Calling all Geezers: What WERE Virginia Dare Wines (NY State?)?

[Thomas]

All true, as legends go, plus the Garrett Winery was also located on Keuka Lake (the building still stands and is ready to become condominia). On Keuka there are no scuppernongs, which are from a grape species separate from the NY kind, so Garrett used other grapes for this version.

Perhaps Garret expanded his interests thanks to Virginia Dare.

Georgie, that information about Garrett being the only winery ready for production after Prohibition is wrong. Across the country a few wineries stayed alive by producing sacramental wine and grape juice. When Prohibition ended, all of them were ready to resume operations. In California Christian Brothers was among them; in NY Taylor/Great Western, and about three more were among them; in Ohio there was one or two; in the South there were a few.