Good Luck Cellars
June 22, 2024. About a five minute drive from the center of Kilmarnock, you will arrive at Good Luck Cellars, a winery and vineyard that has had its share of bad luck in its fairly short history. Paul and Katie Krop came to this site and incorporated the business in 2004. Previous owners had stripped all of the topsoil from the land in furtherance of a gravel and sand dredging operation. It was also a well-known dump for abandoned vehicles and farm equipment. Hillsides that now spot vines had to be reclaimed from those extreme depredations, cleaned-up, and reconstituted.. The Krop’s planted their first vines in 2005 and opened for business in 2011. They had a going vineyard by the time the disastrous 2018 Virginia vintage drenched the state and ruined the harvest. Then came Pandemic time. Even though the winery was allowed to operate with its ample open spaces, a tornado took the roof off of the tasting room. Insurance money repaired the roof and funded a beauti