As owner of the Oakencroft Farm, Amy Griffin leads a Central Virginia producer of juices crafted from premium grape varieties. A 2012-2013 article in the Charlottesville, Virginia, newspaper The Daily Progress details Amy Griffin and her husband John’s journey in purchasing the 14-acre Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery in 2009 and transforming it into a child-friendly, artisan grape juice producer.

2.  As owner of the Oakencroft Farm, Amy Griffin
leads a Central Virginia producer of juices
crafted from premium grape varieties. A 2012-
2013 article in the Charlottesville, Virginia,
newspaper The Daily Progress details Amy
Griffin and her husband John’s journey in
purchasing the 14-acre Oakencroft Vineyard
and Winery in 2009 and transforming it into a
child-friendly, artisan grape juice producer.
The juice Oakencroft Farm produces comes
from the same types of grapes that are used in
wines, but the fermentation step is eliminated.

3.  Instead, the freshly pressed juice is pasteurized
and bottled on-site, ensuring integrity of the
final product. Creating an ideal taste balance
involves harvesting grapes before they are fully
ripe. This is in contrast with wine grapes, which
are traditionally harvested when the sugar
content is at its highest. In order to reduce the
sweetness even more, water and natural citric
acid are added to the juice prior to bottling.
The results have been positive, with the
product receiving warm reviews at tasting
events such as the Monticello wine festival.