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Samuel Kercheval

Growing interest: Shenandoah Valley’s unique climate spurs its wine resurgence
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Growing interest: Shenandoah Valley’s unique climate spurs its wine resurgence

Today, we’re seeing a wine renaissance in the Shenandoah Valley. But the history of wine growing in this region goes deeper than you might suspect. As early as the late 1700s and early 1800s, Samuel Kercheval described how privacy-seeking neighbors obstructed horse paths by tying grape vines across them. These were likely wild grape vines […]

ebscala | September 26, 2018

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Growing interest: Shenandoah Valley’s unique climate spurs its wine resurgence

Today, we’re seeing a wine renaissance in the Shenandoah Valley. But the history of wine growing in this region goes deeper than you might suspect. As early as the late 1700s and early 1800s, Samuel Kercheval described how privacy-seeking neighbors obstructed horse paths by tying grape vines across them. These were likely wild grape vines […]

ebscala | September 26, 2018

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