But Virginia is now the second - largest wine producer by volume in the American South , after Kentucky .
Virginia has hot humid summers that can be challenging to viticulture , and only within the last twenty years has the industry developed beyond novelty status .
Virginia is now the second - largest wine producer by volume in the American South , after Kentucky .
Virginia has hot humid summers that can be challenging to viticulture , and only within the last twenty years has the industry developed beyond novelty status .