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Home to more than 300 wineries, Virginia’s wine country is yours to explore. With self-paced wine trails that let you curate your own experience, you can combine tastings with guided horseback rides, oyster crawls or heritage music events. Virginia’s beer-making tradition goes back to 1607, and its vibrant craft brewery scene now ranges from hip urban spots in Richmond to rustic rural breweries in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. Pair your beer flights with everything from upscale pub grub to farm-to-fork tasting menus. Some of Virginia’s distilleries are steeped in history: John J. Bowman’s, founded the day after Prohibition ended in 1934, is known for its awardwinning single barrel bourbon. Others trend toward contemporary cool, offering artisanal cocktails made with small-batch pink-peppercorn gin or honey-infused rye. Following a venerable Virginia tradition, some distilleries even sell moonshine. (Don’t worry – it’s legal!)