Hazy Mountain Vineyard and Brewery
July 9, 2022. On a recommendation from Jimmy at Pippin Hill, we changed our trip itinerary to visit Hazy Mountain Vineyard and Brewery in Afton. According to Jimmy, Pippin Hill’s chief competitor in the Charlottesville wedding venue market is Hazy Mountain. We came to Hazy Mountain in a morning fog that announced a drizzly day in store. Our first impression driving up the steep paved entry road was of ascending into a cloud surrounded on both sides by newly planted vines. It is in fact a rise in elevation from 800 feet to 1140 feet in a short distance. At the top of Turks Mountain, you find perhaps the largest parking lot in our experience for any Virginia winery, clean and newly lined. Adjacent to the parking lot are two large event buildings: a 7,200 square foot three-story tasting room, and a separate 9,000 square foot events venue down the hill. When we visited, the mountain was fogged over. We couldn’t see the valley floor from the top. I understand that behind