The longest running wine festival on the East Coast, the 37th Annual Virginia Wine Festival will be held on September 15-16. This is a beautiful stretch along Highway 17, and I only wish I was going to be up in Virginia in mid-September! more.
In early November of last year, I spent a gorgeous late Autumn day driving along Highway 17 North in the Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District near Delaplane, Virginia - and I couldn't resist stopping at Delaplane Cellars to taste their wines. more.