Ten Vines Day

Philip Carter Winery 4366 Stillhouse Rd, Hume, VA, United States

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses - the first legislative assembly of the New World - passed Acte 12. The Acte required every landowner in Virginia to plant ten vines on their property yearly for the purposes of growing grapes to make wine. This Acte was the first recorded history of the efforts to […]

Ten Vines Day

Philip Carter Winery 4366 Stillhouse Rd, Hume, VA, United States

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses - the first legislative assembly of the New World - passed Acte 12. The Acte required every landowner in Virginia to plant ten vines on their property yearly for the purposes of growing grapes to make wine. This Acte was the first recorded history of the efforts to […]