October in Virginia = Wine Month

Celebrate the harvest of the grape at Virginia's wineries this month. Take tours of the wine-making facilities, and enjoy wine tastings, entertainment, wine and gift specials.

Some wineries and their neighboring communities have planned wine-harvest festivals, such as Powhatan's Festival of the Grape, Shenandoah Valley Hot-Air Balloon & Wine Festival and the Virginia Wine Festival.

~ October is Virginia Wine Month!
~ Wine & Spa Getaways

Virginia, Land of Many Trails

The first trails in Virginia were blazed by the Indians. After the English settled Jamestown in 1607, many footpaths became trails for westward-expanding settlements.

Today, Virginia is busy blazing trails that link coherent attractions, such as The Crooked Road — Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, Virginia's Birding & Wildlife Trails and the Blue Ridge WineWay, one of six Virginia Wine Trails, as well as promoting friendly hiking and biking trails like the ever-popular Virginia Creeper, where Daniel Boone often traveled.
~ Read about Virginia Trails.

Siege of Yorktown — 225th Anniversary

Yorktown is the site for the 225th anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown, Oct. 19-22. Walk through British, German, Loyalist, Continental and French encampments, and experience the re-creations of the events that led to the surrender of Cornwallis on Oct. 19, 1781. What a great way to learn Colonial American History! This is a signature event heralding America's 400th Anniversary in 2007.
~Celebrate Freedom in Virginia

36 Fall Walking Tours Just for You

Fall is the season for walking outdoors in ideal conditions — clean, crisp air, colorful fall foliage — and plenty of interesting tours luring you outdoors.

Enjoy history and heritage walks at some of Virginia's historic estates and gardens, nature walks at Virginia's State Parks, and plenty of "haunted" walks through cemeteries and along cobblestoned paths by lantern light.
~ 36 Fall Walking Tours
~ Ghostly Haunts

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