Most Virginia wineries are small, producing no more than five thousand cases of wine a year. And sixty percent of that product is sold at the winery itself.
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SALESPERSON: “Your total is $184.”
SHOPPER: “It’s worth every penny.”
Tourism supports the wine industry in Virginia. Pandit and Sudha Patil own Narmada Winery in Amissville. It opened in two thousand nine. The Indian-American couple says many of their customers visit local wineries instead of taking a vacation.
PANDIT PATIL: “People come from all over DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland, Charlottesville and they stop at the wineries, do tasting.”
SUNDHA PATIL: “They may not spend a whole lot of money, but it’s their way to just get out for the weekend.”
Pandit Patil hopes that idea keeps spreading.
PANDIT PATIL: “In five years, I want everybody to think this is a destination.”
Like many wineries in Virginia, Narmada is in a beautiful country setting. And they have live music on the weekend. Narmada visitor Ted Sevigny says the winery also offers something that others do not.
TED SEVIGNY: “You don’t find Indian Virginia wineries. Most of them are Italian or whatever, type of thing, but this one is very unique.”
Sudha Patil agrees.
SUDHA PATIL: “We have a unique thing being of Indian background. Some of our wines can be paired very nicely with the Indian foods we serve here as snacks.”
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