In 1996 Virginia’s wine country did an about face when Peaks of Otter Winery opened its doors as Virginia’s 50th winery and the state’s first all fruit winery. Now many years later a good number of Virginia wineries have added fruit to their menu. If you missed seeing and tasting Peak’s wines, then you must not have attended many festivals. Their tent will be the loud one, the one you hear people hollow “WOO” after tasting their “Kiss the Devil” wine and then they receive a Kiss the Devil Sticker. It is a hot pepper wine that is great for cooking and basting. Many of the wines are made from Danny’s grandmother’s recipes and the fruits or berries are fermented in apples juice and require less sugar to turn the fruit into wine, including Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Blackberry, and more. We have U-Pic fruit in season. The Horse & Hound Wine Festival on the 2nd Saturday in July

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