Crimson Lane Vineyards
March 9, 2023. On a tip from one of our wine tasting colleagues, Kim and I celebrated our 140 th Virginia winery by driving out to the brand-new Crimson Lane Vineyards in Linden, VA. The winery sits on a majestic ridge overlooking acres of red wine grape vines sloping down with a view across Interstate 66 and the Manassas Gap. Sometimes the view from the tasting room will be obscured by clouds below. The approach to the tasting room is up and down fairly precipitous rolling gravel roads. Tom and Deanna Herrity purchased the land at Crimson Lane Farm in 2014, planted their first vines in 2016 under the guidance of Lucie Morton and Steve Blias, and had their first vintage in the disastrous harvest of 2018. In spite of that rain-drenched season, Crimson Lane managed to produce some good wine, as we’ll discuss shortly. The winery opened to the public just a week before our visit in March 2023. Being so new, they don’t have figures yet on average case production and don’t