Come experience the magic of Upper Shirley Vineyards, a one-of-a-kind estate, winery, restaurant and wedding venue perched above one of the most scenic bends on the James River. Here in Tidewater Virginia the hours unspool at a more gracious pace. Senses awaken, and stress melts away, leaving you space for more meaningful connections with friends and family.

30 minutes from downtown Richmond, and 35 minutes from Williamsburg, located just off Route 5 and the Capital Bike Trail, Upper Shirley Vineyards is ensconced in a rural wonderland. The estate boasts history and scenic beauty on an epic scale and an embarrassment of culinary riches—bottomland produce, fresh-caught seafood—and world-class wines made from our own estate-grown grapes. 

King Family Vineyards is a family owned and operated winery located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Crozet, Virginia just fifteen minutes from Charlottesville. The winery specializes in the production of ultra-premium wines that showcase the remarkable quality and terroir of the Monticello AVA. Beginning with carefully selected estate grapes, winemaker Matthieu Finot creates wines inspired by the old world, but are uniquely expressive of Virginia.

Our passion is the customer, our craft is the wine.

"When you visit our tasting room, you are coming to our home.  We hope you enjoy the fruits of our labor as much as we enjoy sharing them with you." -The King Family

Founded in 2015, Valley Road Vineyard has already garnered a reputation for Great Wine, Great People, and Great Place. With a gold medal-winning, Petit Verdot in the Virginia Governor's Case in its first year, Valley Road has gone on to receive medals for its Viognier and Meritage varietals -- plus rave reviews from visitors for its blends, sparkling wines and rosé. Located at the north end of Route 151, just south of Route 250 in Albemarle County, Valley Road Vineyards serves as the gateway to the Nelson 151 corridor and its beautiful Blue Ridge vistas.

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.

We are very excited to share with your our 2022 wines.   This years was the first year we made a sweeter wine.   Our Chocolate wine was a huge hit at our apple blossome festival and contineues to be our number one selling wine.   Come try our new "Bries" wine with stone fruits.   You won't want to miss trying this one.  We carry Sparkling wines, Champagnes, Rose, Dry and some sweet wines.   Enjoy our covered area "the grotto pavilion" or sit outside on our tree covered patio or have a picnic on our lawn.   Please view our policies before you visit 

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