Wineries Visited

DF- Dog Friendly

Wineries Visited with Dad
  • Desert Rose - DF and totally recommend
  • Chester Gap - DF, not good wines
  • Winding Road - DF and recommend
  • Chrysalis - DF with a beautiful new tasting room and recommended
  • Quattro Goomba's
  • Gadino - DF but not in tasting room
  • Barrel Oak - DF with dogs being the focus
  • Aspen Dale - DF and love! Tasting comes with cheese tasting tray too
  • Vintage Ridge
  • Hidden Brook
  • Lost Creek
  • Blenheim - DF in Charlottesville-recommend
  • Veritas - DF outside only, in Charlottesville
  • Cobbler Mountain Cellars- wine and cider tastings. Dogs allowed inside
  • Blue Valley Vineyard- huge indoor tasting room, nice outdoor space, good wines. Dogs allowed outside
  • Breaux Winery- Small tasting room where dogs are allowed. Huge winery (think Napa big). Good wines, great outdoor atmosphere
  • Hillsborough- Sit down for tasting, Cute outdoor area, dogs allowed outside, great bruschetta
  • Hunter's Run Wine Barn- they turned barn into tasting room, Good wines, dogs allowed outside


Wineries Visited with Friends (not Dad)
  • Narmada (interesting Indian focus--good)
  • Gray Ghost
  • Unicorn (nice pond to drink near)
  • Fox Meadow
  • Winery at La Grange
  • Pearmund
  • Molon Lave
  • Bull Run
  • Marterella- DF on patio
  • Tarara
  • Potomac Point
  • Sharp Rock - base of Old Rag hike-perfect way to end day
  • Ducard Vineyard- near White Oak Canyon hike
  • Willowcroft
  • Cana
  • Sterling Vineyard (Napa area) - nice views, just ok wine
  • Rutherford Hill (Napa area)- loved!
  • Tudol Winery (Napa area)- small but really enjoyed, great Rose
  • David Fulton Winery (Napa area) - I wouldn't go back
  • Chimney Rock (Napa area)
  • Stag's Leap (Napa area) - great and expensive reds
  • Revolver Winery (Napa area)- not a big fan but close to food
  • Korbel Winery (Sonoma area)- they have wine too
  • Thomas George winery (Sonoma area) - loved with nice wine cave
  • Porter Creek (Sonoma area) - cute small winery
  • Sugarloaf Mountain Winery- DF outside. Nice winery and perfect after hike
  • Green Hill Winery - good wines, great place to hang out but $14 tastings
  • Boxwood winery - all red wines, super modern look, not friendly
  • 50 West - cute winery, wines from sunset hills currently
  • Stone Tower- expensive tasting at $15 for 6 wines but cute place and dog friendly inside
  • 8 Chains- cute winery that is dog friendly inside and actually has dog park
  • Crushed Cellars- small winery but good wines and service. Dogs allowed inside
  • Arterra- really enjoyed their wines. Cute winery. Dogs not allowed 
  • Magnolia- Enjoyed the wines. They allowed Callie into the tasting room and had a nice outdoor area.
  • Grace Estates- in Charlottesville, DF winery with amazing views. Wines were also good
  • Sunset Hills- beautiful winery with good wines
  • Vint Hill- Nice tasting room in a cute town. Brewery located right next door.