Pearmund Cellars June 2021
Pearmund Cellars Kim and I traveled to Pearmund Cellars in Broad Run for an afternoon visit. We met Chris Pearmund and his first wife, Beryl, who runs the Broad Run facility. Beryl and I had a nice talk about English Premier League football – she is a Brighton fan, while I support Crystal Palace. She likes seagulls; I like eagles. Chris Pearmund is founder, winemaker, and managing partner at Pearmund as well as managing partner at Vint Hill Craft Winery and Effingham Winery. He has a family connection with the new Sunrise Ridge Winery in Gainesville. He is also a mentor to dozens of wineries in Virginia, among them Paradise Spring and the Winery at La Grange. Chris large and gregarious; a hail fellow, well met. Chris bought the former Meriwether Vineyard in 1996 and began operating Pearmund in 2002 making it the 47 th winery in Virginia, according to the Pearmund website. The Broad Run facility features some of the oldest Chardonnay vines in the Commonwealth.