Little Washington Winery

skyline Tasting Trail

Eighteen premiere Winery, Brewery, Distillery, Cidery & Chocolate Tasting Rooms dot the Rappahannock landscape. The Skyline Tasting Trail is the prettiest tasting trail in Virginia. Rappahannock is nicknamed Sonoma of the South by Virginia Living Magazine and Sonoma East by the Washington Post. The award-winning tasting rooms here are loaded with world-class wine, good food options, friendly crews and spectacular Blue Ridge mountain views. Take I-66 to Gainesville exit 43A then to Warrenton. Skyline Tasting Trail starts about 40 minutes west of Washington D.C. on Route 211 just west of Warrenton. Follow the signs to Shenandoah National Park. The Tasting Rooms are in driving order (mostly) — East to West on Route 211 and on your cell phone.

““Getting there is half the fun!” ”

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**Magnolia Vineyards**
**200 Viewtown Road in Amissville**
Magnolia Vineyards, located in scenic Amissville is Virgina's 251st Winery! Escape the madness to Magnolia Vineyards! No stress, no pressure, just magnificent wines and views. This family-run boutique vineyard and winery makes small lots of mostly Bordeaux varietals, located in Amissville, just off scenic Route 211. Relax in the tasting room or on the covered porch, beautiful deck, or surrounding grounds. warm and welcoming hospitality, quiet country peace, great mountain views.

**Gray Ghost Winery**
**14706 Lee Highway in Amissville**
Gray Ghost Winery started it all for the premier Skyline Tasting Trail as the first winery to take root along scenic Route 211. Al and Cheryl Kellert planted their first vines in 1986. The Kellerts were early pioneers and carried leadership roles in the burgeoning Virginia wine industry. This family owned winery is placing Virginia on the international wine map. Gray Ghost has been named "Best of the East" by Vineyard and Winery Management Magazine four consecutive years!

**Narmada Winery**
**43 Narmada Lane in Amissville**
A long-standing dream to own a vineyard began to take shape over a 29th anniversary dinner at the Inn at Little Washington. Along the pastoral drive to dinner, Pandit and Sudha Patil discovered the perfect gently rolling piece of land on which to build their dream! The planting of their first vineyards was planned right there over dinner. With a focus to create graceful wines that are the highest possible quality, Narmada has more than 40 gold medals in national & international competitions.

**Wine Loves Chocolate**
**353 Main Street in Little Washington**
Named the best retail wine shop in Virginia, this tiny urban tasting room has proven, against the odds, once and for all, that wine does indeed go with chocolate ... if you do it right! Walk right in to do the Choco-Vino challenge. While tasting 4 of the most incredible wines and 4 crazy amazing small batch artisan truffles you’ll learn how to get a perfect pairing every time! This is the ultimate adventure tasting room. DIY truffle bar. The truffle domes are loaded … truffle boxes are empty - GO.

**Gadino Cellars**
**92 School House Road in Little Washington**
Piacere!” – We are pleased to meet you. Bill and Aleta are the founding owners of Gadino Cellars. Their grandfathers immigrated from Italy in the early 1900’s. The love of a glass of wine was instilled in this duo at an early age. Needless to say, technology has come a long way since those days! Those rustic and often robust wines—and the passion and home-grown skill that infused them—are an essential part of the wine making philosophy. Watch out - Bill serenades guests with a mean accordian!

**Little Washington Winery**
**65 Clark Lane in Little Washington**
Little Washington Winery sits right in the sweet spot of Virginia Wine Country, 1200 feet in elevation on the sunrise side of SNP. Carl & Donna Henrickson became obsessed with their wine making hobby and said “jump” in 2010! This duo moved from Big Washington to Little Washington to get the perfect Southeast facing slope. 15 years later they produce 11 artisan wines & 10 craft beers & try to keep up with George, their Bordeaux style masterpiece named #1 red wine in VA, Meet Virginia Viognier named best Viognier in VA, & Shenandoah Steel named #3 white in VA. The Dirt Road Wine Academy here teaches 25 wine ed classes. Their Dirt Road Wine Club is named the best wine club in Virginia.

