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Award winning, French style boutique winery with a passion for producing excellent small-batch wines. We not only produce the familiar, we take you on an adventure with unique varietals like Marquette, Pinot Meunier, La Crescent, Arandell and Cayuga – each with their own shiny award medals.

Our charming tasting room and scenic grounds offer a serene escape just 90 minutes from the DC metro area. Live entertainment twice weekly, imported French cheeses served with a warm baguette, welcoming owners, and friendly, knowledgeable staff – all to make your visit one to remember!

Our peaceful estate sits on 25 acres, so come unwind with a glass of award winning wines from our tasting room, while taking in the beautiful view of our vineyard.

 

Featured Wines

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition 2024 only 2 months in the bottle. WOW.

This is a very special 2023 vintage of barrel reserve wine.     We increased the Oak adding some wonderful blueberry, vanilla, and stewed cherry notes.

 

 

 

                

 

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A beautiful, bold blend –
66% Merlot, 29% Tannat, 14% Cab Franc

This amazing blend is sure to please the palate of the bold red lovers!   Dark Cherry, Pepper, and baking spices, Lovely soft Tannins come through from the Tannat,  from the extended oak aging, Stewed red fruit and black currant on the nose.

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$45.00
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SKU: Mach 2
 

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition only 2 months in the bottle.  WOW!

Black raspberry, blackberry, kirsch, violets cedar.   soft tannins, nice concentration of fruit, dry

 

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Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Compeition only 2 months in the bottle.   Headed for greatness like its previous vintage.  

Marquette 

This wine was reviewd by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding and below are her tasting notes:   
Score 16 (superior) for the sold out vintage of 2022.  Below is her review.

The current 2023 is even better.

Full bottle 1,140 g. This is the first time I have tasted Marquette, a complex hybrid created in 1989 in Minnesota. Aged 9 months in French oak.
Lightish cherry red and vibrant cherry and strawberry fruit on the nose. Just slightly herbal and delicately floral – nicely so. Light-bodied with lively red fruits and very gentle tannins. Fresh and refreshing. A really nice surprise with no really obvious hybrid notes except perhaps at the very end when there is something strawberry like. Excellent freshness on the finish. Juicy and mouth-watering. (JH

GOLD MEDAL WINE !!!!!

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Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Compeition 2024

Silver Medal winner in the 2023 Governor's Cup 

 Silver Medal DENVER International Wine Competition 2023 

Gold Medal and 2nd in the Shenandoah Cup 2023, and in top 7 wines in the Shenandoah Valley.  

This wine was reviewd by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding with the following notes:

Score 16.5 (supeior/distinguished)

Made from Cayuga White (a complex hybrid selected in New York in 1052 and released in 1972), traditional method, aged three years on the lees. Dosage just 2 g/l. pH 3.15.
The citrus, herbal and green-fruits aroma dominates the nose so that the yeasty autolytic character is subtle. It was quite frothy when first poured but settled down in the glass to a fine mousse and a much more obvious toasty character. There's a slight sweet-sour impression on the finish even though the residual sweetness is so low. Packed with fruit but it's in balance with the traditional-method complexity from the yeast lees. Impressive for a hybrid variety, which has benefited from being taken seriously in the winery, with the investment needed for long lees ageing. (JH)

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$57.00
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SKU: 2020 Sparkling Winchester
 

Aromas of citrus, apricot and pineapple. This wine has a beautiful nose, crisp and full of flavor. It's on of the most aromatic wines we have tasted. Very few wines throw some salt, making this wine so perfect with Thai food. The sweet, sour and salt in this wine makes it a perfect pairing. Excellent paired with Thai Beef Salad.  

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$28.00
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SKU: 2019 La Crescent
 

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2022 

  BRONZE MEDAL IN THE 2023 GOVERNOR'S CUP

BRONZE MEDAL IN THE 2022 AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY COMPETITION

Medium intense aroma of green fruit and citrus.  Bright and zesty.   Medium finish.  Fresh nicely balanced.  A very enjoyable wine.

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$32.00
 
SKU: 2021 Cayuga White
 

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2022

Cayuga/Chardonnay we blended this wine with a tad of Chardonnay.  You won't find any over oaking here.

 Vivid and Fresh

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$32.00
 
SKU: 2021 Tous les Jour
 
 

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2022

, Bosc pears, marjoram on the finish, white tea, layered. This wine was late harvested giving it some mouth-feel.  It's a big white wine that really pairs well with Umami.   Umami is a fifth taste that is often described as savory, meaty, or earthy.   We found this wine paired well with Rabbit.

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$36.00
 
SKU: Estate 21 Brix
 

BRONZE MEDAL IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023, 

 SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S CUP 2024

   This is one of our best white wines to date. Think PEACHES. Enjoy this lovely, light, crisp wine, full of aromatics of peaches which follows through with lots of flavor.

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$32.00
 
SKU: Bries Estate 2022
 

Silver Medal Governor's Cup 2024

Soliel d'Ovest Estate 2022 was reviewed by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding. Below are her tasting notes.
Score 16 (superior)
Full screwcapped bottle 1,151 g. Cool fermentation and ageing in stainless steel. This is a cold-hardy hybrid bred in Minnesota in 1988 and released in 2022. This interspecific hybrid includes 45% Vitis vinifera, 28% Vitis riparia, and less than 10% each of Vitis rupestris, Vitis labrusca and Vitis aestivalis.

