The Other Coast is our series on the wine regions of the American East. Each class focuses on a single state or region, covers the grapes and styles worth knowing, and unpacks why the eastern half of the country is one of the most underrated stories in American wine.
No background required. Come curious.
While Virginia's established producers were building the state's classical reputation, a newer wave of winemakers has been quietly redrawing the map. Growers working with hybrid grapes suited to the mid-Atlantic climate. Producers leaning into minimal-intervention winemaking, skin-contact whites, and the kind of experimental cuvées that used to only come out of Europe. The energy is real, and the wines are getting attention well beyond state lines.
We taste through this newer wave and cover what makes their approach different. Which grapes are showing up on labels most drinkers have never seen. Which techniques are shaping the wines in the glass. And why Virginia has become one of the most interesting places in the country to watch the next chapter of American wine unfold.