Jacey Vineyards
June 22, 2024. Crossing from Lancaster County into Northumberland County, we continued our travels with a stop at Jacey Vineyards near the community of Wicomico Church. The vineyard, winery and restaurant are the projects of Dr. Robert Jacey, noted ophthalmologist who has his practice in the Northern Neck. We spent much of the afternoon in the coolness of the restaurant with Dr. Jacey and the financial manager of the operation Tommy Byrne, enjoying the wine and Tommy’s custom-made white Sangria’s. Dr. Jacey is the owner, vineyard manager and winemaker, all on one. He started his vineyard with Vidal Blanc, Petit Verdot and Zinfandel in 2004 and had his first vintage in 2010. At this point, Dr. Jacey has 6-7 acres under vine and produces 4,500 to 5,000 cases of wine per year, all it estate-grown. Since his first vines, he has added Albariño, which is their biggest selling wine, Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. There is also some Norton under vine. He t