Fox Meadow Vineyard and Winery
September 23, 2025. Imagine you are on a curvy country road. Forest all around. You are ascending. You know you are ascending by the push of your body into the back of your seat, by the strain of the car engine on the hillside, and eventually by the pop in your ears from the altitude. You are in west Fauquier County near the town of Linden. Soon you emerge from the forest and immediately recognize the regimented rows of a vineyard. You are at Fox Meadow Vineyard and Winery. Park your car above the tasting room, and you may see all different shades of blue and mist as you look back across a range from the top of Blue Mountain. There is teal in the foreground, azure for the far mountains, and haint blue for the sky. Fox Meadow began in 2003 with Dan and Cheryl Mortland as owners and Tom Payette as the esteemed consulting winemaker. Fox Meadow had great success in the early 2010’s, winning best red wine at the 2011 V...