Virginia wines seeking China market opportunity

There's a new all-time high for sales of Virginia wine. Wineries are now a $350 million business in the state with sales up 11.4 percent in 2011. There are now about 200 wineries, compared to 120 in 2005. 

Virginia has done some extensive marketing of local wine overseas including China, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. But Triplett says the majority of local sales still go to tourists. 

Wine brought in more than $1.8 million in sales tax revenue for the state in fiscal 2011 and the industry now employs more than 3,000 people. 

Virginia wineries sold 462,112 cases of wine in the last year, an all time high.