**Skyline-Brewing**
**72 Christmas Tree Lane in Little Washington**
You are now free to enjoy both Beer and Wine in one tasting room! We love Nano brew! Nano is the key to truly distinctive craft beer. With a maximum capacity of 35 gallons per batch, the glory of the nano brew style is every brew day is a totally new craft beer experiment. Carl and Jeff throw all sorts of wacky stuff in the kettles to see what comes out! If it’s good, they keep fine-tuning it. If not, it goes down the drain. A nano system is small enough to debut new suds every week!

**Quievremont Winery**
**162 Gid Brown Hollow in Little Washington**
Located roughly an hour's drive from Washington, D.C. in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in bucolic Rappahannock County, Quièvremont Vineyard & Winery sits in the midst of the burgeoning Virginia wine industry. Constructed in 2016 and opened in 2017, Quievremont Winery's tasting facility and winery provide a scenic location in which to explore wines and winemaking practices. A visit to Quièvremont is a unique experience focused on memorable and classic wines at Reality Farm.

**Veditz & Co. Brewing**
**7G River Lane in Sperryville**
Veditz & Co. Brewery is an intimate brewery on the water in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County, where we celebrate great beer and honor Deaf culture. Veditz offers a variety of American-style beers and something more — a sense of inclusion. In addition to producing craft beer, Veditz works to advocate for the deaf community. The name Veditz is in honor of George Veditz, known for his efforts to promote the value and preservation of sign language.

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**Copper Fox Distillery**
**9 River Lane in Sperryville**
The story of Copper Fox Distillery begins many years ago with how much owner Rick Wasmund loved the smell of burning wood. Rick’s discovery that he wanted something that did not exist, and the revelation that he could make a great American Single Malt Whisky struck a cord! Spirits at Copper Fox Distillery focus on the flavoring of the malt using the smoke of selected, smoldering fruit woods, and hand-cut, toasted fruit wood that add a range of natural flavors in the maturation process.

**Pen Druid Fermentation**
**3863 Sperryville Pike in Sperryville**
Pen Druid Fermentation is a 27-acre permaculture operation at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Brothers Lain, Van and Jennings Carney started Pen Druid in 2015 with Jonathan Staples after touring North America and Europe in the psych-rock band Pontiak. Pen Druid focuses on native yeast and spontaneous fermentation of beer using traditional methods employed in Belgium and Germany with the use of a coolship and a wood-fired brewhouse.

**Hopkins Ordinary Ale Works**
**47 Main Street in Sperryville**
Hopkins Ordinary Ale Works is proud to brew small batch craft beer in the cellar of Hopkins Ordinary Bed and Breakfast. Small batch craft beer is made using local barley malted by neighbors at Copper Fox Distillery. All Ale Works beers are unfiltered and contain no artificial preservatives. Local, seasonal ingredients such as hops, honey, fruit, and herbs are infused using a one-barrel brewhouse, Hopkins makes a variety of beers over the course of the year.

**Apple Atcha Cider**
**3 Josh Ben Lane in Sperryville**
The old Estes Mill has been renovated and in it's new addition Apple Atcha Cider, heirloom apples are pressed to ferment cider. One may enjoy several flavors of cider in the stone-walled downstairs of this old mill. The second floor of the mill is home of the new historically important dulcimer museum, which houses a world-renowned collection of instruments and artifacts. Watch this site for special evening music and food events with artists happen here.

**Sharp Rock Vineyards**
**5 Sharp Rock Road South of Sperryville**
Sharp Rock Farm was established in the late 1700’s as a working family farm and it continues that tradition today with vineyards, winery, and Bed & Breakfast cottages. The first vineyards were planted in 1992 consisting of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc with additions soon after of Merlot, Malbec, and Sauvignon Blanc. More recently, plantings of Petit Verdot and Vidal were added. It is from these eight varietals that twelve estate wines are handcrafted.

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