Gray Ghost Vineyard and Winery
March 29, 2024. After a week of dreary rain in Northern Virginia, the last Friday in March was predicted to be sunny and beckoned us to the wineries for a Good Friday. We drove west from Warrenton on Route 211 leaving both Fauquier and Culpeper counties before coming to Rappahannock County. About halfway between Warrenton and the hamlet of Washington, Virginia, you will find a clutch of wineries around the small crossroads of Amissville. The oldest of these, and in fact the first winery in Rappahannock County, is Gray Ghost Vineyard and Winery where Al and Cheryl Kellert opened shop 1994. One turn off of Route 211 into their driveway is all it takes. Gray Ghost sits on land that was the former campground for the 7 th Virginia Calvary (“Ashby’s Calvary”) after Gettysburg. It is not uncommon in farming their 14 acres of vines to turn up a Civil War artifact or two. Many are on display in the tasting room. The Gray Ghost name is in honor of one of Al Kellert’s rel