In the last decade, central Virginia has emerged as a wine destination. The small city of Charlottesville — long known for its historic charm and the University of Virginia campus founded by Thomas Jefferson — is now surrounded by gorgeous wine country and a burgeoning food scene bolstered by local farms and producers. Here’s our guide to a weekend of eating and drinking your way through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful Monticello Wine Trail. 

Photo courtesy of Andrea Hubbell