Effingham Manor Winery
June 11, 2022. Despite forecasts of persistent rain, we ventured out to Effingham Manor Winery in Nokesville. As we sat and had a tasting, and then a bottle or two, the sun peaked out timidly at first then gloriously full bore. Effingham is a child of Pearmund Vineyards and Winery in Broad Run and a sister winery to Vint Hill. Reportedly managing director Chris Pearmund wanted a property closer to the Washington DC market. He and his investor group settled on the 16 acres that includes the 1767 Effingham Manor and outbuildings. He formed Effingham Manor LLC in 2015 but had to overcome a lawsuit by neighboring homeowners in the Alexander Lakes subdivision. They claimed that the use of the access road to the winery violated the homeowner’s association rules against commercial use. In 2017, a Prince William County Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of the winery and it opened. The two principal buildings on the estate are the 1767 Manor House, a two story five-bay, Tid