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Originally built in 1806, the Apple Blossom Inn is located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in the historic town of New Market, Virginia. The Apple Blossom Inn is a small bed and breakfast house where you are the only guest. Originally built in 1806,
Historic Shenandoah Valley
Bed and Breakfast
Where you will be lulled to
sleep by the soothing
New Market Battlefields
Where 257 Cadets from the http://www4.vmi.edu/museum/nm/index.html
Shenandoah Caverns Shenandoah Caverns is the only cavern in Virginia with elevator service. Explorers of every age and ability will discover an underground world of wonder. With level walkways and no stairs, only our sights are breathtaking! http://www.shenandoahcaverns.com/
Visit the Shenandoah Valley http://www.visitshenandoah.org/ Simply Shenandoah http://www.simply-shenandoah.com/bayse.htm Natural Reflections Photography http://www.naturalreflections.us/pid3aboutpeggy.html Bayse & Orkney Springs Local Buisnesses http://www.caros.net/basye/local.html Weekend wine-lovers sample the sweetness
'Shenandoah Uncorked' features area vineyardsBy Garren Shipley -- gshipley@nvdaily.com QUICKSBURG -- Wine lovers by the hundreds flocked to Quicksburg on Saturday to enjoy Shenandoah Uncorked, a festival of local wines, crafts and music at the Yellow Barn at Shenandoah Caverns. Five Shenandoah County vineyards were on hand to share the fruits of their labor, along with local crafters, musicians and other groups. If the massive crowds around each vineyard's booth were any indication, local vintages are a hit. Shenandoah County's rich soil and unique weather patterns make it a near perfect place for growing grapes, said Jennifer Adamy, wine maker at Crooked Run Cellars, which began operating earlier this year. "We have good soil, that's important," she said, pouring a sample for a guest. "We get minimal rainfall because we're positioned between the two mountain ridges." Weather can make all the difference. Too much rain, and the wines lack flavor. Too little rain, and the vines wither. "We are at the full mercy of Mother Nature, and she's been good to us so far," Adamy said. While Virginia's wine industry is taking off, it was by no means a sure bet by historical standards. Colonists at Jamestown tried to establish vineyards, but European vines quickly fell prey to the pests of the New World. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson tried to establish vineyards at their respective homes of Mount Vernon and Monticello, but to no avail. It took vintners more than 100 years to discover that European vines could be grafted on to native North American varieties to gain the qualities they sought. Prohibition all but wiped out Virginia's nascent wine industry, but a few brave souls tried once again in the 1970s, according to the Virginia Wine Marketing Office. Now Virginia is home to 140 wineries. The explosion of new wineries "came about because of a tremendous increase in the demand for wines, specifically Virginia wines," said Willard Elledge, better known as "Wolf Gap Willie," owner and wine maker at Wolf Gap Vineyard and Winery near Edinburg. Farmers have a need to "produce a cash crop on smaller and smaller acreage as farmland shrinks," he said. "Grapes are one crop, like tobacco, that you can grow on a fairly small acreage and still make a living." Saturday's event demonstrated that successful local business doesn't have to conflict with Shenandoah County's rural, agricultural character, according to Lisa Shett, one of the event's organizers. Shenandoah's vineyards "are working farms, so that keeps that land from being built on and having these McMansions put on them," she said. "People want to come out from cities and see the rural farmland." The event was sponsored by SimplyLocal, Shentel's new local-events centered cable channel.
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