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Gates are open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. First tour, 9 a.m.; last tour, 6:40 p.m.

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Monticello & Virginia Wine Board Sponsor 2010 Governor's Cup for White Wine

For Immediate Release  Sep 27, 2010 Media Contact: Lisa Stites, 434-984-7529 Charlottesville, VA.&— The Virginia Wine Board hosts the Governor's Cup for White Wines, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at 6:30 p.m., on the West Lawn of Monticello, as part of the kick off celebration of October Virginia Wine Month. Thomas Jefferson wrote to Charles Philibert Lasteyrie-du Saillant in 1808, "We could, in the United States, make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good." Today, Jefferson's dreams of an American wine industry have been realized. Virginia's wine industry is booming; there are now more than 160 wineries in the Commonwealth. The Governor's Cup at Monticello kicks off October Virginia Wine Month, themed "Discover...