Wine Tasting

Noon-2pm on Saturday and Sunday

A long, scenic road winding into the hollow finishes on a hilltop overlooking our vineyard. Off the beaten path and well worth the drive. Taste the wines and then relax on the veranda with a couple bottles. Dog friendly. Picnic friendly.

• Tables outside on covered porch, and lawn space is plentiful. The lower lawn contains a few Adirondack chairs and picnic tables and loads of grass for your own blankets or camping chairs.
• Groups of all sizes are welcome. For large groups, please email or call in advance so our staff can better serve you.
• We offer bar tastings and tasting flights, as well as bottles and glasses of wine and sangria (when it’s warm).
• You are welcome to bring food and (non-alcoholic) beverages. We just ask that you clean up after yourselves. Open-top trashcans will be spaced throughout.
• Leashed dogs are welcome! Don’t forget to bring snacks and water for your pups.
• Supervised children are welcome. Please bring your well-behaved littles and keep them supervised at all times.  We have a large lower lawn on which they can run themselves tired. ​

After moving to Charlottesville from Houston, Texas, in 1995, we purchased the original 327 acre farm in 1996. In late 1998, a young man named Tom Vandenberg, knocked on our door and asked if he could lease ten acres for a vineyard. Sparked by his curiosity and research, we did our homework, and soon hired a vineyard consultant. A nursery in California had a few extra vines, so six months of hard work later, our first eight acres of vines had been planted.Initially the plan was to simply sell the fruit, but in the interest of learning as much as possible, we decided to make wine with a portion of the harvest and sell the rest. 480 cases in 2000 became 1,050 cases by 2001, and it all sold! After a quick visit to California for ideas, we designed our winery on the back of a napkin and by October 1, 2002 opened our real, honest-to-goodness winery. Since then both the vineyard and the business have grown.

Mother's Day Mini-Sessions

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