Virginia vintners work with Nasa to learn where to grow their grapes

Richmond, Virginia

VIRGINIA'S young and fast-growing wine industry is taking a good look at itself - from outer space.

Using satellite images, Nasa scientists recently mapped vineyards across the commonwealth to take stock of an enterprise that bedeviled Thomas Jefferson and countless fellow Virginians before finally taking root about 40 years ago.

It's an extraterrestrial take on terroir, and winemakers and i…