Map of Virginia Winery and Vineyards

Gauthier Vineyard is located on our 110-acre Fair Winds family farm in beautiful New Kent County. We are a new winery with our first offerings in 2014. Also on the farm is another family operation - Hensley Show Horses – a world class equestrian center complete with a barn full of champions. Local relic hunters have validated this land’s service as a Civil War encampment for both Union and Confederate forces during the lengthy Peninsula Campaign.

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.