Glass House Winery
October 27, 2023. We used to drop-in on wineries with no advance notice and no thought about writing articles about them. This blog has changed some of our approach, but its nice to feel that we can shift our travel plans as the spirit moves us. We found ourselves leaving Hark Vineyards in the early afternoon and found out that we were just minutes away from Glass House Winery in Free Union. So, we added on a short stop to the itinerary. We last visited Glass House several years ago when it was owned by Jeff and Michelle Sanders. They sold the operation to their friend Jay Smith in 2020, and we were interested to see if things had changed. [This post will lack some of the details we normally cover because the the lone staffer on the bar was busy serving several parties.] The Sanders' founded Glass House in 2010 and have produced mostly estate-grown wines from their 15 acres under vine. Their haul of awards from the Virginia Governor’s Cup competition has been mo