Introduction to the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA
June 21, 2024. For the next several posts, we will be detailing our visits to wineries in the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace American Viticultural Area (AVA). The Virginia Wine Marketing Office groups the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula (between the Rappahannock and the York Rivers) as the “Chesapeake Bay Region.” The wineries on the two peninsulas have organized themselves into the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail. Go to their site at: https://chesapeakebaywinetrail.com/ to check out sample itineraries, wineries, discounts, and lodging. We kept our trip focused on the wineries of the AVA itself, the 100-mile long, 10-to-20 mile-wide peninsula bounded by the Potomac River and Potomac Creek in the north, the Rappahannock River in the south and the Chesapeake Bay in the east. The AVA ends at the Stafford County line in the west. Check out the guide map for the Chesapeake Bay region at Virginiawine.org: https://virginia-wine-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/ji79hmn6e2