Delfosse ~ Mountain and Vine Vineyards and Winery
May 14, 2023. It was time to get back on the road for our annual wine trip to Mr. Jefferson’s neighborhood. We have traveled Route 29 South so many times over the years that we can tick-off the landmarks almost by memory: the life-size statute of a white bull alone on a hillside next to the American flag; Clark Brothers where men were celebrating Mother’s Day by emptying magazines of ammo into targets; Cowboy Church, Yowell’s Lake at Culpeper; the turn for Kelly’s Ford (site of a real- life Twilight Zone encounter); Bavarian Chef in Madison; Waffle House in Charlottesville, and on and on.. Our first destination on this year’s pilgrimage was Delfosse Vineyards and Winery in Faber, Nelson County, around a half-hour south of Charlottesville. Rather than the mythical town in “Animal House;” Faber is a small community within the Monticello AVA. And Delfosse Vineyards is the top winner of the 2023 Virginia Governor’s Cup. Claude and Genevive Delfosse began their winer