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Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Wine Country (SWX) Trail Oh Shenandoah! Virginia’s Shenandoah Wine Country (SWX) welcomes visitors with exciting things to see and do: Wine Tours & Tasting, Civil War battlefields, caverns, antiques, antebellum plantations with unique inns, B&B’s, and restaurants. This historic valley is tucked between the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and the Allegheny Mountains on the west and stretches from the West Virginia line in the north to the James River in the south. Just past Leesburg, Va., about an hour's drive west of Washington DC, the Shenandoah Valley has clearly emerged as the regional wine leader in the eastern United States. Superior dining or romantic picnicking can be found along the Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail (SWX) as well as diversions such as historic plantations, Civil War battlefields and spectacular caverns. All complement a unique wine experience. The Shenandoah Valley is one of the country's most exciting wine producing regions today, with positive critical reviews found in major food and wine publications nationwide. As the praise and awards continue to accumulate, Shenandoah Valley (AVA) wines have become sought-after products in fine restaurants and wine shops both coast to coast and internationally. A tour of the Valley’s vineyards and wineries offers a special experience, with rural scenery, entertainment, quality restaurants and award winning wines. Follow the Shenandoah Valley Wine Country (SWX) Trail on the reverse. Vinyards and Venues From the north, the Shenandoah Wine Country (SWX) Trail the wine, then dump it out. It's not considered bad begins at Veramar Vineyard in Virginia’s hunt country and etiquette and you will be able to visit more wineries in a meanders to Deer Meadow’s wilderness setting near given day. Winchester. Then it’s on to North Mountain Vineyard, nestled on a historic country road, and to the Valley’s Throughout its long history, the Shenandoah Valley has oldest winery, Shenandoah Vineyards near Edinburg. been revered as one of the most bountiful and beautiful Most are within a half hour of each other along Interstate regions of North America, bounded by lovely mountain 81. Your route passes by thoroughbred horse farms, ranges and nourished by the Shenandoah River. Shenan- dairies, and orchards along the Shenandoah River that will doah is a Native American word whose translation "daugh- transport you to an earlier, simpler time. Absorb the history ter of the stars" still holds true today. Travel with us via the of battlefields and towns that witnessed the exploits of Shenandoah Valley Wine Country (SWX) Trail as we take future presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, you through this beautiful valley and over her mountains and Jackson and, later, the Civil War military genius of to the rolling piedmont in Clarke, Warren, Fredrick and Stonewall Jackson. Experience the scenery of the fabled Shenandoah counties. Skyline Drive and beautiful Shenandoah Caverns. Fine restaurants, accommodations, antique shops, and wine If you are visiting from out of the area you can fly into one shops abound along the Shenandoah Valley Wine of the Washington, D.C., area’s three airports. Generally, the Country (SWX) Trail. best fares are available into Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) in suburban Maryland. However, the Friendly staff will welcome you to the lovely wineries to most convenient airport is Washington Dulles Interna- sample a medley of European and American wine varieties. tional (IAD) in suburban Virginia. Washington’s third The favorites are dry to semi-dry table wines and late airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), is just harvest dessert wines that have won their share of minutes from the White House and the U.S. Capitol. National and International Gold Medals as well as the praise of wine critics across the country. So come, visit our wineries in the Shenandoah Valley Country (SWX) and sample our wines, each a taste of These wineries are rather close together and make for a seasons past: the snows of winter, April showers, summer wonderful weekend experience. The Shenandoah Valley sunshine and crisp fall nights. It's all there in the bottle, vineyards are quite varied, but many produce wonderful waiting for...YOU. Chardonnay, Chambourcin & Cabernet, which they usually taste daily in their tasting rooms. One tip - if you do plan on visiting many of the wineries, the tasting room guides Come for the wine-stay for the experience. offer a bit of advice. Swirl the wine, smell the wine, taste For additional information please contact: The Shenandoah Valley Wine Growers Association 540-955-5510 or www.veramar.com.