On April 28th, we celebrate the life of Charles Carter of Cleve (ca. 1707–1764), who in 1762 received the first international recognition for producing excellent wine in Virginia in 1762. Charles Carter, 5th child born of Colonel Robert “King” Carter and Elizabeth Landon-Wells was born in Lancaster County, Virginia, and resided in Lancaster and King […]
On March 10th, we celebrate the 298th anniversary of Rosewell Plantation. Located in Gloucester County, VA, Rosewell estate was built in 1725 by Charles Mann Page and Judith Carter Page who was the sister of Charles and Landon Carter. At 2,000sq. ft., Rosewell stood as the largest and costliest mansion in the colony. Thomas Jefferson […]
In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses - the first legislative assembly of the New World - passed Acte 12. The Acte required every landowner in Virginia to plant ten vines on their property yearly for the purposes of growing grapes to make wine. This Acte was the first recorded history of the efforts to […]
