Editing Woodstock, Virginia (section)

===Viticultural attractions===

The Shenandoah Valley's relatively dry climate, warm days and cool nights are conducive to producing good wine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/explore-wine-country-in-virginias-scenic-shenandoah-valley/|title=Explore wine country in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley|date=October 30, 2017|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanwineryguide.com/regions/shenandoah-valley-ava-wineries/|title=Shenandoah Valley Wineries|website=www.americanwineryguide.com}}</ref> The climate allows grapes to attain higher acidity, which is generally positive for wine.<ref name="auto8">{{cite web|url=https://www.c-ville.com/growing-interest-shenandoah-valleys-unique-climate-spurs-wine-resurgence/|title=Growing interest: Shenandoah Valley's unique climate spurs its wine resurgence|date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> Limestone soil, which is common to the Valley, has been long associated with great wine growing regions in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2010/05/why-limestone-matters-for-viticulture.html|title=Why Limestone Matters for Wine Grape Growing|website=Tablas Creek Vineyard Blog}}</ref>  The region is a designated [[Shenandoah Valley AVA|American Viticultural Area (AVA)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Shenandoah-Valley-(VA).html |title=info |publisher=wine.appellationamerica.com/ |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> Virginia's first AVA, identified in 1982.<ref name="auto6">{{cite web|url=https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/camille_berry/posts/the-wines-of-virginia|title=The Wines of Virginia - Camille Berry - Articles - GuildSomm|website=www.guildsomm.com}}</ref> The Shenandoah Valley is a relatively dry "rain shadow," as storms soak the mountains on either side of the Blue Ridge and Alleghenies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiaplaces.org/climate/|title=Climate of Virginia|website=www.virginiaplaces.org}}</ref> The growing season in the Valley is distinctly warmer and drier than in neighboring Virginia regions, which don't have the natural rain barrier from the nearby mountains,<ref name="auto18">{{cite web|url=https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-shenandoah+valley+-+virginia|title=Shenandoah Valley - Virginia Wine Region|website=Wine-Searcher}}</ref> and where, east of the Blue Ridge, vineyard soils are primarily clay and loam.<ref name="auto6"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/jessica-dupuy/posts/emerging-american-wine-regions-pt-2|title=Rising American Wine Regions to Know|date=September 27, 2018|website=SevenFifty Daily}}</ref> The annual rainfall in the Valley is one half that of the Virginia average.<ref name="auto18"/> These conditions are thus more favorable for Cabernet Franc, Chambourcin, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lemberger, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, and Riesling.<ref name="auto8"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/valley-climate-culture-unique-for-wine-making-/8952433/|title=The News Leader|first=Megan|last=Williams|website=The News Leader}}</ref> The area around Woodstock has several wineries. Muse Vineyards is located in Woodstock within the "Seven Bends" area of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Other nearby wineries include Cave Ridge Vineyard, about 14 miles southwest of Woodstock in the rural hills of Shenandoah County, and Shenandoah Vineyards, about 4.5 miles from Woodstock in Edinburg, VA (Shenandoah Vineyards is reportedly the second oldest active winery in Virginia and was founded in 1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginiawineworks.com/Shenandoah|title=Michael Shaps Wineworks - Shenandoah|website=www.virginiawineworks.com}}</ref> In addition to wineries, Woodstock has a brewpub, the Woodstock Brewhouse, founded in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/New-Brewhouse-Opens-In-Woodstock-317010811.html|title=New Brewhouse Opens In Woodstock|first=Avery|last=Powell|website=www.whsv.com}}</ref> housed in a restored industrial-age facility that was formerly a Woodstock denim factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shenandoahstories.org/items/show/263|title=Casey Jones/Woodstock Brew House|first1=The|last1=Shen|first2=oah Stories|last2=team|website=Shenandoah Stories}}</ref>