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With its vast natural beauty, history and spectacular wineries and venues, Virginia Wine Country is the perfect fit for any group. Virginia is a popular place for very large conferences and business meetings to more intimate corporate retreats and board meetings. But there’s so much more to this gorgeous region than just beautiful moderate weather, picturesque horse pastures, vine-covered hillsides and over 300 spectacular wineries. Virginia is also a foodie capital, filled with incredible gourmet restaurants, artisan bakeries, cheese producers, farm-to-table fresh casual dining and more. After a day of meeting, your guests can relax with a wine tasting, an equestrian event, a cooking workshop and more. If looking for a break from wine, several artisan distilleries and craft breweries are available for tours and tastings throughout the Commonwealth. VA Wine Country is known for its charming country inns, luxurious hotels and resorts offering many choices for hosting your next business event. Visit Virginia Wine Country for your next business event and keep coming back for more. Beyond the many amenities and local talents, Virginia Wine Country has easy transportation for business events that include public and private airports, trains, and convenient highway access from throughout the East Coast. Use these resources to plan your own personalized business getaway in Virginia Wine Country.

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With so many amazing wineries and vineyard experiences, it can be hard to choose. To design a well-rounded wine country experience that is catered to your businesses’ specific needs, Virginia Wine Country has something for everyone. You can site your company event at a vineyard venue or other business event venue and also have nearby access to vineyards, the Blue Ridge Mountains, presidents’ birthplaces, coastal beaches and more. Virginia is a blossoming community for wine and craft beverage lovers alike. With countless wineries, breweries and distilleries spread across the region, there is an abundance of unique opportunities to taste local flavors for your group event. The beverages of Virginia Wine Country reflect the region’s natural beauty and diverse landscape. When you choose a winery venue to host your business event you are offering attendees the opportunity to discover Virginia’s premier destinations for award-winning wines and meet the celebrated makers behind them. Many wineries offer VIP events that can include everything from exclusive barrel tastings to cooking classes and horseback rides to dinner among the vines – all are perfect for creating long-lasting bonds amongst your team. Many Virginia wineries host special client events and weddings regularly and provide a variety of gathering spaces on their properties as well as great food options from in-house chefs to preferred vendors that will bring their kitchen to you to create an exceptional event.

HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER VENUES

Discover Virginia Wine Country, a premier destination for food and wine lovers that is attracting the wine world’s attention. Our Virginia hotel and conference center venues are luxurious with unparalleled views of everything from the famous Blue Ridge Mountains to rich green horse pastures to the shores of the Atlantic and everything in between. Discover beautiful lodging, sumptuous foods, amazing beverages, wonderful people and the all-encompassing scenic vineyard views. Virginia has a large portfolio of venues, from boutique hotels and historic inns; country resorts and urban properties; college and university campuses; wineries and breweries; museums and historic sites. Whatever the meeting size or purpose, Virginia has the venue to suit all your needs for your next business meeting, retreat, conference or event.

With its vast natural beauty, history and spectacular wineries and venues, Virginia Wine Country is the perfect fit for any corporate or private group. But there’s so much more to this gorgeous region than just vine-covered hillsides and over 300 beautiful wineries. Virginia is also an epicurean capital, filled with incredible gourmet restaurants, artisan bakeries, cheese producers, farm-to-table dining and more. After a day of meetings and trainings, your guests can relax with a wine tasting, an equestrian event, a cooking workshop and more. There are also several artisan distilleries and craft breweries available for tours and tastings throughout the Commonwealth. Va Wine Country is known for its charming country inns, luxurious hotels and resorts offering many choices for hosting your next business event.

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When visiting Virginia Wine Country for business, it is easy to plan experiences that will create lifelong memories. How about an exclusive dinner in a winery cellar? Or a reception among the vines in a historic vineyard? Or an intimate evening spent blending your own custom wine with a notable winemaker? Or even a horseback tour of the fields of grapes? The corporate outings and events are as limitless as the rolling vineyards themselves. In addition to activities at the vineyards you could also plan visits for your business event attendees to some of our country’s finest arts venues, museums and historical attractions.

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Rich in history and culinary traditions, Virginians are creating exclusive festivals celebrating wine, craft beer, spirits, music, art, farm-to-table food, literature, equestrian life and more. Discover the best Virginia wineries, theaters, restaurants and more. Wine festivals, harvest feasts, music at wineries, wine tastings and more are all curated by our Wine & Country editors to ensure you the best possible visit to Virginia Wine Country, Experience the best of wine country with our events and festivals calendar. 

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