenandoah Valley Travel Association for Clarke County, Past Advisor to the Virginia Wine and Food Society and is a published writer and event speaker on Wine, Food, Travel and Agritourism with a Virginia focus. 540-955-5510 www.veramar.com
Website URL: www.veramar.com
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