Notes from the estate, the vineyard, and the cellar.
This was the year we expected to bring in our first harvest from the Loudoun County block for sparkling wines. The frost of 2026 had other ideas. What we decided, and what it means for Draksha.
This was the year we expected to bring in Grüner Veltliner for sparkling and Cabernet Sauvignon for the Signature Red Blend — fruit from this land for the first time. A late frost had other ideas.
Before the winery, the vineyard, and the wine — there was land in Loudoun County we wanted to farm, and a conviction that Virginia could produce serious sparkling wine. Three operations, five years, one decision.
The first season with our automated hydraulic basket press — the juice, the cake, and what goes back to the earth. And the barrel door that makes the whole story visible.
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