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How dare he?\u00a0Because he\u2019s Francis Ford Coppola. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The master movie storyteller is spinning another tale, this one of Virginia Dare, the first white child born of English descent in what would become the United States, in 1587. He\u2019s artfully doing it through wine, and in a way only FFC can.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1835, a winery opened on Roanoke Island in North Carolina. It produced a range of wines, including Virginia Dare, made from Scuppernong grapes that grew wild throughout the South. The wines were sweet and had an oddly pungent aroma that wouldn\u2019t sell in California today, yet they were immensely popular until Prohibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The brand was sold several times, and eventually abandoned in 2011. Coppola scooped it up and began telling Virginia Dare\u2019s \u201cstory\u201d via four wines released in 2014: The White Doe (Chenin Blanc and Viognier), Manteo (red blend), Two Arrowheads (Viognier and Roussanne) and<\/span> The Lost Colony (Malbec and Syrah), each with a Colonial-era story behind it.<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later, Coppola fessed up that the wines were made at the former Geyser Peak Winery in Geyserville, which he purchased in 2013. He renamed the place Virginia Dare Winery, without any connective tissue to North Carolina, Scuppernong or Virginia herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coppola’s Virginia Dare Winery in Geyserville. (facebook.com\/VirginiaDareWinery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe myth of Virginia Dare always intrigued me, and as a child I remember the wine because of the pretty blond girl on the label and the \u2018Say it again, Virginia Dare\u2019 jingle they used to advertise on the radio,\u201d Coppola said. \u201cMy goal is to revive the brand so that it isn\u2019t lost to future generations.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, the flagship wines are the 2014 Russian River Valley Chardonnay and 2014 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (both $25), tasty and made more cheerful by the smiling face of Virginia on the label. She likely died at a very young age, but hey, that\u2019s moviemaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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