Château Montrosedescribed it, “the sale represents the first entry by a Bordeaux powerhouse into the eastern United States and the first major foreign wine investment in Virginia” since Zonin, Italy’s largest family-owned winery, established
It’s Grainer who provides a hook for this story, of which pieces have been tucked in an email folder for a month or two amid the day-to-day posts.As he said in his post, “Grainer, who has been with RdV since the first vintage in 2008, has played a key role in its rise from nascent startup to globally respected wine brand. He knows these vineyards well.
Whether the sale impacts only the Virginia wine industry or has more far-reaching effects remains to be seen. But those in the wine business outside Virginia certainly took notice, including Meaghan Frank, the fourth generation to run