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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Winery Cooperative Scrapbook, 1985-1989, Ms2022-059, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."
The Virginia Winery Cooperative Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in August 2019.
The Virginia Winery Cooperative was incorporated sometime before August 17, 1985. The cooperative was established to provide members with a guaranteed market for their wine grapes and share profits among independent vineyard owners. The cooperative purchased land in Culpeper, Virginia in 1985 to build its winery. The winery had an initial capacity to process grapes from 65 acres of vines. The wine produced by the winery in Culpeper was distributed under the Dominion Wine Cellars label. In 1990, the cooperative was sold to Williamsburg Winery which took over operation of the Culpeper facility and its Dominion Wine Cellars label and agreed to purchase grapes from the cooperative's members.
This collection contains a scrapbook made by Carl C. Hilscher about the Virginia Winery Cooperative. The scrapbook mostly contains photographs and newspaper clippings, but also includes several fliers and brochures relating to the Virginia Winery Cooperative and its Dominion Wine Cellars label.
The guide to the Donimion Winery Cooperative Scrapbook by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0.