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A small production, boutique winery owned and operated by a devoted husband and wife team. Granite Heights has 12 acres of vines set in a pastoral setting off Opal Road, south of Warrenton, on a 168-acre farm. Our tasting room is in a 19th-century farmhouse with intimate “sit down” tastings which offers an unhurried and friendly atmosphere in which to enjoy our award-winning wines.

Granite Heights winery is a state-of-the-art production facility that specializes in small batch production of high-quality wines (award-winning Bordeaux style reds, 100% Red Varietals, Petit Manseng, Chardonnay, and port-style wines). Most of the vines are French certified ENTAV clones planted in high-density fashion and our wines are produced on site. We have already been recognized by the Washington Post and other wine reviewers for our high-quality wines.

We focus only on the wines and let the wines speak for themselves.

Our wines are simple and pure. The magic each grape contains is bursting with a flavor of its own. We want to allow that flavor to come through. By doing so we tend not to blend and allow the grape to just be what it is each year based on the soil, the weather, the tender loving care each vine receives throughout the year.

Wineworks Extended is a new tasting room experience close to downtown Charlottesville . This "warehouse" site is an extension of the Michael Shaps winery, where the wine comes to be bottled and stored.