

This came at the beginning of the Civil War, a conflict between southern states that wanted to pull out of the Union including Virginia and the states in the North. But in 1861 Virginia seceded, or withdrew from the Union, what was then the United States. And in 1788, following the Revolutionary War, Virginia became the tenth U.S. In 1776 another famous Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration of Independence. (Though historians think this story is unlikely to have happened.) His latest venture at pairs musicians with makers of wines. He has also been invited to participate in several online wine panels as well as to cover several wine conferences. According to Smith, he was about to be killed when Pocahontas, the chief’s daughter, threw herself in front of him to save his life. Forced carbonation inspires strong acidity and dryness, while the wines chardonnay grapes introduce flavor notes of pear, lemon, and apple. His work has been reprinted in the Virginia Wine Lovers E-Newsletter and shared among dozens of wine related publications. One of the Jamestown settlers, John Smith, was captured by the Powhatans. In 1607, Jamestown-the first English colony in what would become the United States-was founded in Virginia. Thousands of years later Native American tribes such as the Powhatan, Cherokee, Croatoan, and Tuscarora lived on the land. Experts think the first people to live in what is now Virginia arrived as many as 18,000 years ago. In 2018, we announced plans to construct a data center complex in Loudoun County, Virginia.
