Gadino Cellars
December 13, 2024. On a cold winter’s day by the fireplace at Gadino Cellars, you can contemplate the old photographs of Bill Gadino’s grandparents who brought along their love of fresh local wines when they immigrated from Italy. Gadino Cellars south of Washington in Rappahannock County carries on an Italian wine making tradition. To get to Gadino Cellars, turn from Route 211 onto School House Road as the winery is tucked away behind the elementary school. We met Bill, a short older farmer with disheveled white hair under his Washington Redskins toque. He was headed to work in the cellar, sporting a cane and his week-old surgical hip. The work never stops for these owners. ...