Last weekend, my wine club group visited some wineries in Virginia. Although I’ve lived in D.C. more than three years now, this was my first trip to Virginia wine country.
We had coupons for a wine tasting with cheese plates and sangria at a tiny startup winery outside Delaplane, Va. And Capitol Vineyards was great! All eight of us sat around a table outside with grapes growing around us and tasted wine and chatted. We were there much longer than I anticipated, but we had a great time.
We had seen signs for many other vineyards on the way, so we picked one and stopped at Three Fox Vineyards. Here we had what I consider a more traditional tasting of going through the wines (and less chatting among ourselves). It was a beautiful vineyard with lots of great space for picnics and would be a wonderful place to spend a Saturday and drink some wine.
Before heading home, we stopped for some food at Hunter’s Head Tavern in Upperville, Va. We had some delicious food and sat on the beautiful patio. By the end of the day, I was quite sunburned.
