Our Goal and Purpose. Today, we begin the Sabin Wine Blog, dedicated to the wines of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We are coming at this from a perspective of having visited over 100 Virginia wineries and vineyards, many more than once. In that group of 100 wineries, we have discovered many delicious wines and wonderful settings, and some wineries that are better left to rot on the vine. Our goal is to visit all of the wineries in the Commonwealth, knowing that some wineries come in geographic clumps while others are widely scattered and remote, and knowing that the list of wineries continues to grow and change. On the journey, we hope to learn something about making wine in the unique confines of Virginia with its range of soils, climate and winemaking philosophies. We are aware that there are other blogs about Virginia wine, but we will be trying to impart our personal – not corporate – perspective as we travel aroun...