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cooperative founded in 1873 by local grape growers, led by a German, Oscar Reierson. Its four-story winery had a capacity of 200,000 gallons, and was located at the end of Wine Street, near Hedge Street. It was the largest winery in the South. It shut down with the onset of
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In Charlottesville, the Monticello Wine Company, operating with grapes grown by co-op members, won a major international award in 1873 at the Vienna Exposition for a "Virginia claret" based on Norton.
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The success of Monticello Wine Company brought Charlottesville to declare itself "the Capital of the Wine Belt in Virginia." The company was best known for its Virginia Claret Wine, produced with
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The Monticello Wine Company...was on a hill at the end of Wine Street near Hedge Street...
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On Halloween night 1916...the state joined 17 others that banned the sale of liquor.
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The Monticello Wine Company, the largest in the South at that time...
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in Virginia, which took effect on November 1, 1916.
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38°02′09″N 78°28′42″W / 38.0358°N 78.4782°W / 38.0358; -78.4782

Varietals
Norton (grape)
Catawba (grape)
Delaware (grape)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Prohibition

Norton grapes
the Vienna Exposition
Monticello American Viticultural Area



"Historical Highway Markers: Monticello Wine Company"
A History of Wine in America
ISBN
978-0520062245
ISBN
0-8139-1885-5
ISBN
0-8139-1885-5
"Virginia's Prohibition history"
the original
"Virginia Wine: Nearly Four Centuries and Counting"
the original
"Code of Federal Regulations. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas; § 9.48 Monticello"
the original
The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society's history of Monticello Wine Company's role in winemaking in the region.

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