Intense, ripe tropical fruits on the nose with a hint of roses giving it a floral aspect – smells a little like Gewürztraminer. Ripe on the palate, too, highly scented, with a citrus freshness balancing those tropical fruit flavours and rose-petal notes. Much higher acidity than on a Gewürz, which makes this easy and refreshing. Really nicely made to bring out all the attributes of this variety to give a refreshing yet flavourful white with intensity and surprising length. I can imagine this variety might also be good in a blend as it is quite intense. Not for keeping, though. (Though perhaps I will be proved wrong.) (JH)

 

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$38.00
 
SKU: Soliel d'Ovest Estate 2022
 

91 Points in the American Wine Society Awards 2023

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

This is an "Orange Wine."  What is That? It's a white wine that was fermented on the skins – made like a red wine, but with white grapes. Not many vineyards make orange wines, we thought it would be fun and it turned out wonderfully!  

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$42.00
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SKU: Agathosune 22
 
 

SILVER MEDAL WINE 

Aromoa's of strawberries, elegant, beautiful salmon color, nicely balance and a favorite of guests.   Not sweet at all at .01% RS   This has fruit forward notes but dry.  A excellent wine. 

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$36.00
 
SKU: The Bloom 2022
 

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah cup 2023

2019 was a sell out.  This wine is 50% Tannat and 50% Arandell.   Big and Bold wine that certainly has some nice tannins and structure.   Think cherry, cranberry, and rhubarb.   Intensity is complex.  Beautiful long length.  

 

 

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$49.00
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SKU: 2021 Speed of Sound
 

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Bronze Medal in the Governor's cup 2024

Red Blend –90% Arandell, 10% Petit Verdot  

This latest vintage of our number one selling wine is young and very similar to a Cab Franc at the moment, with a hint of smoke. Very well balanced and drinking very well in its youth. 

                

 

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$45.00
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SKU: 2022 Arandell
 

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Silver Medal in our Governor's cup 2024

If you love Big Red wines, this is a lovely grape that is compared to Cab Sav.   We put a touch of American Oak on it, otherwise it spent it's life in French Oak.   This dry lovely balanced wine is stunning. Earthy, mouth-watering, fruit compote, lingering, and soft.

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$47.00
/ red wine
SKU: Tannat 2021
 
 

 SILVER MEDAL WINNER IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023 

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

 OMG! Our Arandell grapes infused with German Chocolate!!!!!  This wine is a must. Not syrupy but light holding the expression of the red wine only with chocolate. Sweetness without being too sweet.  

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$42.00
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SKU: Chocolate Red
 

This is a wonderful Tannat Port that has aged 3 years in French Oak Barrels

Winner of the best Port-Style wine at the Alantic Seaboard Competition

Gold Medal

Reviewed by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

A port-style made from Tannat grapes purchased from a grower in Shenandoah AVA, from Sherman Ridge Vineyard. pH 3.94, RS 52 g/l. Aged three years in French oak. 
Very dark garnet with smudgy rim. Rich, ripe black fruit but no raisining. Sweet, spicy, the sweetness well balanced by the firm but smooth tannins. Warm from the alcohol and tastes better slightly chilled. There's an attractive savoury side to this port-style wine, slightly leathery, which is a good foil to the sweetness. The tannins build in the mouth. A very good port style, harmonious and sustained. (JH)

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$75.00
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SKU: Stuurboord
 

After tasting this wine (two years on the lees) is any indication of what we have, I'm super excited   It is surpassing the 2020 vintage and with the inclusion of Pinot Meunier in the mix, it has the complexity needed to be the best Sparkling yet.  No Joke!

 

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This is a sweet dessert wine made from Cayuga Grapes. 

Reviewed by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson

Estate-grown Cayuga, a New York hybrid. Fermented in barrel and aged in tank. TA 6.4 g/l, pH 3.45, RS 78 g/l.
Unusual aroma, citrus, slightly grapey, and almost minty. But that is probably because I rarely get to taste this variety. Very sweet with that minty flavour on the palate, a touch of almonds too, and very ripe citrus. Marked by the variety and not heavily marked by the oak. Sweetness well balanced by the acidity. Silky texture, rounded out by the oak, I suspect, and a grapey sweetness on the finish. (JH) 

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$32.00
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SKU: Lief
 
 

We used a german yeast to produce a very unique profile, different than some of the exsisting Traminettes.

Your initial experience will be honey, followed by a hint of floral, and ending with pepper.   A really interesting fun wine.  Lovely color and clarity.   This is a very dry white wine.   This would pair so well with German dishes.   YUM!

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$36.00
/ white
SKU: Traminette
 

Silver Medal in the Alantic Seaboard Competition 2024

Number #1 selling wine!

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$32.00
/ Red
SKU: 500 Chocolate Red
 

SILVER MEDAL WINNER AT THE GOVERNORS CUP  2021

SILVER MEDAL WINNER AT THE GOVERNOR'S CUP 2020

 

This wine is aged almost 3 years on the lees.   We sold out of our first release of this wine.   We have just disgorged the last 800 bottles of this amazing wine.   This will be the last of it.   We are very excited about this wine as the added year and two months of aging has added Brioche aromatics and flavor and tiny mousse like bubbles putting it in a class by itself.   If you like the younger version of this wine, you will love the added age.  

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$52.00
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SKU: SparklingWinchester2017
 

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