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Virginia viticulture: Winemaking ripens in the Old Dominion

April 28, 2018 Lindsey Leake

Award-winning wines are pictured at Potomac Point Vineyard and Winery in Stafford, Va., Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (Lindsey Leake/American University) — Award-winning wines are pictured at Potomac Point Vineyard and Winery in Stafford, Va., Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)

Great grapes don’t just come from Napa Valley. Virginia’s internationally acclaimed wines are driving sales and boosting tourism.

Through the grapevine: 3rd-generation Spanish winemaker brings experience to Virginia vineyard

February 2, 2018 Lindsey Leake

David Pagan Castaño, head winemaker at Potomac Point Vineyard and Winery in Stafford, Va., examines grapevines that need pruning, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (Lindsey Leake/American University) — David Pagan Castaño, head winemaker at Potomac Point Vineyard and Winery in Stafford, Va., examines grapevines that need pruning, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)

As he walked up and down the rows of barren February grapevines, pruning several wiry ones along the way, David Pagan Castaño seemed in his element.