Wisteria, the Vineyard Next Door

It’s been a nice surprise to discover how much fun it is to have a working vineyard so close – with Wisteria Farm and Vineyards only about 2 miles from the Hawksbill Cabin, visiting Moussa and Sue has become one of our must-do’s whenever we have guests. And so it was with Kathy, Brendan and Howser last weekend.


The vineyard has added a regular outdoor music and tasting evening on their deck. The next one is August 14, with local duet FriknFrak. There’s a bluegrass event coming up too.

Brendan and I enjoyed a tasting inside while Kathy and Mary took Howser out on an adventure. The dog wasn’t very interested in the chickens that wander freely around the farm, crossing right in front of him to get safely back inside the barnyard fence. But he did keep his nose to the ground whenever they walked through the sheep areas! The sheep kept pretty far away in another pasture.

Since our last visit, Sue tells me they’ve had two more lambs, in addition to Blackie, who was born in May. And there were young chickens peeping around the barnyard this time – so it’s a pretty happy and productive place.

After the tasting and adventure around the barn, we took a walk out back through the vines. Hawksbill Creek borders the rear of their farm, to the south. After the walk through the fields, Brendan took Howser into the water for a wade to cool off. Then we made our way back to the tasting room.

To go with the dinner I planned, I picked up bottles of the Norton, the red made from Virginia indigenous grapes, Traminette, and the surprising steel tank Chardonnay.

Be sure and check out the vineyards web page at http://www.wisteriavineyard.com/5401.html . The blog and scrapbook have photos of the vineyard and the barnyard animals, as well as the four delightful farm dogs.