Marceline Vineyards
June 25, 2023. We take seriously the recommendations of people we meet at wineries. If, instead of a planned visit to Winery A, we meet someone who enthusiastically touts Winery B, we may change our route and go to the B. After all, the goal is to visit all Virginia wineries. In theory, we’ll get to Winery A eventually. This is how we arrived at Marceline Vineyards. On the recommendation of our new friend, Bicycle Mark, we changed our plans in order to visit Marceline Vineyards instead of other wineries along Cross Keys Road in Mt. Crawford near Harrisonburg. Marceline occupies a large barn with a tasting room on the ground floor and an AirBnB upstairs. First grapes were planted in 2006 and now cover some 22 acres on vine. Marceline supplements with all local fruit from other growers. Susan Pleasant incorporated the winery in 2014 and opened to the drinking public in 2016. I believe that Tim Rausse is the winemaker (Is he Gabriele Rausse’s son?). Unfortunate