Virginia Ages Into a Fine Winemaking State
20 January 2011
Karem Baki of the Hillsborough Winery in Purcellville, Virginia.
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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I'm Doug Johnson.
This week we play new music by the band Cake …
And answer a question about New York City …
But first a visit to Virginia wine country.
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Virginia’s Wineries
DOUG JOHNSON: The economic recession has caused many Americans to cut their spending. But one thing Americans keep buying is good wine. The sales numbers are not fully recorded yet for two thousand ten. But the Beverage Information Group estimates that American wine sales were up for the seventeenth year in a row. And the sales are not all coming from the famed California vineyards. Faith Lapidus has our report from some wineries in Virginia.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Bora Baki owns the Hillsborough Winery in Purcellville, Virginia. The Turkish immigrant opened the company with his son ten years ago. The older man says he had planned on retiring at the time. But his son, Karem, had other ideas.
KAREM BAKI: “I was graduating my college, my undergraduate degree and so we were both looking for something to do.”
Karem Baki went on to get a higher degree in winemaking. Now he and his father make wine for the Hillsborough name but also for other local vineyards. Karem Baki says Virginia is excellent for growing wine grapes.
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