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Move over Napa Valley, Northern Virginia is now wine country – WTOP News
Northern Virginia was named America’s next great wine region in The Wall Street Journal. So what makes up the success of the area’s wineries?
WTOP’s Jimmy Alexander spoke with wine expert and columnist Dave McIntyre about how Northern Virginia is becoming the country’s next big wine region.
If world-renowned winemaker Robert Mondavi was right when he said that “making good wine is a skill; making fine wine is an art,” then there must be a lot of artists in Virginia.
Northern Virginia was named America’s next great wine region by The Wall Street Journal’s wine columnist Lettie Teague.
“What’s special is that it’s here,” said wine expert Dave McIntyre. “We don’t say ‘I’m going to wine country’ and get on a plane and fly to San Francisco like we did 20 or 30 years ago when I got started into wine.”
The wine columnist for The Washington Post told WTOP that a trip to wine country used to mean heading out to Sonoma or Napa in California.
“Now it means Loudoun, Charlottesville or Front Royal,” said McIntyre. “It’s really a great experience to be able to take a day and go visit two or three wineries. You might meet the actual winemaker, you’ll learn something, taste something that you’ve never tried before and you’ll probably have a great time.”
The reason Virginia wines are getting better, according to McIntyre, comes from the fact the winemakers now have more experience.
“They’re finding a site to grow wine, rather than having land and (saying) ‘What should we do with it? Let’s grow grapes,’” explained McIntyre. “So they’re growing them in better places.”
McIntyre also believes the area’s winemakers now have a better idea of which grapes perform better and ripen better in Virginia’s climate.
Two other factors that add to why area wine is getting better, McIntyre said, is the support it’s received from the state of Virginia and marketing.
“It’s gotten notoriety around in food magazines and wine magazines. Some very influential writers from London have come and visited Virginia and written about the wines,” said McIntyre. “I think all of that has helped.”
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Virginia Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Night results for May 5, 2026
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
The Virginia Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 5, 2026, results for each game:
Mega Millions
Mega Millions drawings take place every week on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.
12-22-50-51-55, Mega Ball: 10
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 3
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 7-9-6, FB: 8
Day: 5-3-5, FB: 9
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 1-3-3-1, FB: 0
Day: 4-7-2-7, FB: 6
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.
Night: 8-4-0-4-0, FB: 2
Day: 1-7-6-6-7, FB: 5
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Cash Pop
Drawing times: Coffee Break 9 a.m.; Lunch Break 12 p.m.; Rush Hour 5 p.m.; Prime Time 9 p.m.; After Hours 11:59 p.m.
Coffee Break: 02
After Hours: 03
Prime Time: 04
Rush Hour: 13
Lunch Break: 01
Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.
Cash 5
Drawing every day at 11 p.m.
30-31-37-39-42
Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawing everyday at 11:15 p.m.
14-20-23-30-55, Bonus: 02
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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Three Takeaways From Virginia Tech Baseball’s Series Win Vs Cal
Berkley, CA — Virginia Tech won their third consecutive ACC series and have won 9 of their last 12 matchups on the diamond. Despite dropping game three in 9-4 fashion, the Hokies needed this series win and got it, putting themselves firmly on the bubble this week.
There’s plenty of takeaways from the series, so here’s my top three.
No. 1: The Hokies are peaking at the right time
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column on what the Hokies would need to do to put themselves in position on the bubble, and they have followed that blueprint to a tee.
I stated that the Hokies would need a 15-4 run going down the stretch, and they’re within striking distance, needing to go 6-1 from here on out with four games against non-conference opponents.
They couldn’t afford another series loss in conference, and they haven’t taken one.
With that run, the Hokies — who sat outside of the top 45 — have moved themselves up to 36th in RPI — a firm bubble position — with a three big ACC games remaining and four must-win non-conference games.
No. 2: Brett Renfrow has found it
What is ‘it’ exactly? Well, he’s the only one that knows.
Over Brett Renfrow’s first two starts in the month of April against Miami and Boston College, he surrendered 12 runs in 11 innings, striking out 10 batters and hurling over 200 pitches in the short time span.
Since then, he’s arguably been the best pitcher in the conference. In his recent three starts, Renfrow has allowed the following statline:
21.0 IP
3 ER
10 H
6 BB
27 K
Those numbers bring an ERA of 1.29 and a K/9 of 11.57.
For those of you who are familiar with the K%-BB% stat, Renfrow’s is sitting at 25.9%. For context, Tarik Skubal — who won the AL Cy Young last year — had a rate of 27.8%.
Brett Renfrow getting back to those strong, consistent starts that we’ve seen in the past is something that Virginia Tech desperately needed from it’s ace, and it will be crucial for the Hokies down the stretch.
No. 3: The Bullpen has been much more consistent
Earlier this season, the Virginia Tech bullpen had a huge issue with blowing leads and losing games.
Against Cal, the Virginia Tech bullpen surrendered just a pair of runs in 10 innings of work.
The highlight of the bullpen as of late has been Chase Swift, who hasn’t given up a run since March 3rd against Marshall. He’s made nine appearances in that time and has posted the following stat-line:
13.1 IP
0 ER
4 H
6 BB
18 K
Much like with Renfrow, consistency from the Virginia Tech bullpen is going to be key down the stretch, and the Hokies are headed in the right direction.
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West Virginia Lottery results: See winning numbers for Powerball, Lotto America on May 4, 2026
The results are in for the West Virginia Lottery’s draw games on Monday, May 4, 2026.
Here’s a look at winning numbers for each game on May 4.
Winning Powerball numbers from May 4 drawing
30-36-42-60-63, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Lotto America numbers from May 4 drawing
09-10-12-50-52, Star Ball: 03, ASB: 03
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Daily 3 numbers from May 4 drawing
3-7-6
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Winning Daily 4 numbers from May 4 drawing
4-6-8-6
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Winning Cash 25 numbers from May 4 drawing
02-03-09-10-20-21
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When are the West Virginia Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 11 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:59 p.m. ET Tuesday and Friday.
- Lotto America: 10:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Daily 3, 4: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday.
- Cash 25: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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